User manual ROLAND JV90 PART1

[. . . ] 28 Operation in offline mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Work flow in offline mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Online mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Operation in online mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Synchronization in online mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Work flow in online mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Warning/error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 3 Introduction About JV90 JV90 is application software that runs on Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows 7. The screen of JV90 is designed to resemble the screen and controllers of the M-400 itself, and the method of operation is also essentially the same as on the M400. [. . . ] This will not affect the performance of the M-400 console itself. Installing JV90 Copy the "JV90" folder to the drive of your computer. Uninstalling JV90 Delete the "JV90" folder that you copied to the drive of your computer. About the M-400 Driver In order for JV90 to remotely control the M-400 console, the M-400 Driver for Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 must be installed in your computer. Download the most recent version of the driver from the following website. For details on installing the M-400 Driver, refer to the document (HTML file) included with the driver. http://www. rolandsystemsgroup. net/ 6 Introduction . Connection to the M-400 In order to remotely control the M-400 console from JV90, you'll need to connect the M-400 to your computer using a USB cable. Use a USB cable to connect the M-400 to your computer as shown in the illustration below. fig. USBConnection. eps USB cable To USB Port To the rear panel USB connector Use a commercially available USB cable (one that supports USB 1. 1 or later, and has a male type A connector and a male type B connector). Settings on the M-400 console In order to remotely control the M-400 from JV90, make the following settings on the M-400. 1 2 Start up the M-400. Press [SYSTEM] to access the SYSTEM screen. fig. ScrM4System. eps 3 Press [F4 (REMOTE)] to access the REMOTE popup. fig. ScrM4SystemRemote. eps 7 Introduction 4 Press [F2 (USB MIDI)] to access the USB MIDI tab. fig. ScrM4SysRemUSB. eps 5 In the RECEIVE section, select the "Sys Ex" button. fig. ScrM4SysRemUSBSt1. eps 6 In the SEND section, select the "Sys Ex" button. fig. ScrM4SysRemUSBSt2. eps 8 Starting and exiting the application Starting the application 1 In the "JV90" folder, double-click "JV90. exe". fig. IconRCS. eps fig. ScrRCS. eps A new project will be opened when the application starts. The application will start up, and the JV90 window will appear. Exiting the application 2 In the JV90 window, choose "Exit" from the "File" menu. A message box will appear, asking you to confirm whether you want to save the current project. fig. ScrSyncConfirm. eps · · If you click "Yes, " the current project will be saved. If you click "No, " the current project will not be saved. You will exit the application. 9 Names of things and what they do JV90 window fig. ScrRCSGuide. eps Basic screen area Mode button Screen recall buttons Scene memory buttons Fader layer buttons Main fader module Fader modules 1­24 Basic screen area fig. ScrChDisp. eps This shows a screen of the same design as the screen of the M-400 console itself. You can use the mouse and keyboard to perform operations in this screen. Offline mode fig. ScrOffline. eps Online mode fig. ScrOnline. eps "Switching between modes" (p. 18) 10 Names of things and what they do Screen recall buttons fig. ScrScreenAccess. eps These buttons switch the content of the basic screen area. The button corresponding to the currently shown screen or popup is shown in blue. CH DISP button METER button EFFECTS button PATCHBAY button DCA GROUP button MUTE GROUP button TALKBACK/OSC button MONITOR button GATE/EXP button COMP button EQ button AUX SENDS button HELP button Accesses the CHANNEL DISPLAY screen. Accesses the HELP popup. Scene memory buttons fig. ScrScene. eps These buttons perform scene memory operations for JV90. SCENE button PREV button NEXT button RECALL button STORE button Accesses the SCENE screen in the basic screen area. Recalls the mixer parameters from the currently selected scene number. The settings you make here will not be reflected in the M-400 console. 1 From the "Setup" menu, choose "Preferences. " fig. ScrPref. eps The "Preferences" dialog box will appear. 2 Select the desired items in the "Preferences" dialog box. Level Meter If you select this, level meter data will be received in online mode. Confirmation These enable/disable various confirmation messages that appear in the basic screen area. A particular type of confirmation message can be enabled by selecting the corresponding check box. Scene/Library Store Scene/Library Recall Patchbay Change Confirmation messages when storing a scene or library Confirmation messages when recalling a scene or library Confirmation messages when changing the input/output patchbay settings If the processing load of M400 RCS is too great in online mode, you can lighten it by clearing the Level Meter check box. Ch Select These items specify what will happen when you select a channel. The items you select will be enabled. Channel SELECT follows SOLO button Channel SELECT changes with Layer Selection CHANNEL DISPLAY follows CH SELECT button When you press [SOLO], that channel will be selected. When you select a fader layer, the most recently selected channel of that layer will be selected. Pressing [SEL] will make the CHANNEL DISPLAY screen appear. Home Screen This chooses the home screen. The screen you select here will be the home screen. CHANNEL DISPLAY METER The CHANNEL DISPLAY screen will be used as the home screen. The METER screen will be used as the home screen. The home screen is what appears when you click the button of the currently displayed screen (the button shown in blue). 24 Using JV90 Fader Layer This chooses the fader layer buttons (p. 12). [CH1-24] [CH25-48] [AUX/DCA] [CH1-24] [CH25-48] [AUX/MTX] CH1-24, CH25-48. AUX/DCA buttons CH1-24, CH25-48, AUX/MTX buttons Main Fader If you select "SENDS ON FADER MASTER", the MAIN fader module becomes the send-destination AUX fader, while the SENDS ON FADER mode is on. DCA [SEL] This selects the operation that pressing [SEL] preforms when DCA 1 through 8 has been called up to the fader module section. [. . . ] Before switching to online mode, you must save these settings to the M-48 library and then save the project. Even if you switch to online mode, the M-48 library of M400 RCS and the M-400 console will remain unaffected. M-48 settings in online mode The M-48 MANAGER popup will show the M-48 units that are actually connected. You can edit and manage each M-48 unit using the same operations you do from the M-400 console. For details on M-48 settings, refer to the M-400 owner's manual (version 2. 00 or later). 27 Offline mode Operation in offline mode fig. OfflineEdit. eps Load the project file USB memory Edit within M-400RCS Save the project file Save the project file USB memory Load the project file Offline mode lets you edit M-400 project files when you don't have an M-400 console at hand. A project file you've edited using JV90 can be loaded by the M-400 console. Work flow in offline mode 1 On the M-400 console, save a project file to USB memory. fig. OfflineEditStep1. eps Save the project file USB memory 2 Start up JV90. fig. ScrRCS. eps A new project will open. 3 In JV90, open the project file from USB memory. fig. OfflineEditStep2. eps Load the project file USB memory Project files saved by the M400 console will be located in the "\RSS\M-400\PROJ" folder of the USB memory. 28 Offline mode 4 Edit the project. If necessary, use the "Reac Config" dialog box to make REAC input/output configuration settings. 5 Save the project file, either by overwriting the existing file or under a different name. fig. OfflineEditStep3. eps Save the project file If you're saving a project file that you wish to load into the M-400 console, save it in the "\RSS\M-400\PROJ" folder of your USB memory. USB memory 6 7 Exit JV90. On the M-400 console, load the project file from USB memory. fig. OfflineEditStep4. eps Load the project file USB memory When a project file saved by JV90 is loaded by the M-400 console, the following settings will not be loaded. · Settings of the SYSTEM screen (INTERNAL SAMPLING FREQ, BRIGHTNESS, FADER TOUCH SENSE) · REAC SETUP settings of the REAC CONFIG popup · Settings of the REMOTE popup · USER settings 29 Online mode Operation in online mode fig. OnlineEdit. eps Control the M-400 Operations on the M-400 are fed back Online mode lets you remotely control the M-400 console from JV90. Level meter data from the M-400 console and operations performed on the M-400 console are also sent to JV90. If you've cleared the "Level Meter" check box in the preference settings, level meter data will not be sent from the M-400 console. [. . . ]