Roland Vs-880 Effects section, VS-880 operation, About the effect expansion board VS8F-1

Chapter 2 Before you start (VS-880 terminology)

Effects section

■About the effect expansion board (VS8F-1)

The VS8F-1 effect expansion board which allows high-quality stereo effects to be created within the VS-880 is available as an option.

The VS8F-1 has two stereo effect units, and allows you to use two different types of effect simulta- neously. For each channel you can specify the effect that will be used. Of course it is also possible to use two effects in one channel.

For effect operation, refer also to the VS8F-1 ownerÕs manual.

VS-880 operation

■How operations are organized (Conditions)

The VS-880 provides many functions, and these functions are grouped into ÒConditions.Ó In order to perform an operation, you must select the condition in which the desired operation is found. The VS-880 has the following eight conditions.

●Play condition:

Here you can perform normal playback/recording. Each time the power is turned on, the VS- 880 will be in Play condition.

●Channel Edit condition:

Here you can set the status of each mixer channel, select input sources, switch V-tracks, and make equalizer settings, etc.

●Master Block Edit condition:

Here you can make settings for the master section of the mixer, such as master level and AUX send level.

●Song Edit condition:

Here you can perform song-related operations, such as naming a song, switching songs, and creating a new song.

●Locator Edit condition:

Here you can modify the times of the various points specified in a song, such as locate points and mark points.

●Track Edit condition:

Here you can edit the playback data recorded in a track, for example by copying data between tracks or erasing it.

●Effect Edit condition:

Here you can make effect settings. This condition can be selected only if the VS8F-1 effect expansion board (sold separately) is installed.

●System Edit condition:

Here you can make settings that affect the entire VS-880, such as disk drive settings and settings related to MIDI synchronization.

■Switching conditions

This section explains basic operation of the VS-880. Please be sure to read this section, so that you will understand each type of operation.

CONDITION MARKER# TIME

dB

0

4

12

24

48

INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER

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