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17—Working with FX Return Channels
When you press TR 17-24/FX RTN•V-FADER, the eight right-most channel strips—
labeled “FX RTN 1-8”—are FX return channels that control the stereo outputs of Effects
1-8, respectively, when they’re set up as loop effects.
What Does an FX Return Channel Do?
Each FX return channel provides a set of controls for the stereo signal produced by its
corresponding effect processor, Effect 1-8. An FX return channel has a stereo fader with
which you can set the level of the effect. It also provides a set of CH EDIT tools that let
you manage the effect and send it to the MASTER mix, print the effect to hard disk
recorder tracks, or to Aux or Direct busses.
The FX Return Channel Fader
An FX return channel fader sets the level of the corresponding effect’s stereo
output as it’s sent to the desired destination—most often either the MASTER
mix or one or two tracks in the hard disk recorder. The position of the fader is
reflected in the FX return channel’s CH EDIT FADER parameter value.
Changing the FADER value is the same as moving the physical fader.
FX Return CH EDIT Tools
Each FX return channel has three FX return CH EDIT screens. It has a:
• main CH EDIT screen (see Page 228) • SURROUND screen (Page 322)
• Parameter View screen (Page 231)
When an effect is inserted on an input or track channel, or the MASTER bus, it requires
no FX return channel. Therefore, if this is the case, the effect’s FX return channel is de-
activated.
When the VS-2480 is shipped from the factory, Effects 1 and 2 are available. Each
optional VS8F-2 effect expansion board you install adds another pair of stereo effects to
your VS-2480, up to a total of eight stereo effects with three optional VS8F-2s installed.
TRACK STATUS / PHRASE PAD
IN 1-16
SOLO
9 12 1
17
2
18
3
19
4
20
5
21
6
22
7
23
8
24 MASTER
(dB) 6
4
0
4
8
12
18
24
42
(dB) 6
4
0
4
8
12
18
24
42
TO
FROM
13 14 15 16 10 11
FX 2 FX1 FX 3 FX 4 FX 5 FX 6 FX 7 FX 8
AUX 2 AUX1 MST AUX 3 AUX 4 AUX 5 AUX 6 AUX 7 AUX 8
PAN PAN / AUX SEND 1 / AUX SEND 1-8 8
CH EDIT / SELECT / PHRASE SEQ STATUS / AUTOMIX STATUS
FX RTN
IN 17-24 AUX MST
TR 17-24 TR 1-16
Q Q RATIO GAIN FREQ FREQ GAIN FREQ GAIN GAIN FREQ THRESHOLD ATTACK RELEASE LEVEL FREQ
EQ Low EQ High
FADER
WRITE READ
MANUAL
PRM
MUTE
EQ Lo - Mid EQ Hi - Mid Dynamics
RTN
PHRASE
REC PLAY OFF
TRACK
PHRASE SEQ
MASTER EDIT V.FADER
EDIT
PHRASE PAD PLAY AUX SEND
PHRASE SEQ
PAD
/ AUTOMIX
Filter
L
R
L
R
TR 17-24/FX RTN
•V-FADER is lit.
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