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C opying a Whole Song (continued)
One example is the ability to copy your whole song and then edit out a section, or maybe re-arrange a chorus or
two. Here is the easiest way to copy the top virtual tracks of your whole song to a new location.
• Enter TRACK: COPY and clear all the old tracks from any previous edits using the NO cursor button.
• Put fingers of your left hand on Channel Edit buttons and one finger of your right on the YES (right) cursor button.
• Press Channel Edit #1, right-cursor, Channel Edit #1, right-cursor.
• Press Channel Edit #2, right-cursor, Channel Edit #2, right-cursor.
• Continue through all tracks. This left-hand, right-hand rhythm is an easy way to quickly select all of your tracks
for copying.
• Once you have gotten all of your source and destination tracks entered, then press the Right Parameter button
to display the START TIME.
• For START and FROM, press shift + SONG TOP to enter the very beginning of the song.
• For END, press shift + SONG END.
• For TO, press shift + SONG END, followed by five short taps on the FF button. This will move the Now Time
five seconds away from the end of your last song, giving you some room.
• Place a Marker or Locator here at the beginning of the new copy before completing the edit.
This may seem complicated, but it's very quick to execute.
III. Mixing Tips & Tricks
Processing the Whole Mix through EQ & Compressor
Wouldn't it be nice to run your whole mix through a compressor on your way out to your DAT for final mixdown?
Of course, you need to do this as an Insert effect so that you don't hear the original signals, or there will be big
audio trouble. But, you ask, how can you do this when you can only use one channel at a time in Insert mode? No
problem. It's actually easy. Let's assume that you want to mix signals from external sources with recorded tracks.
For this reason, let's do this compressor trick in Input Mix/Track Mix mode.
• Hold shift and press Channel Edit button #1. Assign the channel's output to anything but the Mix, maybe bus 1-2.
• Press each Track and Source's Channel Edit button in turn and assign each track to the 1-2 bus, effectively
taking them out of the Mix.
• Assign all of the Tracks and External sources Post-Fader to Effect-1, #67: COMP.
• Make sure that Effect-1 is returned to the mix by pressing the Edit/Solo button until you see "EFF 1 RTN to=,"
and then dial in Mix.
The signal from each track now goes through the effects processor on its way to the mix, simulating an insert
path. Adjust the compressor, EQ, noise suppressor, and enhancer as needed. By the way, this is the same
technique you would use if you wanted to engage the same Insert effect on two different tracks of guitar parts.
Using Scenes to Store Effects & to Remix
Scenes are fast and easy ways to store your edited effects. If you have tweaked an effect and don't want to
bother saving it as a user patch, just press an unused Scene button. You can then change anything you want,
and get back to the edited version instantly by pressing the Scene button. Scenes are also great ways to store the
effects, levels, and virtual tracks you used while you were doing a bounce. After saving your settings as a Scene,
go ahead and use different virtual tracks for more recordings. Later, if you decide you want to remix your bounce,
all you have to do is push the appropriate Scene button and the original effects, levels, and virtual tracks from the
old mix will come up automatically.
Processing Vocals or a Voiceover
Roland's VS8F-1 card has a very sophisticated voice processing algorithm that may have escaped your notice.
When recording a voice, first try Insert Effect #35, NARRATION. It incorporates a Noise Suppressor to help
handle any background or hum problems, a Limiter/De-esser, an Enhancer that works like a vocal exciter, three-
band parametric EQ, a Pitch-Change processor, and Delay and Chorus effects especially tailored for vocals.
Check it out the next time you're recording any vocal material. Of course, in order to record and "print" these
effects during the recording process, you would engage Input Mix/Track Mix Mode.
© 1997 Miller Freeman, Inc. VS-880 Hot Tips Keyboard Magazine Article
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