Table of Contents

 

Table of Contents

3

Precautions

4

Added functionality

 

(main features)

5

Mixdown using the VS-1680 alone

5

Additional effect algorithms

5

Automix editing functionality

5

Enhanced support for

 

CD-R/CD-RW drives

5

Enhanced operations

5

Enhanced screen display

5

Expanding the functionality of the

 

VS-1680

6

If you purchased the

 

VS-1680 V-XPANDED

6

If you purchased the

 

V-XPANDED system program Zip disk

6

Mix 16 tracks down to 2 tracks

 

(Mastering Room)

8

Added mastering tracks

8

Mixing down to the mastering tracks

8

Mixdown shortcut 1

10

Mixdown shortcut 2

10

Playing back the mastering tracks

10

Mixing down while inserting effects

11

New effects algorithms

14

Making the volume consistent for each frequency

band

 

(Mastering Tool Kit)

14

EQ (Equalizer)

14

BCut (Bass-cut filter)

15

Enh (Enhancer)

15

In (Input)

15

Exp (Expander)

15

Cmp (Compressor)

16

Mix (Mixer)

16

Lmt (Limiter)

16

Out (Output)

16

Modeling various speakers (Speaker Modeling) ..

17

SpMod (speaker modeling)

17

BCut (Bass-cut filter)

17

LFT/HFT (Frequency trimmer)

17

Lmt (Limiter)

18

Effective ways to use speaker modeling

18

Editing an automix

19

Erasing data from a specific area (Erase)

19

Copying data to another location (Copy)

20

Smooth data transitions (Gradation)

21

Increasing or decreasing all data values (Shift/

 

Expand)

23

Using the VS-1680 with a CD-R/CD-

RW drive

25

Creating an audio CD

25

Creating silence between songs (Disc At Once

 

and Track At Once)

25

Specifying the writing speed (Speed)

25

Song writing procedure

25

Saving a song to a CD-RW disc (Backup)

27

Checking whether the song was saved correctly

(+Verify)

27

Specifying the speed of saving (Speed)

27

Backup procedure

27

Restoring songs from a

 

CD-RW disc (Recover)

28

Specifying the speed of recovery (Speed)

28

Recovery procedure

28

Enhancements related to operation . 30

Shortcut to the Phrase Edit window

30

Creating a new phrase (Phrase New)

30

Sorting the take list (Sort)

30

Deleting a take (Delete)

31

Naming a take (Name)

32

Dividing a phrase

 

(Phrase Divide/Split)

33

Automatically dividing a phrase (Phrase Divide)

33

 

Dividing a phrase into two parts (Phrase Split) ..

34

 

Using the MONITOR knob to adjust the pan

 

(MONITOR knob +[SELECT])

35

Linking the faders of two or more channels

 

(Fader Group)

36

Copying mixer settings

37

Shift Lock on/off ([SHIFT]+[YES])

38

Removing direct current offset from the mix bus.38

Enhancements to the display and

 

specifications

39

Checking inserted effects (Icon and Patch Name

display)

39

Checking effects that cannot be used in other

 

channels (Effect insertion location display)

39

Switching the Song Select window (List display).40

Easy Routing

40

Additional template (Mastering)

40

Immediate application of step-edited changes41

Settings not stored in a scene (Monitor Level)

41

Master Send switch display has been changed

 

(PanÆMIX)

41

Index

42

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