Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SCWS01 Roland
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1 Using SonicCell with a DA W ®ÂØÒňΠ® W or k sho p SonicCell Expandable Synthesizer Module and Audio Interface © 2008 Roland Corpora tion U.S. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be r eproduced in any f orm without the written permission of Roland Corpora tion U .
2 About the Workshop Booklets Roland’ s SonicCell is designed f or modern musicians. Using USB , It adds a huge set of sounds to your digital audio workstation (or “D AW”) without adding to your comput er ’ s workload.
3 your DA W , which records the data on a MIDI track. The DA W also passes the MIDI data back to S onicCell , where it triggers SonicCell’ s synth, causing notes to play . Y ou can directly connect a MIDI controller to your computer and DA W if the controller supports MIDI over a USB connection or if you have a separate MIDI interface.
4 All 16 parts share an effect setup c onsisting of three m ulti-effec ts (MFX 1-3), • a global reverb , and a global chorus. When you rec ord and play back MIDI tr acks in y our DA W , the data is sent to • SonicCell on the MIDI channel assigned to the desired par t and patch.
5 Setting Up Y our MIDI Controller Connecting the MIDI Controller First , connect your controller to SonicCell by connecting a MIDI cable from the controller ’ s MIDI OUT jack of to SonicCell’ s MIDI IN jack .
6 Downloading the Driver and Editor Each driver installer includes details regarding the OS system requirements for its driver , as well as a list of cautions and limitations. Poin t your browser to the following URL or click the link below : 1 http://ww w .
7 If you see the Software Installation window instead of the one shown above, click Continue Anyway . If you can’t continue, see “About Driver Signing Options” later in this booklet. Click Next—the driver is installed and instruc tions appear telling you 5 what to do next.
8 About Driver Signing Options The Driver Signing window lets you selec t whether Windows should block the installation of an unknown driver , warn you about it, or just install it. In the Star t menu, select Contr ol Panel. 1 If you ’re in 2 Category View— • click Performance and M aintenance , and then click System.
9 Highlight the Complete installation to install all of the SonicCell 5 applications, and then click Next. If you’d like to install only particular SonicCell applications, click Custom to highlight it, and then click Next. Checkmark the items you want to install, and then click Next.
10 The installer presents this window in which you can change the installation location f or the driver if you wish t o. By default, the driver will be installed at /Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers so that an y user of your computer can use the SonicCell .
11 System Settings for Y our Computer Optimizing Y our Windows PC for Audio T o optimize Windo ws XP for DA W audio operations In the Star t menu, select Contr ol Panel. 1 If you ’re in 2 Category View— • click Performance and M aintenance , and then click System.
12 Using SonicCell for System Sounds Sending W indows XP System Sounds to SonicCell In the Star t menu, select Contr ol Panel. 1 If you ’re in 2 Category View— • click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Sounds and Audio D evices. Classic View— • double -click Sounds and Audio Devices.
13 Sending Mac OS X System Sounds to SonicCell Open your System Pr eferenc es window. 1 Click Sound— circled above —to open the Sound control panel. 2 Click the Output tab , and select Roland S onicCell. 3 In the Sound control panel, you’ll see SonicCell’ s current sample rate after “Roland SonicCell.
14 48 kHz— • for slightly better audio quality than 44.1 kH z if your destination media isn ’t a CD. If it is, you can still use 48 kH z, but the sample -rate conv ersion process you’ll need t o get the r ecording on to a CD will probably take away any benefits the higher sample rate’ s gotten you.
15 Y ou can make the SonicCell Audio/MIDI Setup device look like SonicCell. Go to your Library/Audio/MIDI Devices folder , and create a R oland folder there. Place a picture of SonicCell in the Roland folder . Once you do this, you’ll be able to click the Open Icon Browser button shown above and select the SonicCell picture for your new device.
An important point after buying a device Roland SCWS01 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Roland SCWS01 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Roland SCWS01 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Roland SCWS01 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Roland SCWS01 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Roland SCWS01, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Roland SCWS01.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Roland SCWS01. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Roland SCWS01 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
