Working With The Meters Strip - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual Addendum

Working with the Meters Strip

Reading a Meter
Each meter in the meter strip contains a vertical stack
of segments that light to show the corresponding
signal's level—the higher the stack, the louder the
signal. The segments are color-coded to help you see at
a glance how loud your signal is. If a signal exceeds
0dB, the meter's OVER indicator lights to show you that
the signal's too loud.
Selecting the Desired Meters
The strip provides a set of meters for each of the signal types listed above. You can
select the meters you want to display in either of two ways. You can use the:
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To display FX return levels using the F buttons, press PAGE until "FX RTN" appears
above F5 and then press F5 (FX RTN).
The meters strip on the VGA operates in much the same way as the LCD meters strip.
See Owner's Manual Page 124 for additional info.
Pre and Post
You can select pre or post metering when you're viewing anything other than input and
output signals. (To learn about pre and post metering, see the note on Owner's Manual
Page 125.)
Select the desired type of metering by:
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meters strip control buttons—Click:
• INPUT—to display input signal levels.
• IN 1-24—to display input channel levels.
• TR 1-24—to display track channel levels.
• FX1-8 RTN—to display internal effect return levels.
• AUX/DIR—to display Aux bus and Direct bus levels.
• OUTPUT—to display output levels.
PAGE and F buttons on the VGA or on the VS-2480—Press
PAGE until "INPUT" appears above F1 and press:
• INPUT—to display input signal levels.
• IN MIX—to display input channel levels
• TR MIX—to display track channel levels
• AUXDIR—to display Aux bus and Direct bus levels.
• OUTPUT—to display output levels.
clicking the meters strip's PRE or POST button.
use the PAGE and F buttons on the VGA or VS-2480:
1. Press PAGE until "INPUT" appears above F1.
2. Click or press:
• F6 (To Pre)—to select pre metering.
• F6 (To Pst)—to select post metering.
5—VGA Main Display Home Screen
OVER
indicator
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Red —indicates
that the signal is
approaching 0dB.
Yellow —warns
that you're
nearing the red
area.
Green —shows
that signal is
present.
The TR 1-24
button is red to
indicate that the
track channel
meters are
being displayed.
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