User manual ROLAND ME-6

[. . . ] 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 ME-6 ME-6 is application software that runs on Microsoft® Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, or Microsoft Windows 7. The screen of ME-6 is designed to resemble the screen and controllers of the M-300 itself, and the method of operation is also essentially the same as on the M300. [. . . ] Download the most recent version of the driver from the following website. For details on installing the M-300 Driver, refer to the document (HTML file) included with the driver: http://www. rolandsystemsgroup. net/ 6 Introduction . Connection to the M-300 In order to remotely control the M-300 console from ME-6, you'll need to connect the M-300 to your computer using a USB cable. Use a USB cable to connect the M-300 to your computer as shown in the illustration below. fig. USBConnection. eps 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). USB cable To USB Port To the rear panel USB connector Settings on the M-300 console In order to remotely control the M-300 from ME-6, make the following settings on the M-300. 1 2 Start up the M-300. 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 "ME-6" folder, double-click "ME-6. exe". fig. IconRCS. eps fig. ScrRCS. eps A new project will be opened when the application starts. The application will start up, and the ME-6 window will appear. Exiting the application 1 In the ME-6 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 ME-6 window fig. ScrRCSGuide. eps Basic screen area Mode button Screen recall buttons Scene memory buttons Fader layer buttons Main fader module Fader modules 1­16 Basic screen area fig. ScrChDisp. eps This shows a screen of the same design as the screen of the M-300 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 METER INT FX EXT FX PATCHBAY DCA GROUP MUTE GROUP TALKBACK/OSC MONITOR GATE/EXP COMP EQ SENDS HELP CHANNEL DISPLAY screen METER screen EFFECTS screen EXTERNAL INSERT PATCHBAY screen DCA GROUP screen MUTE GROUP screen TALKBACK/OSC screen MONITOR screen GATE/EXPANDER popup COMPRESSOR popup or LIMITER popup EQUALIZER popup AUX/MTX SENDS popup HELP popup Scene memory buttons fig. ScrScene. eps These buttons perform scene memory operations for ME-6. SCENE PREV NEXT RECALL STORE Accesses the SCENE screen in the basic screen area. Recalls the mixer parameters from the currently selected scene number. Stores the current mixer parameters to the selected scene number. 11 Names of things and what they do Fader layer buttons fig. ScrLayer. eps These buttons switch the layer operated by fader modules 1­16. The currently selected layer is shown in blue. SENDS ON FADER CH1-16 CH17-32 AUX/MTX/DCA Accesses the SENDS ON FADER panel. Correct the mistake, and click "OK" once again: · A module of a differing type is incongruously located between modules; e. g. , input module, output module, input module · A module of a differing type begins at an even-numbered slot · Only the odd-numbered slot of adjacent odd-numbered/even-numbered slots is blank 22 Using ME-6 Initializing the settings 1 From the "Setup" menu, choose "Initialize. " fig. ScrInit. eps The "Initialize" dialog box will appear. 2 Place a check mark in the sections that you want to initialize. · · · · Mixer Parameter System Setting Scene Memory User Library 3 Click "OK. " A message box will ask you to confirm the initialization operation. fig. ScrInitConf. eps 4 Click "OK" to execute the initialization. 23 Using ME-6 Preference settings Here's how to make preference settings within ME-6. The settings you make here will not be reflected in the M-300 console. 1 From the "Setup" menu, choose "Preferences. " fig. ScrPref. eps The "Preferences" dialog box will appear. 2 Select the desired items, and then click "OK. " 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 M300 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 ME-6 Main Fader If you select "SENDS ON FADER MASTER", the MAIN fader module becomes the send-destination AUX/MTX fader, while the SENDS ON FADER mode is on. DCA SEL This selects operation that pressing [SEL] performs when DCA1 through 4 has been called up to the fader module section. The selection items are as indicated below: OFF ASSIGN [SEL] is desabled. [. . . ] You can edit and manage each M-48 unit using the same operations you do from the M-300 console. For details on M-48 settings, refer to the M-300 owner's manual. 27 Offline mode Operation in offline mode fig. OfflineEdit. eps Load the project file USB memory Edit within M-300RCS Save the project file Save the project file USB memory Load the project file Offline mode lets you edit M-300 project files when you don't have an M-300 console at hand. A project file you've edited using ME-6 can be loaded by the M-300 console. Work flow in offline mode 1 On the M-300 console, save a project file to USB memory. fig. OfflineEditStep1. eps Save the project file USB memory 2 Start up ME-6. fig. ScrRCS. eps A new project will open. 3 In ME-6, open the project file from USB memory. fig. OfflineEditStep2. eps Load the project file 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 USB memory 6 7 Exit ME-6. On the M-300 console, load the project file from USB memory. fig. OfflineEditStep4. eps Load the project file USB memory When a project file saved by ME-6 is loaded by the M-300 console, the following settings will not be loaded: · · · · SAMPLING FREQ and BRIGHTNESS of the SYSTEM screen. 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-300 USB cable Operations on the M-300 are fed back Online mode lets you remotely control the M-300 console from ME-6. Level meter data from the M-300 console and operations performed on the M-300 console are also sent to ME-6. If you've cleared the "Level Meter" check box in the preference settings, level meter data will not be sent from the M-300 console. [. . . ]