Speaker Modeling; Using Speaker Modeling; Saving An Effect Patch - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual

Until you begin saving your own patches, all of the user effect patches are merely
copies of the first 200 preset patches, so feel free to replace any of them—you won't be
losing anything you don't already have as a preset patch.

Saving an Effect Patch

1. Press EFFECT.
2. If the F button for the desired effect processor isn't visible, press PAGE.
3. Press the processor's F button to display its Algorithm View screen.
4. Press F3 (EDIT).
5. Edit the patch as desired.
6. Press F5 (SAVE) to view the EFFECT PATCH SAVE screen.
To save an effect patch on the EFFECT PATCH SAVE screen:
1. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select one of the 200 user effect patch memory
2. If you'd like to cancel the patch-saving operation, press F6 (CANCEL).
3. Press F5 (OK) to store your current patch settings as a new user patch in the
4. Press F1 (NAME) and name the new patch—to learn about naming, see Page 73.
5. Press F5 (OK) when you're done.

Speaker Modeling

If you're using Roland's DS-90A or DS-50A Digital Reference Monitors, you can take
advantage of the VS-2480's Speaker Modeling feature. Speaker Modeling allows your
DS-90As or DS-50As to simulate the sound of a wide range of speakers, including
popular studio monitors and consumer stereo speakers. Since the trickiest part of
mixing is making sure your audio sounds good no matter where it's heard, Speaker
Modeling great because it lets you to try out your mix on a variety of virtual systems.

Using Speaker Modeling

1. Insert an effect on the MASTER bus as described on Page 219.
2. Press EFFECT.
3. Press the F button for the effect you selected in Step 1.
4. Press F1 (PATCH).
5. The Speaker Modeling effects patches are P220-P-230. Each patch is an emulation
See the VS-2480 Appendices for a list of the Speaker Modeling patches.
6. Press F (SELECT) to choose the desired model.
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locations. The patch currently residing the selected location will be replaced with
the new patch you're saving.
selected user memory location.
of a different kind of speaker—the patch's icon shows you the speaker it's based on.
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