Roland VS-1824 owner manual Selecting V-Tracks, Using the Equalizer EQ, Sw Equalizer Switch

Chapter 5 Using the Digital Mixer

Selecting V-Tracks

The VS-1824 provides 16 recordable tracks per channel. These are called “V-Tracks,” short for “Virtual Tracks.” By using the V-Tracks, you can record up to 288 tracks per song. To change V-Tracks, use the procedure below.

1.Press the SELECT button for the track whose V-Track you wish to change. The button indicator lights. The Track Mixer screen appears in the display.

2.Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the cursor to “V. Trk” in the Track Mixer display. Or, press

[F5 (V.Trk)]. If “V.Trk” does not appear above [F5], press [PAGE] until it appears, and then press [F5 (V.Trk)].

3.Use the TIME/VALUE dial to choose the V-Track you want to use. Note, you cannot change the V-Track while the song is playing. If the song is playing, press [STOP], and then use the TIME/VALUE dial to choose the V-Track.

Track onto which performance data is recorded

Track to be recorded or played back

Tracks with no performance data recorded on them

4.Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to the Playlist display.

Using the Equalizer (EQ)

Each channel of both the Input Mixer and the Track Mixer has a user-definable EQ. You can choose either a two-band (Low, High), or three-band (Low, Mid, High) parametric EQ on a channel-by-channel basis. To use the EQ, first set up EQ settings separately for each channel. Then, while listening to the entire mix, make final adjustments to the EQ, panning, and level for each channel.

*While adjusting the EQ when a track is playing, you may hear short clicks, especially if you change the EQ value very rapidly. This is not a malfunction. To avoid any such noise, change EQ settings slowly.

1.Press the SELECT button for the track to which you want to make EQ settings.

The Track SELECT button lights, and the Track Mixer screen appears in the display.

2.Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the cursor to the EQ section of the display. Or, press

[F2 (Low)]. If “Low” does not appear in the display above [F2], press [PAGE] until “Low” appears above [F2], then press [F2 (Low)].

3.Press [YES]. The EQ curve display appears.

4.Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to highlight “SW” and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select “On.”

5.Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the cursor to the desired EQ parameter. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select the desired value.

Switch Selector

Gain

Frequency

Q (definition)

Low-range High-range

Middle-range

Sw (Equalizer Switch)

Turns the EQ on and off.

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