Recording Mastering Tracks; Using The Mastering Tool Kit - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual

Use Auto Marker only if you're sure your mastering tracks will require no editing after
they've been recorded—otherwise, you'll have to delete and re-place the CD track
markers after moving your audio.
To make your CD track markers line up numerically with your selections, place two
standard markers as dummy markers in the first selection, as described on Page 348.

Using the Mastering Tool Kit

In the Mastering Room, you can insert any of the VS-2480's Mastering Tool Kit (MTK)
effects onto the MASTER bus to add the final touch of processing to your mix.
The MTK effect patches cover a wide variety of mastering situations, and are all fully
editable so that you can customize them for your particular needs. Each MTK effect is a
powerful stereo effect that requires the resources of two effect processors.
You can chain together as many MTK effects as your effect processing power allows,
though a single MTK effect is likely to be all you'll need. If you chain MTK effects, the
MASTER bus signals flows through them one after another in numerical order, as with
a single-channel insert chain (Page 216).
To insert a Mastering Tool Kit effect:
1. In the Mastering Room, select the FX Ins ("Effect Insert") parameter—the ENTER/
2. Press F2 (FX Ins) or ENTER/YES to display the MASTER EFFECT INSERT screen.
3. Select any available odd-numbered effect's insert assign switch. You can assign an MTK
4. Set the switch to Ins to insert the effect on the MASTER bus. If you wish to return to
5. Press the flashing ENTER/YES button to display the effect's Algorithm View screen
Technically, you can insert any effect patch on the MASTER bus, but we recommend
using one of the MTK effect patches for mastering—that's what they're designed for.
6. To return to the Mastering Room, hold down SHIFT and press CD-RW/
In addition to being able to edit an MTK effect as desired, you can also adjust the
MASTER EFFECT INSERT screen's Send and Return parameters to adjust the level of
the MASTER bus's signal going into, and coming out of, the MTK effect.

Recording Mastering Tracks

1. On the Mastering Room screen, set MASTERING ROOM to On.
2. Set STATUS to Record.
3. Set your other Mastering Room parameters as desired.
4. Press ZERO or move the timeline to the beginning of the mix you want to record
5. Hold down REC and press PLAY.
6. When the mix has finished playing, press STOP.
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YES button begins to flash.
This is the same screen we described in "Inserting Effects on the MASTER Bus" on
Page 219.
effect only to an odd-numbered effect since it also requires the processing power of the
effect's even-numbered partner.
the Mastering Room, you can press F1 (Param) or F6 (EXIT).
from which you can select the desired MTK effect patch or edit the effect's
currently selected patch (Page 221).
MASTERING.
onto your mastering tracks.
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