User manual ROLAND RPCSI24

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Studio Package Pro. In order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner's manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. Copyright © 2003 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. [. . . ] From the folder into which you installed the demo song, select "Demosong. " 12. When the demo song opens, press the SI-24's [PLAY] button to play back the demo song. · Are the SI-24 and computer (RPC-1) correctly connected via the R-BUS cable?· When you press the SI-24's [SYSTEM] button, is [SONAR] (1) lit and [MIDI ctrl] (6) dark?· Are the RPC-1 settings correct? 20 Quick Start Let's Try Operating SONAR Go ahead and use the SI-24 to control the demo song as described below. Transport You can get a "Overlay for SONAR" to fit over the buttons in the Transport section. The overlay renames some of the buttons for special SONAR functionality. [REC]: Start recording (When there is at least one recording-armed track. ); Start Automation recording (When there is at least one automation-armed track/bus. ) [ [ ]: ]: Rewind to the start of the project. Moves the Now time [ ]: Jog dial: CH ASSIGN Use CH ASSIGN to select the items that will be controlled. The correspondence between CH ASSIGN and the controlled items is shown below. You can get a "overlay sheet" to fit over the buttons in the CH ASSIGN section. The overlay renames some of the buttons for special SONAR functionality. BANK]: Go to previous 12 tracks or buses [NEXT BANK]: Go to next 12 tracks or buses Current track/bus bank is displayed in the "Control Surface" tool-bar of SONAR, like "Track 1-12, " "Track 13-24, " etc. Faders 1­12 When CH ASSIGN is [TRACK]: When CH ASSIGN is [AUX]: When CH ASSIGN is [MAIN]: Track volume Aux bus return level Virtual Main volume MASTER Fader Virtual Main "A" volume (default). For more information, see "Using the Roland SI-24 Property Page" (p. 34). 21 Quick Start STATUS Buttons The STATUS buttons control MUTE/SOLO/REC/PLAY/AUTOMIX for each tracks. The current status is shown by the button indicator. When STATUS MODE is MUTE During playback/recording: Other: Un-mute (dark)/Mute (orange) Un-mute (dark)/Archive (red)/Mute (orange) Blinking orange indicates muted by solo. Archived tracks are not loaded into RAM, so they can't be unmuted in real time. Use the archive command to reduce the demand on your CPU. When STATUS MODE is SOLO Un-solo (dark) Solo (green) Blinking green indicates silent by mute. When STATUS MODE is REC/PLAY Normal (dark) Arm for recording (red) Arm: Enable a track for recording. When STATUS MODE is AUTOMIX Normal (dark) Arm for automation (red) Blinking red indicates can't become automation-armed, because there is at least one recording-armed track. CH SELECT Buttons Use these to specify the track/bus whose EQ/send level you want to control. The selected button will light red. PAN Knobs 1­12 When CH ASSIGN is [TRACK]: When CH ASSIGN is [AUX]: When CH ASSIGN is [MAIN]: Track pan Aux bus return balance Virtual Main balance 22 Quick Start EQ/SEND Button When you press the [EQ/SEND] button so it lights in red, you can control the 4-band EQ and Aux send levels of the track/bus selected by CH SELECT. (Except MIDI track was selected. ) PAN knobs 9­12: Aux 1-4 send level. (Only audio track was selected. ) EQ buttons 1-4: EQ band #1­4 on/off EQ are already assigned in the Cakewalk Normal template (Track 1-12). You need to assign EQ manually, when using other tracks or templates. PLUG-IN Button When you press the [PLUG-IN] button so it lights in red, you can control DirectX 8 compatible plug-in parameters for the track/bus selected by CH SELECT. PAN knobs 1­10: Parameter 1-10 of plug-in selected by EQ buttons 1-4. [. . . ] Francisco de Miranda, Centro Parque de Cristal, Nivel C2 Local 20 Caracas VENEZUELA TEL: (212) 285-8586 PORTUGAL Tecnologias Musica e Audio, Roland Portugal, S. A. Cais Das Pedras, 8/9-1 Dto 4050-465 PORTO PORTUGAL TEL: (022) 608 00 60 LEBANON Chahine S. A. L. Gerge Zeidan St. , Chahine Bldg. , Achrafieh, P. O. Box: 16-5857 Beirut, LEBANON TEL: (01) 20-1441 VIETNAM Saigon Music 138 Tran Quang Khai St. , District 1 Ho Chi Minh City VIETNAM TEL: (08) 844-4068 QATAR Al Emadi Co. 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