Roland VS-1824 What to do About Low-Level Input Signals, When You Are Recording in Stereo

What to do About Low-Level Input Signals

Occasionally, you may have a source which has a very low input level, such as when using a large diaphragm dynamic mic to record a soft-spoken vocalist. Use the steps below to provide extra gain to low-level inputs:

1.Turn the INPUT sensitivity knob all the way clockwise.

2.Press the input SELECT button. There are two settings in the Input Mixer page that can provide additional recording signal gain:

ATT (Attenuation):

In addition to the Input Sensitivity knob used in Step 1, this can provide attenuation—a reduction in volume—or up to 6 dB of additional gain.

Fader:

This is the fader for the Input Mixer. Since all input sources pass through the input fader before going to the recorder, the position of this fader will determine recording levels. The position of this fader defaults to 100, which corresponds to unity gain. This fader can be increased up to 127.

If you are using the fader to control the level of the input source, make sure that the [FADER/MUTE] is set to “IN.”

Chapter 4 Recording Operations

When You Are Recording in Stereo

When recording to tracks with Channel Link (p. 77) on, it is best to turn Channel Link on for the inputs as well. If you are recording independent mono signals to a linked track, you will need to set the pan for each input channel. After Step 3, perform the procedure described below.

1.Press the SELECT button for the input you want assigned to the track.

2.Press [F1 (MIX)]. If “MIX” does not appear in the display, first press [PAGE] until “MIX” is displayed,

then press [F1 (MIX)]. Or, you can use [ ], [ ],

[ ], and [ ] to move the cursor to “MIX.”

3.Use the TIME/VALUE dial to change the pan setting.

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	Mix Send Switch
	Mix Send Pan
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Mix Send Switch
When this is set to “On,” each input is sent to the MIX
bus. Keep this setting “On” when you want to simply
mix the inputs without recording them.

*When you are recording inputs, it is best to turn the MIX bus OFF for all of your input channels. You will then be monitoring your source audio via your recording tracks, and not both from your recording tracks and from the original inputs!

Mix Send Pan

This adjusts the pan setting (L63-R63) of the signal sent to the MIX bus and the RECORDING bus.

4.Repeat Steps 1 through 3 for all inputs you want to make pan settings on. If you are recording a mono source to a mono track, it is not necessary to change the pan setting.

5.When you’re done, press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to the Playlist display.

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