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Mix 16 tracks down to 2 tracks
(Mastering Room)
From the 256 V-tracks you can now select any two tracks,
and mixdown to these two tracks as you play back 16 tracks
simultaneously.
Added mastering tracks
Until now, you had to use an external DAT recorder or MD
recorder if you wanted to mixdown a song that used all
sixteen tracks. For example if you wanted to produce an
original audio CD, you needed to first mixdown to an
external recorder (DAT or MD), and then re-record that song
onto the VS-1680.
fig.2-01
Now, “Mastering tracks” equivalent to this external recorder
(DAT or MD) are provided on the VS-1680 itself.
fig.2-02
Any two of the 256 V-tracks can be assigned for use as the
mastering tracks. With the factory settings, V-track 16 of
tracks 15/16 (i.e., 15-16 and 16-16) are assigned as the
mastering tracks.
For example, you can play back V-tracks 1-1, 2-1, 3-1...15-1,
and 16-1 (a total of 16 tracks), and record the result on
V-tracks 15-16 and 16-16 (a total of two tracks).
MEMO
When the Recording mode (VS-1680 Owner’s Manual, p. 58)
is set to “MAS (mastering),” you can play back V-tracks 1-1,
2-1, 3-1...7-1, and 8-1 (a total of 8 tracks), and record on
V-tracks 7-16 and 8-16 (a total of two tracks). Tracks 9–16
cannot be used.
Mixing down to the
mastering tracks
Here’s how to select the mastering tracks, and perform a
mixdown.
NOTE
The operation of playing back 16 tracks while you mixdown to the
mastering tracks (two tracks) is significantly affected by the speed
of the hard disk. For this reason, depending on the structure of the
song data (sampling rate and recording mode, or when punch-in/
out is used frequently, etc.), or depending on the drive that you use,
the display may indicate “Drive Busy,” and the operation may not
take place correctly.
In order to take full advantage of the
VS-1680’s potential, such as the number of tracks that
can be recorded/played simultaneously, and the
recording capacity, we recommend that you use a hard
disk which capacity is 2.1 GB or more.
1. Press [MASTER].
2. Press [PAGE] so that [F6] indicates “M.Tr,” and then
press [F6 (M.Tr)].
fig.2-03
3. Press [ENTER (YES)].
4. Press [ ], [ ], [ ], or [ ] to move the cursor.
Use the TIME/VALUE dial to specify the value for each
parameter.
fig.2-04
TR1
MASTER
DAT
VS-1680
MIX
Sw
MIX
LR
Digital Out
Select
LR
Track 1--16
MD
MASTER OUT
DIGITAL OUT
TR1
MASTER
VS-1680
MIX
Sw
MIX
LR
Digital Out
Select
LR
Track 1--16
MASTER OUT
DIGITAL OUT
TR15-16
TR16-16
Mastering
Track