Mixer Effect Routing - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Application Manual

The audio recorded on the Tracks, after the EQ, Fader, and Pan, can be routed to the MIX buss for
monitoring, or to any of the record busses. Routing the Track(s) to a record buss is a simple way to merge
Tracks or record the output of effects devices to a Track.
Remember, each mixer (INPUT Mix & TRACK Mix) retains its own settings when you switch to the
other. The fader level, pan position, and EQ settings that you set up in INPUT MIX mode are
memorized by the VS-880. So, when you switch to TRACK MIX mode and adjust the fader for
channel 1 (for example), the level of Input 1 in INPUT MIX mode is not affected.

Mixer Effect Routing

The internal effects (if the optional VS8F-1 Effects Expansion Board is installed) can be placed in the audio
signal path at any one of three locations.
1. PRE-FADER: The input to the effect is selected from the signal path before the fader. This
means that the fader will have no control over the volume of the audio entering the effect.
The stereo output from the effect is assignable to the MIX buss or the REC (recorder) busses.
2. POST-FADER: The input to the effect is selected from the signal path after the fader. This
means that the fader will control the volume of the audio signal entering the effect. The
stereo output from the effect is assignable to the MIX buss or the REC (recorder) busses.
3. INSERT:The audio signal is routed directly through the effect. i.e. You will only hear the
"effected" signal because the "dry" signal no longer exists. There are four Insert Effect
options: Insert (mono in/mono out), Insert L (processed through the left side of a stereo
effect), Insert R (processed through the right side of a stereo effect), and Insert S (mono in
through the left side of a stereo effect, then in through the right side of the same stereo effect
in series).
INPUT 1
INPUT 2
INPUT 3
INPUT 4
DIGITAL IN L
DIGITAL IN R
With "EQ/EffPreIns"
(EQ and effects
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Insert
Recorder Mixer
Input select
Set to ON EQ and
INSERT
Effect
are recorded)
Effect Routing Options in Input>Track Mode
Insert L
PRE-FADER
POST -FADER
Track 1 Fader 1
Fader 2
Track 2
Track 3 Fader 3
Fader 4
Track 4
Track 5 Fader 5
Track 6 Fader 6
Track 7 Fader 7
Track 8 Fader 8
EQ and With "EQ/EffPreIns"
– OR – INSERT
Set to OFF
Effect
(EQ and effects for monitoring, are not recorded)
Insert R
Output assignable to
Effect
MIX buss or AUX buss
MIX buss (MASTER OUT L)
Pan 1
MIX buss (MASTER OUT R)
Pan 2
Pan 3
Pan 4
Pan 5
Pan 6
Pan 7
Pan 8
Insert S