Roland VS-2480 How Input Connections Work, Patching Input Connections,

9—Working with Input Signals
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How Input Connections Work
Input Channel Perspective
Input routing is done from the input channels’ point of view. You begin by selecting the
desired input channels, and then choose the signals you want to route to them.
Two by Two
In the VS-2480’s virtual patching system, all input jacks, digital input connectors and
input channels are grouped into odd/even pairs:
• When you select input channels, you select an odd/even pair of input channels.
• When you choose the signals you want to route into those input channels, you
select an odd/even pair of inputs jacks or connectors.
Patching Input Connections
Connecting Input Signals to Input Channels
1. Go to the PATCH BAY or ROUTING VIEW screen (Page 135), and use  ,  ,  and/
or  to highlight the input channels to which you want to route your input signals.
2. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial clockwise. With each tick of the dial, the next pair of
inputs—viewed from left to right—is routed to the selected input channels.
3. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to route the desired pair of inputs to the input channels.
4. To break the connection between an input pair and its input channels, turn the
TIME/VALUE dial clockwise until no wires connect them.
Though the input and input channel pairs are pre-set and can’t be changed for
patching, each input channel otherwise operates independently unless you’ve linked it
to another input channel (Page 152). You can send any input channel signal to any track.
We’ll use the PATCH BAY screen here for simplicity—you can also perform these steps
on the ROUTING VIEW screen, or use the CH EDIT P.BAY screen (Page 166).
You can route the same inputs to multiple pairs of input channels—this allows you to
create two different versions of a signal that you can use for different purposes.
We’ve selected
Input Channels
1 and 2.
(In this illustration,
we’ve cleared all
input-to-input channel
connections for visual
clarity.)
Before an R-BUS 2,
coaxial or optical digital
connector can be routed
to input channels, it
must be activated—see
Page 131.
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