3—Introduction to the VS-2480

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The Main Roles of the VS-2480 Mixer

Two of the most important jobs the mixer performs in the VS-2480 are this:
You’ll also use the VS-2480’s mixer to:
• mix input signals for your performers to listen to in headphones or stage monitors.
• send input signals to the VS-2480 internal effects.
• set the amount of internal effects processing you want to add to your input signals.
• control the level of input signals sent to external devices for effect processing, and
the sound of what comes back into the VS-2480 from the external devices.
• listen to the hard disk recorder’s tracks as you record so that you can hear what
they’re recording.
• send tracks to the internal effects.
• set the amount of internal effects processing you want to hear on your tracks.
• control the level of tracks sent to external devices for effect processing, and the
sound of what comes back into the VS-2480 from the external devices.
• create a mix to send to a house public address (PA) system when you’re using the
VS-2480 for live recording in a club or concert hall.
What all of these jobs have in common is that all involve the same basic abilities in the
mixer. The mixer lets you:
• control the level of all kinds of audio.
• set the audio’s stereo or Surround positioning between your speakers.
• change the tonal characteristics of audio with equalization, or “EQ.”
• apply dynamics processing to audio to change the way it gets louder or softer.

MIDI Control Surface

When the VS-2480’s V.Fader feature is active, you can use each channel strip’s fader and
its PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knob to send MIDI Control Change messages to an external
MIDI device. This can be especially handy when you’re using the VS-2480 with a MIDI
sequencer. You can use the mixer to work the sequencer’s controls directly from the
VS-2480. See “V.Fader—The VS-2480 MIDI Control Surface” on Page 300 to learn more
about using the mixer as a MIDI control surface.

Bouncing, equalization, EQ, dynamics processing
It helps you make an input signal sound the
way you want it to on its way to a track.
It helps you get the track to sound the way you
want, both during recording and while it’s being
played back when you’re mixing or bouncing.
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