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Chapter 6: Mixdown Applications
The VS-880EX allows you to recall mixer settings at the touch of a button using the Scene function.
Essentially, the VS-880EX allows you to take a ‘snapshot’ or picture of all the settings in the VS-880EX at a
particular point in time. The ‘snapshot’ is stored in one of the 8 available scenes. These scenes or snapshots
can be recalled by pressing the correct [SCENE] button. By using SCENES you can try or audition different
mixes of your song. For example, you might try one mix with the vocal very loud with reverb and the
drums very soft. You could store that ‘snapshot’ into SCENE # 1. You might then try a mix with no reverb
on the vocal, the drums very loud, and the guitar solo panned to the left speaker. That would be stored as
SCENE # 2, etc. Once you have tried many different mixes and stored them as SCENES, you can
alternately listen to them to pick which one you think is best. That would be the mixdown you would then
record to your final cassette or DAT tape (for more - see Owner’s Manual page 73.).
ACTION: Using Scenes To Help With Mixdown
1. Adjust the panning, levels, effects levels, and EQ as desired for all the tracks you intend to
mix.
2. Press [STOP].
3. Press [SCENE] (the LED will light).
4. Press [LOC 1]. The led should now be lit, indicating that you stored all the present mix
information in scene location # 1.
5. Experiment with some different level and/or pan settings.
6. Make sure that the [SCENE] LED is still on and press [LOC 2]. You have now stored your
new mix settings into scene location # 2.
7. Press [LOC 1] followed by [PLAY]. Your song will play back with the mix information
stored in scene location # 1.
8. Press [STOP] followed by [ZERO].
9. Make sure that the [SCENE] LED is still on and press [LOC 2].
10. Press [PLAY]. Your song will now play back with the mix information from scene location 2.
IMPORTANT: The VS-880EX cannot recall scenes while it is playing back. You
can only select a new scene when the VS-880EX is STOPPED.
Remember actual fader levels may not match the physical fader position (see Nulling
- Application Guide page 26).
CLEARING A SCENE
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To clear a scene, hold [CLEAR] and press the [LOC] (scene) button that corresponds to the
scene that you want to erase (make sure that SCENE is lit).
Remember that SCENES are ‘SNAPSHOTS’ of all the settings in the VS-880EX at a single point in
time. SCENES do not record any movement of controls. That function is available using an external
MIDI sequencer (page 99 of this guide) or realtime automated mixing (page 100 of this guide.)
Using Scenes To Help With Mixdown
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