Roland VS-1824 owner manual Track Bouncing, Selecting Source Tracks Destination Tracks

Chapter 4 Recording Operations

Track Bouncing

You can merge the performance of two or more tracks and re-record them onto a different empty track. This operation is known as “track bouncing.” Track bouncing comes in handy when you have run out of free playback tracks. For this example, we’ll mix the audio recorded on Tracks 5-8, and bounce them onto the stereo Track 9/10.

Selecting Source Tracks and

Destination Tracks

1.	Track 9 and 10 are linked as described in “Channel Link”
	(p. 77).
2.	Press [FADER/MUTE] so that “TR” is lit.
3.	Hold [STOP], and press the STATUS buttons for source
	Tracks 5-8.
4.	The STATUS buttons light green.

Track 5 Performance data 5

Track 6 Performance data 6

Track 7 Performance data 7

Track 8 Performance data 8

Track 9

Track 10

Performance data 5

Performance data 6

Performance data 7

Performance data 8

Performance data 5+7

Performance data 6+8

5.	Press the STATUS buttons for the destination Track 9
	and 10 so it is lit orange.
6.	Hold the STATUS button for Track 9 (or Track10) and
	press the SELECT buttons for the source Tracks 5–8 so
	that they blink.

* On default settings, Input 1 is assigned to track 9, and Input 2

is assigned to track 10. If this is the case, the SELECT buttons

for Input 1 and 2 will be blinking. While continuing to hold

the STATUS button for track 9, press the SELECT button for

Before Track Bouncing After Track Bouncing

For this example, Tracks 5-8 are called the “source tracks.” Tracks 9-10 are called the “destination tracks.”

*Make all panning, level, EQ and effect settings on the source tracks before doing the bounce. Once source tracks have been bounced to the destination tracks, you cannot make individual mixer settings for each source track without bouncing those tracks again. Also, make sure that the EQ and effects are turned off on Channels 9/10. Otherwise, the bounced tracks will sound different than the source tracks.

*It is not possible to do track bouncing on songs saved with Song Protect On. If you want to do track bouncing, you must turn Song Protect Off first.

Input 1 and Input 2. The SELECT buttons will stop blinking.

7.The source Tracks 5-8 can now be monitored on Channel 9 and 10.

If you have done a lot of routing, the Input Assign screen can become a bit cluttered. You can clear all existing routing assignments and start from scratch by holding one of the STATUS buttons and pressing [CLEAR].

Set Meters to Pre-Fader Track

While bouncing tracks, it’s a good idea to set your meters to pre-fader track levels. This will allow you to view the levels so you can create a track bounce that is as loud as possible without distortion.

1.Press [PAGE].

2.Press [F1 (LMTrack)].

3.Look for “Pre” in the lower left area of the Levels display. If it shows “Post,” press [F4 (Pre)] once.

4.While mixing, pay attention to the levels for the destination Tracks 9 and 10.

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