Roland VS-1680 Advice Or Tips Welcome

[Millenium]

What's Up Ya'll,
This is Millenium from the group, "Eerie Shores!"
I am working on a demo project and have at my disposal the use of a Roland VS-1680 which in my opinion is a beast of a machine capable of ill production from the word go. Everything is gravy until you start getting into the how do I do this area because I unfortunately do not have a manual so I have been applying my knowledge of hard disk recorders to the Roland but it seems daunting to say the least although I have made some excellent recordings on it.

Questions which could prove a lot of help!

1. How do I add Mic Simulations to my tracks
2. Is their a way once I bounce all 14 tracks down to tracks 15/16 that I can clear the 14 tracks out so that I can use say tracks 3/4 to re/record the stereo track that was bounced to 15/16
3. How can I make use of my Virtual Tracks in the simplest way as Roland seems to over-complicate simple solutions.

Sorry if I seem like such a novice but truth be known I am but i'm learning and I'm not afraid to ask questions because I want to Master this so I can make the best product possible from home insted of paying large sums. Thanks for any help relating to any of the questions. Peace

 

[monumental]

hey i have a roland 1824 which i think might be similar to how yours works, so i will just tell you how i do it on mine, and hopefully it might work for you. Bounce tracks: you know how when you build a song you have all your tracks easy routed from certain lines. Say i have my drums come out of 5/6, because that is where my mpc comes from, and my keyboard come from 3/4 because that is where my module is pluggged into. Put record onto tracks 15/16 and easy route all the other tracks to it. As far as virtual tracks you just press the button above the track and all of they info comes up like effects eq ect, then there is a spot where virtual track is, it will be on one you just put it down to two and so on. Hope this helps maybe not, also check out roland .com i hear there forums are great, try that if not