Record 5 Guitar Tracks Using Virtual Tracks - Roland VS-880EX Application Manual

Record 5 Guitar Tracks Using Virtual Tracks

If you are unfamiliar with virtual tracks in the VS-880EX, refer to page 23 of this guide for more details. It
is often desirable to record many takes or recordings of the same musical instrument or vocal so you can
pick the best performance to use in you final song. You could obviously record on separate tracks of the
VS-880EX, pick the one you like best, and then erase the other tracks. However, once you erase the other
tracks, they are gone forever. Virtual tracks allow you to pick between different performances and change
your mind right up until the final mixdown.
If you want to be able to record multiple performances of the same song in sync with each other on
separate virtual tracks, you will need some type of recorded track to use as a guide. For example, you
might first make a recording of your song using a piano on Tr. 1-1. Now the piano can be your guide for
adding a guitar part on multiple virtual tracks of track 2. Once the guide track is recorded, you will set the
VS-880EX to playback Tr. 1-1 while recording your guitar on Tr. 2-1. You then record Tr. 2-2, then Tr. 2-3,
etc. Once all virtual tracks are recorded, you can go back and listen to the tracks one by one to choose the
best performance.
ACTION: Record 5 Guitar Tracks Using Virtual Tracks
1. Connect your guitar to INPUT # 2 of the VS-880EX.
2. Play the guitar as loud as you will during the performance and turn the [INPUT SENS 2]
knob clockwise until the PEAK light turns red, then turn it slightly counterclockwise until
the red peak LED goes off. (The read peak LED should only come on occasionally during the
loudest point of your performance.)
3. Press the [FADER/EDIT] button until it lights orange.
4. Hold the [STATUS] button 2 and press the [CH EDIT] button 2 until it flashes. This indicates
that input 2 is selected to record onto track 2.
5. Set the [FADER] for channel 2 to 0dB (the bold line about two-thirds of the way up).
6. Press the [FADER/EDIT] button until it lights green.
7. Press the [STATUS] button 2 until it flashes red. This sets track (channel) 2 to record ready
mode.
8. Raise the [FADER] on channel 2 to listen to the guitar.
9. Press the [ZERO] button to return the VS-880EX to time location 00:00.
10. Press the [REC] button. The red light will flash.
11. Press the [PLAY] button to begin recording the guitar.
12. After you complete your first guitar track, stop the VS-880EX and press the [ZERO] button
to return to the beginning of the song.
13. Press the [CH EDIT] button 2.
14. Hold the [SHIFT] button and press [V TRACK] (CH EDIT 2 button).
(Continued)
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