Roland Vs-880 Mixer section, About mixer modes, Input Sources, Include, Analog Inputs, Tracks 1

Chapter 2 Before you start (VS-880 terminology)

Mixer section

■About mixer modes

The digital mixer specifies the input/output status of the recorder section.

As external inputs, the VS-880 provides four analog input jacks and 1 digital in connector. As external outputs, two master out jacks and two AUX send jacks are provided. You can freely speci- fy which external input will be recorded on which track, and output from which output jack.

The way in which the digital mixer functions is selected by the mixer mode. The available mixer modes can be broadly divided into two types, based on their internal structure. One of these is fur- ther divided into another two, because of differences in the panel controls.

●INPUT➝TRACK mode

●INPUT MIX mode and TRACK MIX mode

In INPUT➝TRACK, the mixer is placed after the recorder section, and the mixer and recorder have a one-to-one correspondence. The top panel contains only channel faders and pan knobs, but you can also make equalizer and effect settings. A conceptual diagram showing all the settings in tabu- lar form is given below.

			INPUTS
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
							Input Trim
Input Sources							Mix Out Buss L,R
Include:							Aux Out Buss L,R
Analog Inputs 1-4,
							Effect 1 Insert/Direct Switch
Digital Inputs L & R,
							Effect 1 Out Buss L,R
Mix Buss L & R,
							Effect 2 Insert/Direct Switch
Tracks 1 - 8.							Effect 2 Out Buss L,R
							EQ On/Off Switch
KEY TO KNOBS:							Hi EQ
Trim							Mid EQ
Pan							Low EQ

Level

Channel Pan

Frequency

Resonance

Boost or Cut

Selector Switch

{Master Outputs Level & Pan

{Aux Outputs Level & Pan

Effect 1 Return Switch Effect 1 Level

Effect 1 Pan

Effect 2 Return Switch Effect 2 Level

Effect 2 Pan

Master Output Switch

(Master Out,

Aux Send,

Effect 1,

Effect 2)

Master Fader

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