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Advanced Operations (VF80EX)
OFF ON MIDI OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT INPUT POWER PHANTOM S/P DIF / DATA
STEREO OUT L, R
S/P DIF OUTPUT
Digital master recorder
Analog master recorder
1
Mastering library
EQ
Ambience
Compressor
High Gain
Mid Gain
Low Gain
Rev Level
Rev Time
Pre Delay
Threshold
Ratio
Gain
Atack
Copy Protect
Mastering mode
You can use Tracks 7/8 as the mastering tracks.
After performing the track bouncing from Tracks 1 through 6 to Tracks 7/8, you can record the audio signals on
Tracks 7/8 to an external (analog or digital) master recorder while applying the "mastering effects" including
EQ, reverb and compressor (see the illustration below).
You can perform the above operation in the mastering mode, which can be selected by the [MASTERING] key.
When the mastering mode is active, only Tracks 7/8 can be played back, while the dedicated mastering effects
are available. In the following description, we assume that the stereo mix signals are recorded on Tracks 7/8.
Selecting a program to be played back
If there is more than one program in the VF80, select
the desired program to be played back.
See "
Selecting a program " for the operation.
On/Off of mastering mode
Press the [MASTERING] key.
Each press of the [MASTERING] key alternates ON and
OFF of the mastering mode.
When the mastering mode is set to ON, the
[MASTER-
ING] key is illuminated and the following screen is dis-
played, while the [TRACK STATUS/TRACK SEL] key of
Track 7/8 and the [STATUS/SEL] key for the master are
illuminated in green.
The screen example above shows the upper part of the
mastering effect setting. Pressing the
[CURSOR ] key
scrolls down the setting items. To scroll up, press the
[CURSOR ] key.
The table below shows the mastering effect items.
You can select a desired preset entry
from 10 entries (L0 through L9) stored
in the effect library. See "Mastering li-
brary details" on the next page.
Adjusts the EQ gain for the high fre-
quency range within a +/- 18 dB range.
Freq. and Q: fixed
Adjusts the EQ gain for the middle fre-
quency range within a +/- 18 dB range.
Freq. and Q: fixed
Adjusts the EQ gain for the low fre-
quency range within a +/- 18 dB range.
Freq. and Q: fixed
Adjusts the amount of reverb sound be-
tween 0 and 99.
The values of these parameters for
each entry are fixed (see "Mastering
library details" on pages 77 and 78).
The parameter value for each entry is
fixed (see "Mastering library details" on
pages 77 and 78).
Adjusts the threshold of the compres-
sor between -50 dB and 0 dB in 1 dB
steps.
Selects the compressor ratio from the
following options.
∞
:1, 20:1, 10:1, 8:1, 6:1, 5:1, 4:1, 3.5:1,
3:1, 2.5:1, 2:1, 1,7:1, 1.5:1, 1.3:1, 1.1:1,
1:1
Adjusts the compressor gain between
0 dB and +18 dB.
Selects ON or OFF of the copy protec-
tion for the S/P DIF output signal.
When set to ON, the flag for limiting a
digital copy to one generation is set in
the S/P DIF digital output signal.