Inserting Effects On An Input Or Track Channel - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual

Inserting Effects on an Input or Track Channel

1. Select the group of channels that contains the desired input or track channel by
2. Press the desired channel's CH EDIT button.
3. Select the FX INS parameter—the ENTER/YES button begins to flash.
4. Press ENTER/YES, or press PAGE and then F1 (FX Ins), to display the EFFECT
If a processor is tied up elsewhere, you'll see an arrow pointing to the input or track
channel it's inserted on, as with Effect 5 above. To change this assignment, press CH
EDIT for the channel on which it's inserted to access its EFFECT INSERT screen.
5. Select an effect's insert assign switch and turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the
The INSERT EFFECT section of the Info Display's CH EDIT screen—Page 216—also
shows the routing of each effect inserted on the channel.
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pressing its FADER button.
INSERT screen.
Effect 5 is
already inserted
on Track
Channel 4
Each processor has its own set of insert controls. You
can select any available effect processor—depending on
the patch you want to use (Page 222)—and insert it on
the current input or track channel.
Each of the effect processors is a stereo processor with
left and right sides. You can insert both sides of an
effect, one or the other, or both sides one-after-another,
as explained below.
desired insert routing. You can select OFF, so that the effect isn't inserted on the
channel, or you can select:
L L
FX
R R
Ins —the channel's InsL —the channel's
signal is processed signal is processed
by both sides of the by the effect's left
stereo effect.
When you select an insert routing, a symbol representing the processor's currently
selected effect patch appears to show you the effect you've inserted. Lines in and out of
the symbol show the selected signal flow in and out of the inserted effect.
Ins
L L
FX
R
InsR —the channel's
signal is processed
by the effect's right
side only. side only.
InsL InsR
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16—Using Effects
Effects 7 and 8 are
unavailable since this
VS-2480 has only
two optional VS8F-2
effect expansion
boards installed.
Insert assign switch
Send level
L
FX
FX
R
R
InsS —the channel's
signal is processed
first by the effect's
left side, and then
by its right side.
InsS
Return
L
R
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