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Chapter 2: Understanding Your VS-880EX
For example, let’s assume that you set Fader # 1 to a physical front panel position of -8 dB while using
INPUT mode ([FADER/EDIT] lit green). Since you set this Fader in real time, the internal ‘electronic’ level
is -8 (the same as the physical control). Then you switch mixer modes to TRACK mode ([FADER/EDIT lit
green). Now you set Fader # 1 to a physical position of +4 dB to mix Track # 1. When you switch back to
INPUT mode, the ‘physical’ fader is set to +4 (you just set it there), but the internal ‘electronic’ level is still
set to -8 dB (which you set the last time you were using INPUT mode).
In order to realign the physical and electronic levels, the VS-880EX provides a function in the System
Parameters called Fader Match. When Fader Match is set to Null, the VS-880EX will ignore any
movements of the physical fader, until the physical fader position and the internal electronic position are
equal (Nulled). In other words when you begin to move the fader from the +4 position, no change will
occur in the audio until you lower the fader to -8. Once the internal and physical levels match, the fader
will continue to operate normally. The Pan controls operate in the same manner.
When Fader Match is set to Jump, the actual value will change to the current position of the fader or pan
knob at the instant they are moved.
A flashing horizontal bar in the LCD display ([SHIFT] + [DISPLAY]) will
indicate the internal ‘electronic’ position of the control. The entire vertical
bar indicates the current ‘physical’ position.
If your faders or pan controls do not appear to operate, you can either: Move the physical
control from one end to the other to assure that you have crossed the NULL position – or –
view the LCD [DISPLAY] to carefully move the physical control into position to match the
electronic position.
Channels Versus Tracks
The 8 faders, status buttons, and pan controls on the left side of the VS-880EX represent mixer channels.
They may or may not represent actual recorded tracks. However, when a fader is being used for a recorded
track, the channel # and the track # will be the same. Here are the rules for Mixer channels:
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INPUT MODE ([FADER/EDIT] lit orange): Channel faders represent rear panel source
inputs 1-6 and Digital Left and Right, in that order.
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TRACK MODE ([FADER/EDIT] lit green): Each channel fader represents the corresponding
recording track. i.e. Channel 1 = Track 1, Channel 2 = Track 2, etc.
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RETURN MODE([FADER/EDIT] button lit red): The channel 6 fader represents the Stereo In
and the channel 7 and 8 faders represent the EFFECT 1 and EFFECT 2 returns respectively.