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Chapter 3: Recording Applications

If you are unfamiliar with virtual tracks in the VS-880, refer to page 27 of this guide for more details. It is

often desirable to record many takes or recordings of the same musical instrument or vocal so you can pick

the best performance to use in you final song. You could obviously record on separate tracks of the VS-880,

pick the one you like best, and then erase the other tracks. However, once you erase the other tracks, they

are gone forever. Virtual tracks allow you to pick between different performances and change your mind

right up until the final mixdown.

If you want to be able to record multiple performances of the same song in sync with each other on

separate virtual tracks, you will need some type of recorded track to use as a guide. For example, you

might first make a recording of your song using a piano on Tr. 1-1. Now the piano can be your guide for

adding a guitar part on multiple virtual tracks of track 2. Once the guide track is recorded, you will set the

VS-880 to playback Tr. 1-1 while recording your guitar on Tr. 2-1. You then record Tr. 2-2, then Tr. 2-3, etc.

Once all virtual tracks are recorded, you can go back and listen to the tracks one by one to choose the best

performance.

ACTION: Record 5 Guitar Tracks Using Virtual Tracks

1. Connect your guitar to INPUT # 2 of the VS-880.

2. Play the guitar as loud as you will during the performance and turn the [INPUT SENS 2]

knob clockwise until the PEAK light turns red, then turn it slightly counterclockwise until

the red peak LED goes off. (The read peak LED should only come on occasionally during the

loudest point of your performance.)

3. If mixer mode INPUT>TRACK is not selected (LED is off), hold the [SHIFT] button and

press the [SELECT] button under the MIXER MODE label until the INPUT>TRACK mode is

selected (LED is on).

4. Press the [CH EDIT 2] button to select channel 2.

5. Hold the [SHIFT] button, then press [INPUT/BUSS] (CH EDIT 1 button).

6. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial to select CH 2 INPUT = INPUT - 2 (this is the normal default

setting unless you change it).

7. Press the [STATUS] button of channel 2 until it flashes red. This selects track (channel) 2 to

record ready mode.

8. Raise the [FADER] on channel 2 to listen to the guitar.

9. Press the [ZERO] button to return the VS-880 to time location 00:00.

10. Press the [REC] button. The red light will flash.

11. Press the [PLAY] button to begin recording the guitar.

12. After you complete your first guitar track, stop the VS-880 and press the [ZERO] button to

return to the beginning of the song.

13. Press the [CH EDIT 2] button.

14. Hold the [SHIFT] button and press [V TRACK] (CH EDIT 2 button).

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Record 5 Guitar Tracks Using Virtual Tracks

CONDITION MARKER#

MASTER

INPUT TRACK

AUX

TIME

CH2

INT

229

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192

V.Track= 2

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