
Contents
Table of Contents
1
Purpose of this Guide...................................................................................................................... 5
How to use this Guide..................................................................................................................... 5
Refer to your VS-880 Owner’s Manual & Quick Start.................................................................... 5
Icons & Symbols ............................................................................................................................. 5
Conventions Used In This Manual ............................................................................................... 6
Chapter 1: Laying a Foundation
Introduction to Multitrack Recording.................................................................................................. 7
Multitrack Tape Recording (Linear)..............................................................................................7
Tracking Session....................................................................................................................... 7
Overdub Session ...................................................................................................................... 7
Mixdown Session...................................................................................................................... 8
Audio Post Production for Video .................................................................................................8
Random-Access Hard Disk Recording.......................................................................................... 8
Pointer Based Editing ................................................................................................................ 9
Summary of VS-880 Terminology ...................................................................................................10
VS-880 Commonly Asked Questions............................................................................................... 14
Chapter 2: Understanding Your VS-880
Understanding Your VS-880 .......................................................................................................... 17
Sections of the VS-880 ............................................................................................................ 17
Internal VS8F-1 Effect Expansion Board ..................................................................................... 18
Important Concepts to Understand.................................................................................................. 18
Understanding The Mixer ........................................................................................................ 18
A Mixer Analogy .................................................................................................................... 19
The VS-880 Mixer................................................................................................................... 20
Selecting Mixer Modes............................................................................................................ 21
INPUT>TRACK Mode .............................................................................................................. 21
INPUT MIX / TRACK MIX Mode ............................................................................................... 22
INPUT MIX ............................................................................................................................. 22
TRACK MIX ............................................................................................................................ 23
Mixer Effect Routing ................................................................................................................ 24
Mixer Summary ...................................................................................................................... 25
Now Time.............................................................................................................................. 26
Virtual Tracks ......................................................................................................................... 27
Finding Your Edit Points........................................................................................................... 28
Editing Resolution ................................................................................................................... 29
Undo & Redo ......................................................................................................................... 30
Nulling - (Faders & Pan Controls).............................................................................................. 30
Important Navigational Rules & Skills to Master ............................................................................... 32
[PLAY (DISPLAY)] Button........................................................................................................... 32
Transport Buttons .................................................................................................................... 32
[SHIFT] Button......................................................................................................................... 32
[CH EDIT] Buttons ................................................................................................................... 32
[STATUS] Buttons .................................................................................................................... 32
[PARAMETER] Buttons.............................................................................................................. 33
[CURSOR] Buttons................................................................................................................... 33
[YES] / [NO] Buttons .............................................................................................................. 33
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