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Chapter 6: Mixdown Applications
The VS-880 contains ‘snapshot’ automation known as SCENES. Essentially, the VS-880 allows you to take a
‘snapshot’ or picture of all the settings in the VS-880 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
V-Xpanded Owner’s Manual page 72-73.)
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.
Remember actual fader levels may not match the physical fader position. (See
Nulling - Application Guide page # 30.)
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.
IMPORTANT: The VS-880 cannot recall scenes while it is playing back. You can
only select a new scene when the VS-880 is STOPPED.
Remember that SCENES are ‘SNAPSHOTS’ of all the settings in the VS-880 at a single point in
time. SCENES do not record any movement of controls. That function is available using an external
MIDI sequencer (page 105 of this guide) or realtime automated mixing (page 106 of this guide.)
Using Scenes To Help With Mixdown
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