Chapter 3 Playback Operations

Changing Track Status

You can change the status of each track by pressing the STATUS button. The color of the status button determines the current state of the track.

If you want to switch track status, press [FADER/MUTE]. The “TR” indicator lights or blinks. Then, switch to track mixer. For further details, see “Switching the Fader Functions” (p. 71)

Orange: Source

The input source assigned to the channel is heard. Blinking Red: Record Ready

The track is ready to be recorded. When blinking red, previously recorded material on the track will be heard.

Blinking Red / Orange: Record Ready

The track is ready to be recorded and the source will be heard. This occurs when the VS-1824 is in Record Ready and you press [PLAY], then press the blinking red status button.

Solid Red: Record

Signal is being recorded on that track.

Green: Play

The track will play back.

Off (unlit): Mute

The track is muted.

Blinking Red / Green: Play and Record

This indicates playback from and recording to the same track simultaneously.

To put a track directly into Record Ready status, press and hold [REC] button and press the track’s STATUS button once.

To put a track directly into Play mode, press and hold [STOP] and press the track’s STATUS button once.

During playback, the STATUS button will only change from green to off each time it is pressed. When the STATUS button is off, the track is muted.

To assign an input to a track for recording, press and hold the track’s STATUS button, and then press the SELECT button for the input (or track) you want to record (see p. 41).

Muting and Soloing

When making EQ adjustments or checking the balance during mixdown, you may want to listen to just one channel or a specific combination of channels. Muting eliminates a track from the monitor mix. Soloing selects a specific channel or channels to monitor, muting other channels.

It is possible to select the channels you wish to monitor using the STATUS buttons, but this involves a lot of button-pushes. Instead, try one of these methods for muting and soloing:

Muting Tracks

To mute tracks while a song is playing:

1.During playback, press the STATUS button once for the track you wish to mute.

The button changes from green to unlit. That track is now muted. You may mute more than one track at a time.

*If you want to select TR 1-12, press [FADER/MUTE] several times until the “TR” indicator lights.

If you want to select TR 13-18, press [FADER/MUTE] several times until the “TR” indicator blinks.

→ “Switching the Fader Functions” (p. 71)

2.Press the STATUS button again while the track is playing to make it green.

That track can now be played back.

Muting Inputs and Effect Returns

1.Hold [FADER/MUTE].

2.Press any blinking SELECT button for a track, input or effect return to mute it.

3.The SELECT button will stop blinking. That channel is now muted.

4.While continuing to hold [FADER/MUTE], press the SELECT button again to monitor that channel.

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Roland VS-1824 owner manual Changing Track Status, Muting and Soloing, Muting Tracks, Muting Inputs and Effect Returns