Effect Types; Insert Effects - Roland VS-1680 User Manual

fig.05-14
Patch Number Patch Name
3. Use [
] and [ ], and the TIME/VALUE dial to
create the name of the user patch. The function buttons
work as shown:
[F1 (Hist)]:
Press this button to take you through a list of the last 20
user patch names entered, one at a time.
[F2 (Clr)]:
Clears all the characters in the window.
[F3 (Del)]:
Deletes the character where the cursor is positioned.
[F4 (Ins)]:
Inserts a space where the cursor is positioned.
[F5 (Write)]:
Stores the user patch and exits the screen.
[F6 (EXIT)]:
Exits the screen without storing the user patch.
If you press [NUMERICS/ASCII] so it is lit, you can use the
SELECT buttons to enter characters in a manner similar to a
computer keyboard.
4. After entering the name, press [F5 (Write)]. The user
patch is saved.
5. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to the Playlist display.
Save an Effect Patch as Part of a Mixer
Scene
For more detailed information, refer to "Storing a Mixer
Scene," p. 83.
1. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].
2. Press [SCENE]. The button indicator lights.
3. Press a SCENE button (1-8) that is not blinking. For
example, if you wanted to store the settings to Scene 6,
then press [6].
4. After the Scene is stored, the [SCENE] indicator goes off.
Chapter 7 Using Internal Effects (VS8F-2)
5. If you wish to clear the scene, press [SCENE] once. Then
hold [CLEAR] and press the blinking SCENE button
which you wish to clear.
About Algorithms
An algorithm determines the composition or structure of
an effect. The VS8F-2 provides 36 different algorithms.
Each effect patch uses at least one, and in many cases
more than one of these algorithms. Check the algorithms
used in each patch in "Preset Patch List" (Appendices,
p. 74). For details on each algorithm, refer to "Algorithm
List" (Appendices, p. 81).

Effect Types

There are two types of effects patches in the VS8F-2 Effects
Expansion Board: insert effects, and send-and-return 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
"effect send-and-return loops." 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 send-and-return 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)
EFX1
* Depending on the effects used, when mixing with different
effects inserted into each channel, or mixing some channels
Pan
MIX bus or REC bus
EFX1 Send
Pan EFX1
Sw Level
EFX2 Send
Pan EFX2 MIX bus or REC bus
Sw Level
EFX3 Send
Pan EFX3
MIX bus or REC bus
Sw Level
EFX4 Send
Pan EFX4
MIX bus or REC bus
Sw Level
AUX Send
Pan AUX bus
Sw Level
99