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Page 2 - Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet; Hot Links

2 About the Workshop Booklets Roland’s SonicCell is designed for modern musicians. Using USB, It adds a huge set of sounds to your digital audio workstation (or “DAW”) without adding to your computer’s workload. It’s also an audio interface that can get signals from mics, instruments, or other devic...

Page 3 - The SonicCell/DAW Workflow; About SonicCell’s Performance Mode; Parts 1-16 appear in SonicCell’s default startup screen.

3 your DAW, which records the data on a MIDI track. The DAW also passes the MIDI data back to SonicCell, where it triggers SonicCell’s synth, causing notes to play. You can directly connect a MIDI controller to your computer and DAW if the controller supports MIDI over a USB connection or if you hav...

Page 4 - About SonicCell’s Patch Mode; What You’ll Do with Your SonicCell and DAW; Listening Strategy

4 All 16 parts share an effect setup consisting of three multi-effects (MFX 1-3), • a global reverb, and a global chorus. When you record and play back MIDI tracks in your DAW, the data is sent to • SonicCell on the MIDI channel assigned to the desired part and patch. To learn more about MIDI, see t...

Page 5 - MIDI cable connected to; Configuring SonicCell; Press SonicCell’s MENU button, and then turn the CURSOR/VALUE; Setting Up Your Computer; Windows XPTM

5 Setting Up Your MIDI Controller Connecting the MIDI Controller First, connect your controller to SonicCell by connecting a MIDI cable from the controller’s MIDI OUT jack of to SonicCell’s MIDI IN jack. MIDI cable connected to controller’s MIDI OUT jack SonicCell’s rear-panel To learn how to use yo...

Page 6 - Downloading the Driver and Editor; PC—; Windows XP Driver Installation

6 Downloading the Driver and Editor Each driver installer includes details regarding the OS system requirements for its driver, as well as a list of cautions and limitations. Point your browser to the following URL or click the link below: 1 http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?Objec...

Page 7 - the installation process.

7 If you see the Software Installation window instead of the one shown above, click Continue Anyway. If you can’t continue, see “About Driver Signing Options” later in this booklet. Click Next—the driver is installed and instructions appear telling you 5 what to do next. We’ll take you through these...

Page 8 - About Driver Signing Options; Category View—; Windows XP Editor Installation

8 About Driver Signing Options The Driver Signing window lets you select whether Windows should block the installation of an unknown driver, warn you about it, or just install it. In the Start menu, select Control Panel. 1 If you’re in 2 Category View— • click Performance and Maintenance, and then c...

Page 9 - Again, unless you have a reason to select a new location for the; Mac OS X Driver Installation; Close all other applications, and In the SonicCell_MAC_USBDrv101

9 Highlight the Complete installation to install all of the SonicCell 5 applications, and then click Next. If you’d like to install only particular SonicCell applications, click Custom to highlight it, and then click Next. Checkmark the items you want to install, and then click Next. Again, unless y...

Page 10 - Mac OS X Editor Installation

10 The installer presents this window in which you can change the installation location for the driver if you wish to. By default, the driver will be installed at /Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers so that any user of your computer can use the SonicCell. While we recommend you click Install without changin...

Page 11 - System Settings for Your Computer; Optimizing Your Windows PC for Audio

11 System Settings for Your Computer Optimizing Your Windows PC for Audio To optimize Windows XP for DAW audio operations In the Start menu, select Control Panel. 1 If you’re in 2 Category View— • click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System. Classic View— • double-click System. Click th...

Page 12 - Using SonicCell for System Sounds; Sending Windows XP System Sounds to SonicCell

12 Using SonicCell for System Sounds Sending Windows XP System Sounds to SonicCell In the Start menu, select Control Panel. 1 If you’re in 2 Category View— • click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Sounds and Audio Devices. Classic View— • double-click Sounds and Audio Devices. Click...

Page 13 - Sending Mac OS X System Sounds to SonicCell; Open your System Preferences window.; The SonicCell Driver Settings; Windows XP; Matching Sample Rates; if you’re recording music strictly for CD. Since 44.1 kHz is

13 Sending Mac OS X System Sounds to SonicCell Open your System Preferences window. 1 Click Sound—circled above—to open the Sound control panel. 2 Click the Output tab, and select Roland SonicCell. 3 In the Sound control panel, you’ll see SonicCell’s current sample rate after “Roland SonicCell.” We’...

Page 14 - Mac OS X Audio/MIDI Setup Settings; Using SonicCell as an Audio Interface

14 48 kHz— • for slightly better audio quality than 44.1 kHz if your destination media isn’t a CD. If it is, you can still use 48 kHz, but the sample-rate conversion process you’ll need to get the recording onto a CD will probably take away any benefits the higher sample rate’s gotten you. 96 kHz— •...

Page 15 - Click Apply and close the window. Your new device is now called; The End; com

15 You can make the SonicCell Audio/MIDI Setup device look like SonicCell. Go to your Library/Audio/MIDI Devices folder, and create a Roland folder there. Place a picture of SonicCell in the Roland folder. Once you do this, you’ll be able to click the Open Icon Browser button shown above and select ...