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VM200 User’s Guide
A Few Tips on Using the VM200
If you have experience using analog audio mixers, a few things about
the VM200 Digital Recording Mixer may be new to you. This section
introduces some of the advantages of working with a digital mixer.
Channel Layers
If a conventional analog mixing console has 16 or 24 input channels,
it also likely has16 or 24 faders, the same number of
[ON]
keys and
[SOLO]
keys, etc. Each input channel is a complete module, with its
own dedicated set of input connector, preamp, etc. This type of
design can work well, but is redundant and subject to analog noise.
The VM200 is a
digital
recording mixer, and does not conform to ana-
log recording conventions.
The VM200 uses an innovative “channel layering” system that
enables you to control up to 20 channels using only eight faders and
one Master Fader.
You press one of three Page Select keys to specify the active channel
layer. The faders, rotary controls, and various keys then control a
channel on the selected layer, and the LCD Display shows parameters
specific to the selected layer.
For example, Fader 1 can control input channels 1, 9, or 17 depend-
ing on the selected channel layer. (It can also control various send lev-
els, depending on the current mixer routing.)
You can select one of the following layers by pressing the appropriate
Page Select key:
• Channels 1 - 8 Analog In
• Channels 9 - 16 ADAT In
• Channels 17 - 20 Eff Rtn