Using The Aux Bus As A Headphone Monitor; Combining Lead Vocal Tracks Into One Using [Mute] - Roland VS-880EX Application Manual

Using The Aux Bus As A Headphone Monitor

Sometimes a musician overdubbing a solo part wants to hear a blend of instruments in his or her monitor
headphones that is different from the main stereo mix of the VS-880EX. For example, maybe they would
like their individual instrument and the piano part to be very loud, but all the other instruments to be very
soft, and they do not want to hear the acoustic guitar at all. The VS-880EX allows you to use the internal
AUX bus as a cue (headphone) bus in order to provide a separate mix for the musician.
You will first need to configure the mixer correctly, set up the incoming microphone for recording, adjust
the track levels for the headphone mix and the main mix, then overdub the new instrument.
ACTION: Using The Aux Bus As A Separate Headphone
Monitor - Cue
You will need an external headphone amplifier.
1. Connect the output of your microphone to Input # 1 of the VS-880EX.
2. Sing into the microphone as loud as you will during the performance and turn the [INPUT
SENS 1] 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. Connect the AUX SEND jacks (VS-880EX rear panel) to the input of the external headphone
amp and connect a pair of headphones to the headphone amp output.
4. Turn the AUX SEND knob, located above the EDIT SOLO button, clockwise to about the 2
o'clock position.
5. Press the [FADER/EDIT] button so it lights green.
6. Hold [SHIFT] and press [AUX SEND] button (CH EDIT 6 button).
7. Press the CH SELECT button on one of the playback channels so that "AUX SW" is
displayed.
8. Using the TIME/VALUE dial to select "PREFADE."
9. Press the PARAMETER>> button so that "AUX Level" is displayed.
10. Using the TIME/VALUE dial, adjust the volume of the channel that will be going to the
headphones (127 = Full level, 0 = Off).
11. Repeat steps 6 thru 9 for the other playback tracks you want to hear in the headphone mix.
12. Begin recording the microphone.
When you press play, you will hear the mix you just made in the head-
phones. If you adjust the faders, the mix for the MASTER OUT will change
but the headphone mix will not be affected.
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Headphone Amp
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INPUTS
INPUT
L R
L R A B
AUX SEND
MASTER OUT MASTER OUT