Muting And Soloing; Muting Tracks; Muting Inputs And Effect Returns; Quick Soloing - Roland VS-1680 User Manual

Chapter 3 Playback Operations
Blinking Red / Orange: Record Ready
The track is ready to be recorded and the source will
be heard. This occurs when the VS-1680 is in Record
Ready and you press [PLAY], then press the flashing
red status button.
Solid Red: Record
Signal is being recorded on that track.
Green: Play
The track will play back.
Off (unlit): Mute
The track is muted.
Blinking Red / Green: Play and Record
This indicates playback from and recording to the
same track simultaneously.
• To put a track directly into Record Ready status, press
and hold [REC] button and press the track's STATUS
button once.
• To put a track directly into Play mode, press and hold
[STOP] and press the track's STATUS button once.
• During playback, the STATUS button will only change
from green to off each time it is pressed. When the
STATUS button is off, the track is muted.
• To assign an input to a track for recording, press and
hold the track's STATUS button, and then press the
SELECT button for the input (or track) you want to
record (see p. 43).

Muting and Soloing

When making EQ adjustments or checking the balance
during mixdown, you may want to listen to just one channel
or a specific combination of channels. Muting eliminates a
track from the monitor mix. Soloing selects a specific channel
or channels to monitor, muting other channels.
It is possible to select the channels you wish to monitor using
the STATUS buttons, but this involves a lot of button-pushes.
Instead, try one of these methods for muting and soloing:

Muting Tracks

To mute tracks while a song is playing:
1. During playback, press the STATUS button once for the
track you wish to mute. The button changes from green
to unlit. That track is now muted. You may mute more
than one track at a time.
2. Press the STATUS button again while the track is playing
to make it green. That track can now be played back.
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Muting Inputs and Effect Returns

1. Hold [FADER/MUTE].
2. Press any blinking SELECT button for a track, input or
effect return to mute it.
3. The SELECT button will stop blinking. That channel is
now muted.
4. While continuing to hold [FADER/MUTE], press the
SELECT button again to monitor that channel.

Quick Soloing

Use this method to quickly solo a track or input with effects
in-place:
1. Press and hold [EDIT/SOLO]. The SELECT buttons for
all tracks and inputs will begin blinking.
2. While continuing to hold [EDIT/SOLO], press the
SELECT button for the track or input you wish to hear.
3. You can select more than one track or input, as long as
you continue to hold [EDIT/SOLO].
4. After you're done checking the contents of a track, hold
[EDIT/SOLO] and press the SELECT button for the
tracks or inputs which have been soloed to un-solo them.

Solo Mode

For situations where you may want to continue to solo
several different tracks over and over again, it may be better
to use the Solo mode.
1. To turn on Solo mode, hold [SHIFT] and press [EDIT/
SOLO].
2. "—-SOLO—-" will blink in the top of the display and
indicate that Solo mode is now turned on. Also, the
[EDIT/SOLO] button will begin blinking.
3. Press the SELECT button for the track or input you wish
to solo. You may solo more than one track and or input at
a time.
4. When you are done, hold [SHIFT] and press [EDIT/
SOLO] again to turn off SOLO mode. The [EDIT/SOLO]
button will stop blinking.
5. Press [PLAY/DISPLAY] to return to the Playlist display.