A Flex Bus And Its Output; Outputting Signals Directly From A Flex Bus - Roland VM-C7100 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6 Mixing Procedure 2 (Output and Monitor)

A Flex Bus and Its Output

A bus is a pathway down which one or more signals can travel to a common
destination. A bus can be routed to an internal effect, an external device or to another
bus.
This system is equipped with Flex Buses and cue buses. (When this book uses the
simple term "bus," it refers to a Flex Bus.)
What is a Flex Bus?
A Flex Bus is a powerful, general-purpose bus. Each VM mixing processor offers 12
Flex Buses. Flex Buses can be used for various purposes such as sending signal to
external equipment, sending a group of channel signals to internal effects, and
sending audio to separate monitors on a stage.

Outputting signals directly from a Flex Bus

A Flex Bus's signal can exit the system through an ASSIGNABLE OUT. On the VM-
7200 processor, you can also use the output jacks dedicated to Flex Buses 5 to 12
(FLEX BUS OUT). When an optional VM-24E, purchased separately, is installed, Flex
Bus signals can be routed to digital MULTI OUT connections.
To route a Flex Bus to an output, you must set its mode to EXT, for "external output."
Setting Flex Bus 1 to 8 to external output mode
1. Press [FLEX BUS] MASTER 1–12 in the SECTION area to configure the
channel strips for the control of Flex Buses.
2. Press the desired Flex Bus channel's [CH EDIT].
3. Use [PAGE UP] or [PAGE DOWN] to select the [MAIN/CUE] page.
fig.06-05
4. Set the bus mode.
Navigate to the above screen using CURSOR [UP] or [DOWN] and select use [V2]
(BUS MODE) to select EXT. Press [F2] (SET) to confirm the selection.
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Refer to the bus diagram in
"Internal Signal Flow" (p.
29).
Flex Buses 1 to 8 behave
in a slightly different
manner than Flex Buses 9
to 12. For details, refer to
the block diagram attached
to the processor.
FLEX BUS OUTs 7 to 12
are equipped with XLR
connectors as well.
Since Flex Buses 9 to 12
have their own dedicated
output jacks, they don't
require an EXT setting.
You can jump to this
screen by pressing the
MAIN/CUE STATUS
button while holding down
the Flex Bus channel's [CH
EDIT].
Pressing [F1] (CHANNEL
LINK) in the Step 4 above
turns stereo linking (p. 102)
to the adjacent Flex Bus on
or off. When linking is on,
the parameter is
highlighted in black on the
display.