14—Working with Track Channels
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Sending a Track Channel’s Signal to a Direct Path
You can send a single track channel’s signal to an output using a direct path—this
might be useful for a percussionist who only wants to hear a single guide instrument,
for example. By using a Direct path, you save your two Aux busses for other jobs. To
learn more about Direct paths, see Chapter 15.
Routing a Track to a Direct Path
1. Press CH EDIT so it lights.
2. Press the desired track channel’s TRACK/STATUS button.
3. Turn on the desired Direct path’s on/off switch (Page 154).
Mixing
The most important place to send a track channel’s signal is, of course, to the MASTER
mix bus when you create your final mix. While a complete discussion of how to mix is
far beyond the scope of the
VS-2000 Owner’s Manual
, here’s a very brief overview of the
process to get you started, since track channel signals—the sound of your recorded
tracks—are the main ingredient of most VS-2000 mixes.
Any discussion of mixing has to mention a mix’s other elements: effects and any live
input signals you’re using. Discussions of these topics can be found in other chapters.
The Mechanics of Mixing
A final mix is nothing more—or less—than the combining of all of the project’s audio
into a single stereo audio signal. That includes your recorded tracks, effects you add to
those recordings and any live input signals (such as MIDI instruments) required to
complete the project’s sound.
To create the final mix, send all project elements to the stereo MASTER bus.
•
Recorded tracks
—are sent to the MASTER mix from their track channels. If you’ve
inserted effects on any track channels, they go along for the ride as well.
•
Loop effects
—are sent to the MASTER mix from the FX return channels.
•
Live input signals
—are sent to the main mix from the input channels.
Make sure that the CH EDIT MIX parameter (Page 152) for any desired track, FX or
input channel is turned on if you want its signal to be sent to the MASTER bus.
Since you listen to the MASTER bus during most VS-2000 operations, you’re really
already mixing as you balance the levels of your track channels just to make things
sound good as you work. The final mix may only mean a refinement of what you’ve
been listening to all along.
To learn about routing a Direct path to a VS-2000 output, see Chapter 15.
If you’ve connected your VS-2000 to a pair of Roland DS-series Digital Reference
Monitors, you can try out your mix on a variety of different virtual speakers to make
sure your project sounds great wherever it’s played—see “Speaker Modeling” on
Page 224.
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