Roland SCWS05 manual

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    1 Using SonicCell with Logic Pro ™ ®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 Corpor ation U .S. Apple™ and Logic Pr o ™ are trademarks of Ap[...]

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    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 “DA W ”) without adding to your comput er ’ s workload. It’ s also an audio inter face that can get signals from mics , instruments, or other devices t o DA W tracks for r ecord[...]

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    3 If the Device popup menu doesn’ t already show “Roland SonicCell 2 [SonicCell’ s current sample rat e], selec t Roland SonicCell [S onicCell’ s current sample rate] from the menu. Click Apply Changes—L ogic Pro configures itself to use SonicCell as 3 its audio interface. T urn Off Software Monitoring Make sure 4 Software Monitoring is u[...]

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    4 T o close the Editor window at any time , click its Close button in the 6 upper left-hand corner . T o re- open it, double -click the I/O slot— which now says “SonicCell”—in the Inspector pane. Naming a T r ack T o make it easier to get to the Edit or , w e recommend naming the track something like “S onicCell Editor . ” T o display a[...]

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    5 PERFORM— • These parameters allow you to control the way each par t plays its patch, and lets you add effects to the patch. PERFORM P A TCH— • These parameters allow you to dig right inside a part ’ s patch in order to edit it down to its most basic characteristics. Before using the PERFORM P A TCH buttons, be sure to select the part th[...]

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    6 Recording Audio from SonicCell in Logic Pro If you haven’t yet read the Using SonicCell as an Audio Interface W orkshop booklet, read it now before proceeding. SonicCell offers lots of audio-interface options you’ll want to know about. Selecting Audio to Record Open the project you want to work on, or create a new one. 1 Click the + button ab[...]

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    7 T roubleshooting If y ou experience problems recording or pla ying back audio, Logic Pro ’ s built - in owner’ s manual provides insights that can help y ou solv e y our pr oblem. Check out the “C onfiguring Y our Audio Hardware ” sec tion of the “S etting Up Y our System ” chapter . In addition to following these steps, raising the A[...]