Chapter 7 Using Internal Effects (Vs8F-2); Location Of Effects; Effect Types; Insert Effects - Roland VS-1824 Owner's Manual

Chapter 7 Using Internal Effects (VS8F-2)

One effect expansion board, VS8F-2 is pre-installed in the
VS-1824. Up to two of these effect expansion boards can be
installed in the VS-1824. With two VS8F-2s installed, four
high-quality stereo effects are available for use during
recording, bouncing and mixing.
Some of the procedures described in this chapter require the
installation of the second (optional) VS8F-2 Effect Expansion
Board.

Location of Effects

Each VS8F-2 effect expansion board installed in the VS-1824
is given its own control area. These areas are called EFFECT
A and EFFECT B. With two VS8F-2s installed, each of the
effects in EFFECT A—FX1 and FX2—and the effects in
EFFECT B—FX3 and FX4—may be used. You can apply up to
four effects at a time to each channel of the VS-1824's mixer.
fig.05-01
EFFECTS
EFFECT A
FX1
EFFECT B
FX3
FX2
FX4

Effect Types

There are two types of effects patches in the VS8F-2 Effects
Expansion Board: insert effects, and loop effects. The effect
type determines how the effect should be connected in the
mixer. The two ways to connect an effect within the mixer
are referred to as "insert effects," and "loop effects." The
differences in these methods are explained in the following
sections.

Insert Effects

With insert effects, the effect is added directly, either
between the mixer channel's equalizer and fader, or before
the Master fader. Effects such as compressors, EQs, guitar
amp simulators and mic simulators are normally patched as
inserts. If you set up an effect as an insert on either a track or
an input, it cannot be used on any other tracks or inputs.
When an effect is inserted on a mixer channel, that effect
cannot be used in a loop on another channel. For example, if
you select Preset Patch P067 Limiter as Effect 1 and insert it
on Track 8, no other inputs or tracks can be routed to Effect 1.
fig.05-03
EQ Level
(2band, 3band) (Fader)
FX1
* Depending on the effects used, when mixing with different
effects inserted into each channel, or mixing some channels
having effects inserted while other channels have no effects,
slight timing shifts between tracks may occur.
Pan
MIX bus or REC bus
FX1 Send
Pan FX1
Sw Level
FX2 Send
Pan FX2 MIX bus or REC bus
Sw Level
FX3 Send
Pan FX3
MIX bus or REC bus
Sw Level
FX4 Send
Pan FX4
MIX bus or REC bus
Sw Level
AUX Send
Pan AUX bus
Sw Level
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