User manual ROLAND M-380RCS

[. . . ] M-380RCS User's Guide Roland corporation and its affiliates assume no responsibility for any loss or damage (loss of profits, loss of data or other economical losses) caused by use of this software. This is applicable even in case users were notified from Roland Corporation and its affiliates about possibility of such losses. Copyright © 2009 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 About M-380RCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The two modes of M-380RCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Assigns AUX1­AUX16 and MATRIX1­MATRIX8, or AUX1­AUX16 and DCA1­DCA8 to fader modules 1­24. 13 Names of things and what they do Operations in the main screen area The mouse and keyboard are used to perform operations in M-380RCS's main screen area. Cursor movement · Up/down/left/right cursor keys Button operations · Click a button to turn it on/off · Move the cursor to a button and press the Enter key to turn it on/off · Move the cursor to a button, and press the Page Up key to turn it on or the Page Down key to turn it off · Move the cursor to a button, and press the + key to turn it on or the - key to turn it off · Move the cursor to a button, and then use the mouse wheel to turn it on/off The cursor is indicated by a red frame in the Basic screen area. In M-380RCS, the cursor exists only within the Basic screen area. Function button operations · Click · Keyboard "F1" ­ "F8" keys Knob operations · Drag a knob up/down or left/right · Move the cursor to a knob, and then use the mouse wheel to increase/decrease the value · Move the cursor to a knob, and press the Page Up key to increase the value or the Page Down key to decrease it · Move the cursor to a knob, and press the + key to increase the value or the - key to decrease it You can make fine adjustments by holding down the Shift key while you operate a knob or a fader. Fader operations · Drag a fader knob up/down · Move the cursor to a fader, and then use the mouse wheel to increase/decrease the value · Move the cursor to a fader, and press the Page Up key to increase the value or the Page Down key to decrease it · Move the cursor to a fader, and press the + key to increase the value or the - key to decrease it By clicking while you hold down the Ctrl key, you can reset the fader value to 0. 0 dB. 14 Names of things and what they do Send level bar operations · Drag the bar to left/right · Move the cursor to a send level bar, and use the mouse wheel to increase/decrease the value · Move the cursor to a send level bar, and press the Page Up key to increase the value or the Page Down key to decrease it · Move the cursor to a send level bar, and press the + key to increase the value or the - key to decrease it By clicking while you hold down the Ctrl key, you can reset the value of the send level bar to 0. 0 dB. List operations · Use the up/down cursor keys to change the selected item · Use the mouse wheel to change the selected item · Drag the scroll bar up/down to scroll the list Entering a name In the name entry field of the NAME EDIT popup, you can use the keyboard to enter a name. 15 Names of things and what they do About the menus File menu · New Project Opens a new project. Opens an existing project (a project that was saved to USB memory by the M-380 console itself, or a project created by M-380RCS). · Save Project Saves the current project (by overwriting it onto the existing file). · Exit Exits M-380RCS. If you open a project while online, M-380RCS will switch to offline operation. Setup menu · REAC Config. . . 23)) The REAC Config dialog box is available only when M380RCS is operating offline. · Initialize. . . Opens the About RSS M-380 RCS dialog box, which shows the software version of M-380RCS. 16 Using M-380RCS Opening and saving a project Opening a project Opening a new project 1 From the "File" menu, choose "New Project. " fig. ScrSyncConfirm. eps A message box will appear, asking you to confirm whether you want to save the current project. · If you click "Yes, " the current project will be saved. · If you click "No, " the current project will not be saved. A new project will open. Opening an existing project file 1 From the "File" menu, choose "Open Project. " fig. ScrSyncConfirm. eps A message box will appear, asking you to confirm whether you want to save the current project. · If you click "Yes, " the current project will be saved. · If you click "No, " the current project will not be saved. fig. ScrOpenProj. eps You can also load a project file created by the M-400/M400RCS into M-380RCS. The "Open" dialog box will appear. 17 Using M-380RCS 2 Select the desired project file, and click the "Open" button. The selected project will open. Project files saved by the M380 console itself will be located in the USB memory's "\RSS\M-400\PROJ" folder. 18 Using M-380RCS Saving a project Saving a project under its current name (Overwrite) 1 From the "File" menu, choose "Save Project. " The project will be saved under its current name, overwriting the existing file. Saving a project under a different name 1 From the "File" menu, choose "Save Project As. " fig. ScrSaveProjAs. eps The "Save As. . . " dialog box will appear. 2 If you want to save a project file that you intend to load into the M-380 console itself, save the file in your USB memory's "\RSS\M-400\PROJ" folder. Specify the file name and location in which you want to save the project, and click the "Save" button. The project will be saved. When a project file saved by M-380RCS is loaded directly by the M-380 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 · REMOTE popup settings · USER settings 19 Using M-380RCS Switching between modes Switching to online mode M-380RCS will be in offline mode when you start up or when you open a project file. 1 Click the ONLINE button. fig. ScrOffline. eps fig. ScrSync1. eps Before you continue, start up the M-380 console, and use a USB cable to connect it to your computer. The "Synchronize" dialog box will appear. 2 In the "Project" field, specify the project to which you will synchronize: the project on the M-380 console or the project in M-380RCS. Read from CONSOLE Send to CONSOLE The project will be loaded from the M-380 console into M-380RCS. The project will be sent from M-380RCS to the M-380 console. 3 If you selected "Send to CONSOLE" in step 2, use the "Option (Send to CONSOLE)" field to specify whether you want to send the user library. If you select the "Send User Libraries" option, the user library will be sent from M380RCS to the M-380 console. 4 "Send User Libraries" will overwrite current libraries unless they are locked. Be sure to lock or save any needed M380 libraries to USB memory prior to sending. Click "OK. " If you selected "Read from CONSOLE" in step 2, the current project will be closed, a new project will be opened, and then synchronization will begin. A message box will ask whether you want to save the current project. fig. ScrSyncConfirm. eps · If you click "Yes, " the current project will be saved (by overwriting). · If you click "No, " the current project will not be saved. · If you click "Cancel, " project synchronization will be cancelled. If you selected "Send to CONSOLE" in step 2, a message box will ask you to confirm the project synchronization. 20 Using M-380RCS fig. ScrSyncConfirm2. eps When you click "OK, " project synchronization will begin. 5 When project synchronization is completed, M-380RCS will switch to online mode. fig. ScrOnline. eps The M-380 console will show a progress message while the project is being synchronized. [. . . ] · A project file saved by M-380RCS can be loaded into the M-380 console. In the SYSTEM screen's LOAD/SAVE popup, select the M-48 LIBRARY check box to load it. 19)) Even if you switch to online mode, the M-48 library of M380RCS and the M-380 console will remain unaffected. · Switch M-380RCS to online mode. The M-48 library data in M-380RCS can be recalled to a physical M-48 unit. [. . . ]