Roland VS-1824 owner manual Using Automix, Realtime Automix, Adjust the Display for Automix

Using Automix

To begin using Automix, press [AUTOMIX].

The button indicator lights, indicating that

Automix mode is on.

After turning on Automix, all the SELECT buttons and the EDIT/SOLO button begin

litblinking. In a new song, Automix record is enabled for all inputs, tracks, effect returns, and for the Master fader.

To disable Automix on individual channels, press and hold [AUTOMIX], and press the Input SELECT, Track SELECT or [EDIT/SOLO] buttons. While holding down [AUTOMIX], each time you press a SELECT button, the status changes as follows:

Indicator off:

Automix disabled.

Manual fader control.

dark

Indicator on:

Automix Playback enabled.

lit

Indicator blinking:

Automix Record

Enable and Playback.

blink

You may, for example, find it convenient to leave the Master fader on manual control while recording Automix on the Track mixer. To do so, hold [AUTOMIX] and press [EDIT/SOLO] so the indicator is off.

Adjust the Display for Automix

While recording Automix, it is helpful to change the display to view fader and panning positions.

1.Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].

2.Press [PAGE] so you see “F/P” above [F5].

3.Press [F5 (F/P)]. The Fader/Pan display appears.

4.Press [F (LMTrk)] to view fader and panning positions for the Track Mixer.

5.Press [F2 (LM In)] to view fader and panning positions for the Input Mixer.

6.Press [F3 (LMAux)] to view fader and panning positions for the Effect Sends and Aux Send.

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Realtime Automix

With realtime Automix, actual physical fader movements you make during song playback are recorded and stored as marker data. This type of automation is also known as dynamic automation, as dynamic fader movements are recorded and stored.

*If you want to create dynamic panning changes, you can do so by using a combination of snapshot and gradation Automix. See “Snapshot Automation” (p. 127).

Realtime Automix of Track Faders

1.Locate to the point in the song where you wish to record realtime Automix.

2.Press [AUTOMIX].

The AUTOMIX indicator lights, indicating that the VS-1824 is in Automix mode.

3.Decide which track fader’s movement you want to record using Automix. While pressing [AUTOMIX], press the Track SELECT button for the tracks you want to automate so that their indicators are blinking.

4.Hold [SCENE] and press [REC]. The AUTOMIX indicator blinks, showing Automix recording is enabled.

5.Make sure the FADER/MUTE indicator is set to “TR” for tracks.

6.Adjust the track faders for the beginning fader levels as desired.

*If you want to adjust TR 13-18 fader levels, press [FADER/ MUTE] several times until “TR” indicator blinks (p. 71).

*If Fader Match (p. 249) in System Parameters is set to “Null,” and the current physical fader positions do not match the actual volume levels, you must first move the physical faders to match the position of the recorded fader. This is referred to as “crossing the null point.” When the display is set to view faders and panning, the position of each physical fader is represented by a black dot, and the actual level that is recorded using Automix is represented by a white circle. Before beginning Automix, slide each physical fader all the way up and then all the way down so the black dot disappears. Make sure that the [FADER/MUTE] is set appropriately (IN or TR) depending on whether you are trying to control the inputs or the tracks.

7.Press [PLAY] to begin recording Automix data.

8.While the song is playing, move the track faders to adjust the mix of your song as you like. New Automix data will only be recorded for those faders that are moved during song playback.

9.When the song is finished, press [STOP]. Automix markers (markers with an “A” after the marker number) will appear in the Playlist display where Automix data was created.

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