VS-2480

Tip Sheet
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2001 Roland Corporation US

VS-2480 Tip Sheet

Table of Contents

Welcome 7

Notes and Tips..... 7
Connecting a PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 ASCII Keyboard
Connecting a VGA Monitor..... 7 About VGA, Mouse and Keyboard Configuration Parameters... 8
Using a VGA Monitor with the VS-2480
Configuring Your Monitor..... 8 VGA Parameters..... 8 Elements of the Info Display.... 8 General Information Strip..... 9 PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Knob Strip.... 9 Meters Strip...... 9 Bottom Pane..... 9 Controlling Whats On the Info Display.... 10 Selecting Info Displays Manually.... 10 Locking the Info Display..... 10
Using a Mouse with the VS-2480
Configuring Your Mouse..... 11 PS/2 MOUSE Parameters..... 11 Cursors...... 11 Pop-Up Menus...... 11 Display Pop-Up..... 12 Channel Pop-Up..... 12 Track Editing with the Mouse..... 12 Moving the Cursor to a Track..... 12 Selecting Phrases...... 12 Setting Region Edit Points by Dragging.... 13 Selecting One or More Phrases and Regions.... 13 Setting Region Edit Points Using the Position Line... 14 Other Features of the Edit Pop-Up Menu.... 14 Dragging Phrases and Regions..... 15 Automix Editing with the Mouse.... 15 Selected Automix Data..... 15 The Automix Pop-Up Menu..... 16

Using an ASCII Keyboard

Configuring Your Keyboard.....16 PS/2 KEYBOARD Parameters.....16 What You Can Do With an ASCII Keyboard....16
Using Roland DS-90A or DS-50A Monitors
Setting Up for DS-90A and DS-50A Digital Monitors....17
Adjusting Your Listening Level
Using the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Knobs
Adjusting Stereo Positioning.....18 Activating Knob Control of Channel Panning....18 Setting Dynamics and EQ Parameters for One Channel....19 Activating Knob Control of Dynamics and EQ Parameters....19 Sending Channel Signals to an Aux Bus....19 Activating Knob Control of Aux Send Levels....19 Controlling a Parameter of Your Choice....19 Activating Knob Control of Any Channel Parameter....20
Fader Control of Aux Sends or a USER Parameter
Assigning Faders to Aux Send or USER Parameter Control...20
If the ENTER/YES Button is Blinking. About VS-2480 Track Editing 21
Regions and Phrases.....21 Editing Screens.....21 Edit Points......21 Setting IN, OUT FROM and TO....22 Edit Point Flags.....22 Selecting Audio for Editing....22 Cursoring to a Track....22 Selecting a Phrase......22 Selecting a Region.....22 TRACK EDIT Shortcut Buttons.....23 To Use a TRACK EDIT Shortcut Button....23
Resetting Mixer Parameters Changing Channels 24
Switching Between Input, Track, Aux and FX Channels....24
Setting Channel Unity Gain and Panning
To Reset a Channels Fader and Pan....24
Removing Input Signals from the MASTER Mix Configuring Aux Sends 25
Configuring an Aux Send from a MASTER EDIT Screen... 25 Configuring an Aux Send from a Channel View Screen.... 25

H. POSITION V. POSITION

Shifts the image left or right Shifts the image up or down
Elements of the Info Display
Most of the VS-2480 Info Displays screens are divided into four areas.
General Information Strip PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Strip Meters Strip

Bottom Pane

The Info Display also provides a date and time readout in its upper right-hand corner.
General Information Strip
This metal-brushed area appears at the top of all of the Info Displays screens. It contains the following readouts: 1. ABS/REL Indicatorsshow whether the Info Displays time counters are showing absolute time or are shifted to correspond to the setting of the SYNC OFFSET TIME parameter in the UTILITY Menu. 2. VARI PITCH Indicatorshows when VARI PITCH in the UTILITY Menu is on. 3. TIMEshows the current location in hours, minutes, seconds, frames, subframes. 4. MEASURE/BEAT/TICKshows the current time in bars, beats and ticks. (There are 480 ticks in each beat.) 5. MARKERshows the last marker before the current position of the timeline. 6. A.PUNCH Indicatorshows when automatic punching is turned on. 7. EXTSYNC Indicatorshows when external synchronization is active. 8. LOOP Indicatorshows when looping is turned on. 9. AUTOMIX Indicatorshows when Automix is turned on. 10. REMAINshows how much disk space you have left. (You can set the unit of measurement with the REMAIN DISPLAY TYPE parameter in the UTILITY Menu.) 11. SCENEshows the number and name of the current scene.
PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Knob Strip
Currently selected channel group Clipping indicators
PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knob settings
The VS-2480s PAN/AUX Send 1-8 knobs can perform a variety of functions, as described on Page 18. This strip shows their current settings. At the left of the strip, the currently selected channel group and channel are shown. To the right of the strip are input clipping indicators that show when a channels input signal level is too loud.

Meters Strip

In certain display modessee Selecting Info Displays Manually belowthe Meters Strip shows the set of meters currently selected on the Home screen.
Whenever the Meters Strip is visible, meters for the MONITOR and MAIN busses appear at its right. Currently selected meters
The contents of the Info Displays bottom pane changes from screen to screen.
Controlling Whats On the Info Display
As you navigate the onboard LCD display of the VS-2480, the Info Display automatically switches between various screens. You can also manually switch to a few key screens, and you can lock the display so that it doesnt change as you move from screen to screen on the VS-2480.
Selecting Info Displays Manually
You can access several key screens from the VS-2480s Home screen. 1. 2. Press HOME/DISPLAY. Press PAGE until ID PL appears above the F1 button.

You can press F1 through F5 to view the following screens: ID PL (Info Display Playlist screen) shows the track playlist in the lower area on the display. ID IN (Info Display Input Channels) shows all 24 input channels in the lower area on the display. ID TR (Info Display Track Channels) shows all 24 track channels in the lower area on the display. ID Mlt (Info Display Multiple Parameters) shows a detailed view of the currently selected group of 16 channel strips (Page 24). ID ChV (Info Display Channel View) shows the CH EDIT parameters for the currently selected input, track or FX return channel.
When the ID PL, ID IN or ID TR screens are in view, the Meters area is visible. You can change whats shown on the left side of the Meters Areathe right side always shows the MONITOR and MASTER output levels: 1. 2. 3. Press HOME/DISPLAY. Press PAGE until INPUT appears above F1. Press: INPUTto meter the VS-2480s analog and digital input jacks and connectors. IN Mixto meter input channel levels. TR Mixto meter track channel levels. AUXDIRto meter the AUX and DIR bus levels. OUTPUTto meter the VS-2480s output levels.

Locking the Info Display

You can lock the currently displayed Info Display screen so that it stays in view as you move from screen to screen on the VS-2480. 1. 2. 3. 4. Press HOME/DISPLAY. Press PAGE until IDHold appears above the F6 button. Press F6 (IDHold). To unlock the display, repeat Steps 1-3.
A mouse can make many VS-2480 tasks easier to perform.You can use the mouse to set parameter values, use it during track editing operations, and more. The VS-2480 uses a two-button mouse, with the left button serving as a click button, and the right-hand button calling up special menus on various screens. If we say to simply click the mouse, were referring to a clicking with the left mouse button.

Conguring Your Mouse

PS/2 MOUSE Parameters
Parameter: PS/2 MOUSE POINTER SPEED What it sets: Turns the mouse on or off Sets how fast the mouses cursor moves Typical setting is: On 3

Cursors

The onscreen cursor you see as you move the mouse changes to show you what the mouse can do as you move over items on the display. This cursor: Means that the mouse: is moving between items on the display. On the Home screen, you can click on a track in the playlist to select it. you can click on the item beneath the cursor. If its a switch, you can toggle through its values by repeatedly clicking. If its an adjustable parameter, youll see either of the next two cursors after you click. can raise or lower the parameters value as you drag the mouse up or down, respectively can raise or lower the parameters value as you drag the mouse right or left, respectively can drag the track beneath it during editing operations is ready to move whatevers beneath the mouse to a new location is ready to copy whatevers beneath the mouse by dragging; this appears when SHIFT is held down during track editing

Pop-Up Menus

When a pop-up menu is availableas well note in the following pagesyou can select an item in the menu by dragging to it so that the items highlighted, and then clicking the left mouse button to select the item. The following sections describe two of the VS-2480s more important pop-up menus.
Drag to the desired menu item and click.

Display Pop-Up

You can quickly jump to some of the VS-2480s most important screens by clicking on the small rectangle in the upper left-hand corner of the display.

Channel Pop-Up

If youre using a mouse, you can also select a new input, track or FX channel from any screen on which the currently selected channels number is displayed as shown here.
Input channel Track channel FX return channel
To select a new channel: 1. 2. Click the mouse on the channel number. The Channel Pop-Up Menu appears. Move the cursor to the desired channel and click.
Track Editing with the Mouse
A mouse can perform a wide range of VS-2480 editing operations. You can also use the mouse or the VS-2480s buttons, or use them together. For an overview of track editing in the VS-2480, see About VS-2480 Track Editing on Page 21. Youll nd explanations for the terminology used in the following sections. Track editing takes place on the Home screen or the Wave Display. Press HOME or WAVE DISP, respectively, to view these screens.
Moving the Cursor to a Track
To move the cursor to a track with your mouse, click on the track or on its number to the left of the playlist area.

Selecting Phrases

You can select a phrase using the mouse by clicking on the desired phrase or dragging across it. In addition, you can drag vertically or diagonally across multiple tracks to select one phrase on each, or you can also hold down SHIFT and click the phrase on each track youd like to select. The VS-2480 automatically places the FROM point (Page 21) at the start of the earliest selected phrase for your convenience. You can manually reset the FROM point if you want to.
Setting Region Edit Points by Dragging
1. 2. 3. Press PHRASEREGIONAUTOMIX repeatedly until its lit red. Click and hold the left mouse button at the desired IN point, making sure you click after the start of the project. Drag rightward across the display and release the button at the desired OUT point.

Position line

3. 4. 5.
Click the right mouse button on the track playlist. A pop-up menu appears that offers a variety of options. Drag to the name of the desired edit point so that its highlighted in the pop-up menu. Click the left mouse buttonthe selected edit point is set.
In this illustration, the IN point is selected.
Other Features of the Edit Pop-Up Menu
You can perform quite a few actions from the Edit Pop-Up Menu. In all cases, once you select the desired item from the pop-up menu, click the left mouse button: To: Clear region edit points Move the timeline First: Press and hold CLEAR Press and hold SHIFT Then right-click and: select the desired edit point. select the desired edit point or choose GOTO to move to the current location of the position line.

To: Zoom in or out

Right-click and: select ZOOM or ZOOM. In either case, a dialog appears in which you can select the desired magnication. select WAVE. select P.LIST. select SCRUB and left-click to checkmark it. select SCRUB TO to preview the audio just before the position line, SCRUB THRU to listen to audio just before and after the position line, or SCRUB FROM to listen to a small chunk of audio starting at the position line. Sel Trk selects the track on which youve right-clicked if no IN and OUT points have been set.
View the Wave Display from the Home screen View the Home screen from the Wave Display Activate the VS-2480s Scrub feature Use Scrub to preview audio

Select a track

To: Select a region
Right-click and: Sel Trk selects the region of audio between the IN and OUT points on the track youve right-clicked if IN and OUT points have been set. Sel Phr selects the phrase youve right-clicked. select the desired operation from the menu. You can select only those operations for which the required edit points have been set. select PHRASE or REGION, as desiredthe PHRASEREGIONAUTOMIX button lights in green (phrase) or red (region)
Select a phrase Perform other editing operations Switch from region to phrase editing and back
Dragging Phrases and Regions
On the Home screen, you can drag phrases and regions youve selected to new locations using your mouse. To do this: 1. 2. 3. Move your mouse cursor over the desired audio. The cursor changes to an opened hand to show that you can grab the audio. Click on the desired audio and hold the mouse button downthe cursor changes to a closed hand to show the audio is ready to be dragged. Drag the audio to the desired location.

You can also copy audio on the Home screen by dragging it: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Move your mouse cursor over the desired audio. The cursor changes to an opened hand to show that you can grab the audio. Click on the desired audio and hold the mouse button downthe cursor changes to a closed hand to show the audio is ready to be dragged. Hold down SHIFTa plus sign appears in the closed-hand cursor icon. While continuing to hold SHIFT, drag the audio to the desired location. Release the mouse button and then release SHIFT.
Automix Editing with the Mouse
You can select and edit Automix data using the same techniques used for editing regions. You can: set edit points by dragging (Page 13). set edit points using the position line (Page 14). drag automation data (see above) perform various operations using the Automix Pop-Up Menu.
Automix editing takes place from the AUTOMIX EDIT screen. To get there: 1. 2. While holding down SHIFT, press AUTOMIX. Press F1 (EDIT).

Selected Automix Data

Selected data in the Automix editing screen appears in reverse: the data is white, and its background is dark.

Selected

The Automix Pop-Up Menu
In addition to many of the same items found in the Edit Pop-Up Menu (Page 14), youll nd the following in the Automix Pop-Up Menu: MICROopens the AUTOMIX MICRO EDIT window. TARGETopens a dialog in which you can select the kind of Automix data you want to edit.
As with the Edit Pop-Up Menu, you can hold down CLEAR and right-click to view options for deleting edit points, or hold down SHIFT to move to the desired edit point.

Conguring Your Keyboard

PS/2 KEYBOARD Parameters
Parameter: PS/2 KEYBOARD KEYBOARD TYPE What it sets: Turns the keyboard on or off Selects the nationality of the ASCII keyboard youre using Typical setting is: On 101/104 for USA; 106/109 for Japan
What You Can Do With an ASCII Keyboard
You can use the keyboard to perform a variety of VS-2480 operations quickly and easily. You can use the keyboards: Letter and number keys Arrow keys SHIFT+arrow keys Home F7 SHIFT+F7 SHIFT+F8 Ctrl+S Ctrl+Alt+Delete And the keyboards: F1-F6 Tab Enter Esc F9 F10 F11 F12 To: enter names for projects, tracks, scenes, locators, etc. move the cursor on the VS-2480s display zoom in and out vertically and horizontally display the Home screen display the EZ Routing VIEW screen display the EZ Routing P.BAY screen display Mastering Room screen store the current project shut down the VS-2480 Acts as the VS-2480s: F1-F6 buttons the PAGE button the ENTER/YES button or left mouse button the EXIT/NO button the PROJECT MENU button the TRACK MENU button the EFFECT MENU button the UTILITY MENU button
If youre listening to the VS-2480 through Rolands DS-90A or DS-50A monitors, youll need to make sure the MONITOR signal is routed to the digital output youre using. (In the factory demo songs, this step has already been taken care ofhowever, when you create a new project, the MASTER stereo mix will be routed to the OPTICAL and COAXIAL OUT connectors.)

Setting Up for DS-90A and DS-50A Digital Monitors
1. 2. 3. Decide whether you want to use an optical or coaxial connection to your monitors. Press EZ ROUTINGPATCHBAY. Press F3 (OUTPUT). The OUTPUT ASSIGN display appears. This display shows youand allows you to changethe signal routed to each of the VS-2480 output jacks and connectors.
All of the VS-2480s output jacks and connectors. Along the left edge of the screen, you see all of the VS-2480s signal busses.
Press # until the desired digital output is selected in the top rowin this screenshot, weve chosen the COAXIAL OUT:
The thick black linethink of it as a virtual cableshows that the MASTER mix (MASTL/R) is routed to the COAXIAL OUT (COAX). Turn the TIME/VALUE dial clockwise so the cable connects MONL/R to the selected digital OUT connectorMONL/R stands for MONITOR Left/Right.
If youre listening to the VS-2480 through monitor speakers, the MONITOR knob to the left of the display sets your listening level. Youll generally want to keep this at the 0dB position (3 oclock). Of course, you can always turn the MONITOR knob to raise or lower the listening level as neededthe 0dB position serves as a good starting point. Adjust your Roland DS-90A/DS-50A INPUT LEVEL or monitor-speaker amplier level settings so that the VS-2480 is producing sound at a reasonable level.
If youre using headphones, the setting of the MONITOR knob establishes the basic monitoring level, so set it to its 0dB position. To adjust your headphones volume, use the PHONES 1 or 2 knob that corresponds to the jack into which youve plugged your headphones. Start with the knob turned all the way counter-clockwise, and slowly turn it clockwise to reach the desired listening level. If youve connected a speaker system directly to the VS-2480 and would like separate control of your speakers and headphones, route the MASTER outputs to the desired PHONES jack on the EZ ROUTING OUTPUT ASSIGN screen (see Steps 1-3 in Setting Up for DS-90A and DS-50A Digital Monitors on Page 17). The MONITOR knob will control only the speakers, and each PHONES knob will control the associated jack. In the factory demos, the MASTER bus is routed to the PHONES jacks, so each PHONES knob independently controls its associated jack.
When the channel strips are controlling input, track and Aux channels, the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knobs at the top of the strips can perform a variety of functions. They can: Adjust the stereo positioning of the selected channels signals in the MASTER mix. Adjust the dynamics and EQ CH EDIT parameters for a single channel. Send each channels signal to one of the Aux busses. Control a single parameter of your choosing in the selected channels.

While the above steps describe selecting the desired channel after activating the knobs for channel-parameter control, you can select the channel rst if you prefer.
Sending Channel Signals to an Aux Bus
You can use each of the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knobs to send the corresponding channels signal to a selected AUX send bus. This allows you to quickly set up how much signal youd like to send to a particular effect or VS-2480 output from all of your channels without having to navigate to their individual AUX send settings.
Activating Knob Control of Aux Send Levels
1. 2. 3. Press the KNOB/FDR ASSIGNAUX 1-8 button in the LOCATOR/MARKER/ SCENE area so that the buttons indicator ashes. On the numeric keypad, press the number of the Aux bus whose send levels youd like to control (1-8). The selected Aux buss number lights on the keypad. Turn a PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knob to adjust the corresponding channels send to the selected Aux bus.
Controlling a Parameter of Your Choice
The VS-2480 allows you to assign a CH EDIT parameter to the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knobs so you can quickly adjust its value for all of your channels. This parameter is referred to as the USER parameter. This can be handy in any number of situations: In a recording session in which youre recording multiple players at once, select ATT as your USER parameter so that you can move from input to input, adjusting each inputs level attenuation by turning its PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knob. If youre trying to clean up your mix by adjusting the level of a specic range of frequencies in your tracks, select the gain parameter for the desired range and use the knobs to quickly go through your tracks and x your EQ problem.
You can utilize the USER feature to easily automate any channel parameter changes to one or more tracks.
Activating Knob Control of Any Channel Parameter
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Press the KNOB/FDR ASSIGNAUX 1-8 button in the LOCATOR/MARKER/ SCENE area of the VS-2480s top panel so that its ashing. While holding down SHIFT, press 9USER on the numeric keypad. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the desired USER parameter. Press F6 (EXIT.) On the numeric keypad, press 9USERthe button lights, and the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knobs are now controlling the selected USER parameter.
Your USER parameter choice is stored with each project, so that whenever youre working on a project, you can quickly switch the knobs back to the control of your USER parameter by performing Steps 7 and 8 above.
As with the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knobs, the VS-2480 also allows you to use your channel faders for setting each input, track or FX channels: send level to an aux bus value for the current USER parameter (see Activating Knob Control of Any Channel Parameter on Page 20)

Edit Points

Region editing begins with selecting the portion of the project you want to edit. This time range is dened when you place two edit special editing markers: This edit point: IN OUT Sets: the beginning of the section of audio you want to edit. the end of the section of audio you want to edit.
You can also set up time anchors that let you precisely place data youre moving: This edit point: FROM Sets: the original time location of the data youre moving. In the VS-2480, FROM is automatically set to the same time as the IN point, though you can manually reset its position as desired. the time location to which you want to move the data.
The FROM and TO points can be especially helpful when you want to precisely position a particular audio event within a larger chunk of data. You can set FROM to the location at which the event originally occurs, and then set TO to the exact position at which you want the event to land when you move the region.
Setting IN, OUT FROM and TO
You can set edit points by positioning the timeline at the desired location and pressing the IN, OUT, FROM or TO button, respectively, or by using the mouse (Page 13). To move the timeline to the IN, OUT, FROM or TO locations, hold down SHIFT and press the desired IN, OUT, FROM or TO button.

Edit Point Flags

IN FROM OUT TO
On the VS-2480 display, each edit point is shown as a line with a ag at its top. Each point its own distinct ag. Since the FROM point is set to the same location as the IN point by default, you wont always see its agit may be covered by the IN point.
Selecting Audio for Editing
There are two basic steps to selecting audio you want to edit: 1. 2. Cursor to the track on which the desired audio resides. Select the phrase or region as described below.

Selected phrases

Selected regions
If you select audio on one of a pair of linked tracks, the audio on the other linked track is also selected.

Cursoring to a Track

You can cursor to a track on the Home screen in a couple of ways: You can press $ or % to move the cursor to the desired track. You can click on the track with your mouse (Page 12).
When audio is selected, it has a dotted outline. If you cursor to its track, its white. If not, its black.
When a track is selected, a triangle appears to its left and the track turns white.

2. 3. 4. 5.

Resetting Mixer Parameters
You can quickly reset all mixer parameters to their default values. To do this: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Press UTILITY. Press PAGE until PrmIni appears above F6. Press F6 (PrmIni). Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select MIXER. Press F5 (OK)a conrmation screen appears. If youre sure you want to proceed, press ENTER/YES. To cancel the operation, press EXIT/NO.

Changing Channels

All of the VS-2480s 64 mixer channels are active and available at all times. 24 input channels 8 Aux send channels 24 track channels 8 FX return channels
The four FADER buttons above the MASTER fader let you choose the type of channel you want to work with. When you press the appropriate FADER button, the controls of the 16 physical strips become the controls for the desired group of channels.

PAN / AUX SEND 1-8

PHRASE

PAD PLAY

THRESHOLD

ATTACK

RELEASE

Dynamics

Filter

EQ Low

EQ Lo - Mid

EQ Hi - Mid

EQ High

PHRASE SEQ

CH EDIT / SELECT / PHRASE SEQ STATUS / AUTOMIX STATUS

IN 1-16

AUX MST

IN 17-24

TRACK STATUS / PHRASE PAD

TR 1-16

TR 17-24

FX RTN

FADER buttons

MASTER EDIT

V.FADER

FX1RTN

Channel strips

AUX1MST AUX 2

MASTER
Switching Between Input, Track, Aux and FX Channels
Press a FADER button to turn the 16 physical channel strips into the group of channel controls you want: Press.
Channel Strips 1-16 control: Input Channels 1-16

Press.

.and Channel Strips 1-16 control: Input Channels 17-24 and Aux Master Channels 1-8 Track Channels 17-24 and FX Return Channels 1-8

Track Channels 1-16

When you change what the channel strips control, the channel faders move into position for the group of channels youve selected. If you ever get confused about what the channel strips are controlling, just look at the four FADER buttonstheyll tell you at a glance what theyre up to.
The VS-2480 provides a quick shortcut for setting a channels fader to 0dB and its stereo pan to its center position. Before adjusting an input channels SENS knob when setting input levels, youll want to start by setting the input channels fader to its unity gain, 0dB setting.
To Reset a Channels Fader and Pan
1. 2. Press the FADER (see above) button that activates channel strip control of the group of channels containing the one you want to reset. While holding down CLEAR, press the desired channels CH EDIT button.

Removing Input Signals from the MASTER Mix
When you create a new project, the VS-2480s input and track channels are routed into the main mix to help ensure that you can easily hear input or track signals. However, during recording, its a good idea to listen only to your tracks so that you can hear whats actually being recorded. Since youll likely be listening to the MASTER mix bus as you record, heres how to remove an input channels signal from the MASTER mix: 1. 2. 3. 4. Press the desired IN 1-16SOLO or IN 17-24/AUX MSTMUTE FADER button to select the group of channels containing the one you want to remove from the mix. Press the desired input channels CH Edit buttonthe input channels CH EDIT parameters appear. Press ", #, $ and/or % to highlight MIX=On. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to set MIX to Off.

Conguring Aux Sends

Each VS-2480 Aux send bus can be set to receive channel signals either before their faders (pre) or after their faders (post). You can congure an Aux bus from: a MASTER EDIT screenallowing you to set up all of your Aux busses at once a Channel View screenletting you quickly congure the Aux bus as you set other channel parameters
You can also use the following instructions to link odd/even pairs of aux busses by activating the selected Aux buss LINK or BUS LINK parameter.
Configuring an Aux Send from a MASTER EDIT Screen
1. 2. 3. While holding down SHIFT, press TR 1-16MASTER EDIT. Press " or # to select the desired Aux buss Pre/Pst setting. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select Pre or Pst (for Post).
Configuring an Aux Send from a Channel View Screen
1. If youre not already on the Channel View screen for the input or track channel youre working with, press the channels CH EDIT button. If VIEW or CH. V appears above F6, press F6. Use ", #, $ and/or % to select the desired Aux bus send. Press ENTER/YESa dialog appears. Press " or #, if necessary, to select the POSITION parameter. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select Pre or Pst (for Post) as desired.
When youve created a headphone mix using an Aux bus, its easy to add an effect to any of the signals in the headphone mix. Send each channels signal to the effect as desired. The following steps describe how to route the effect to the Aux bus: 1. Press TR-17-24FX RTN to select the group of channels that includes the eight FX returns. The eight FX channels correspond to the eight effects youll have in your VS-2480 with three additional VS8F-2 effect boards installed. (As shipped from the factory,
only Effect 1 and 2 are available.) By default, FX 1 controls the return from Effect 1, FX 2 controls Effect 2s and so on. Press the CH EDIT button for the FX channel that corresponds to an effect you want to send to the headphone mix. The FX channel parameters appear. Use ", #, $ and/or %, if necessary, to select the On/Off switch for the send to the Aux bus youre using for your headphone mix.

4. 5. 6.

Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to turn the Aux send on. Press % to select the send level. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to set the amount of the effect to be sent to the headphone mix.
If youre using a linked pair of Aux busses for a stereo headphone feed, you can still send the effect to the headphones using the method described above. You can send one effect into another using the Aux send controls on this screen. You can also set the send level using the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knobssee Sending Channel Signals to an Aux Bus on Page 19. (Youll still, however, need to activate the Aux send on this screen.)

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