5—Understanding Effects
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FX Sends
In the VS-2000, each of the six FX send busses provides a pathway into one of the VS-
2000’s six internal effect processors. By default, FX 1 carries signals into Effect 1, FX 2 to
Effect 2, and so on. When you want to send an input, track or even an FX return
channel’s signal to an internal effect, you send it to the corresponding FX bus—you can
set how much of the signal you want to send to the effect by setting the FX send level on
its CH EDIT screen (Page 139).
Pre-Fader and Post-Fader Sends
The VS-2000 allows you to send a signal to an FX bus from either of two places as the
signal makes its way through a channel. You can send it:
•
pre-fader
—to send the signal to the FX bus before the signal reaches its channel
fader. The FX send level isn’t affected by changes you make to the fader’s position—
it stays the same even if the level of the signal itself changes. This can be useful if
you’re sending a signal to an effect and want its effect level to remain constant as
the level of the signal itself changes.
•
post-fader
—to send the signal to the FX bus after its fader. Changes you make to the
signal’s level using its fader affect the amount of the signal sent to the FX bus. As
the fader goes up, the FX send level goes up, and vice versa. This can be especially
useful when you’re using the FX bus to add an effect to the signal—the relationship
between the signal level and effect level stays the same as you change the signal’s
level. You’ll usually want to use a post-fader send for effects.
Each FX bus can be configured to accept either pre-fader or post-fader signals from the
input, track and FX return channels, as described on Page 206.
When To Use Loop Effects
You’ll use loop effects any time you want to add an effect to a signal so that both the
signal and the effect are heard. The most frequent use of loop effects is with reverbs
and delays, the two most frequently used effects there are.
Master Effects
The VS-2000 allows you to apply an effect to your entire mix at once. You can do this by
inserting the effect into the main MASTER mix’s signal path. While you can do this at
any time, this capability is particularly important when creating final stereo mastering
tracks in preparation for burning an audio CD. The VS-2000’s Mastering Tool Kit (MTK)
effects are specially designed for this purpose and provide everything you need to add
the final touches to your recordings.
Native and Plug-In Effects
VS-2000 users can enjoy both:
•
native effects
—effects built-in to the VS-2000 and contained on additional installed
VS8F-2 Effect Expansion Boards.
•
plug-in effects
—third party effects that can be installed on optional VS8F-3 Plug-In
Effect Expansion Boards. Leading software producers have released versions of the
Mastering tracks
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