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Chapter 5 Using the Digital Mixer
Chapter 5
RECORDING bus as well as the MIX bus can also be routed to the EFFECT bus. When two VS8F-2 effect boards are installed in
the VS-1680, the EFFECT bus has a total of eight channels (EFX1 L/R, EFX2 L/R, EFX3 L/R, and EFX4 L/R).
AUX Bus
Signals assigned to the AUX bus are routed to the AUX jacks to allow additional mixes for monitoring, such as headphone mixes.
This bus provides six channels—AUX 1 L/R, AUX 2 L/R and AUX 3 L/R—and can take signals from the Input Mixer and the
Track Mixer. Signals assigned to the RECORDING bus or the MIX bus can also be routed to the AUX bus. This is convenient when
you want to connect an external effects device, or when you want an additional output that is independent from the MASTER Out
jacks.
When two VS8F-2 effect boards are installed in the VS-1680, the AUX bus is reduced to two channels (AUX L/R). The other four
channels of the AUX bus are re-assigned to enhance the EFFECT bus (EFX3 L/R and EFX4 L/R). The EFFECT bus can be used as
an AUX bus as well.
Input Mixer
All signals that are to be recorded are first sent through the 10-channel Input Mixer.
The Input Mixer appears before the recorder, and corresponds to the external input sources (INPUT 1-8, DIGITAL IN L/R).
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The output of each channel of the Input Mixer can be assigned to tracks to be recorded. Channels not being recorded can be
assigned to the MIX bus for output from the MASTER jacks. When an input is assigned to a track for recording, it can also be
monitored from the MASTER jacks when the track’s STATUS button is orange or blinking red.
Signals are assigned to the channel faders of the Input Mixer as follows:
Channels 1-8: INPUT jacks 1-8
DIGITAL: DIGITAL IN connector L/R