Roland SI-24 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY...................................................................................................................... 3
IMPORTANT NOTES................................................................................................................................ 5
Before you begin....................................................................................................................8
Check the contents of the package........................................................................................................... 8
Main features of the SI-24.......................................................................................................................... 8
Panel Description...................................................................................................................9
Top panel.....................................................................................................................................................9
Input/output section...................................................................................................................... 9
Control section............................................................................................................................... 10
Rear panel.................................................................................................................................................. 13
Preparing to use the SI-24...................................................................................................14
Connecting peripheral equipment......................................................................................................... 14
Turning the power on/off.......................................................................................................................16
Using phantom power............................................................................................................................. 16
Adjusting the input sensitivity............................................................................................................... 17
Using the digital input............................................................................................................................. 18
Overall signal flow ...............................................................................................................19
Monitoring the SI-24’s inputs..............................................................................................20
Using the RPC-1’s mixer to return the input sound............................................................................21
Using the RPC-1’s direct monitoring function to return the input sound.......................................23
Returning the input sound from your application software.............................................................. 24
Making system settings.......................................................................................................25
Making settings appropriate for your application .............................................................................. 25
Selecting the protocol ...................................................................................................................25
Setting/registering user mode settings .....................................................................................26
Saving user mode settings on your computer—Dump........................................................... 28
Loading user mode settings that you saved on your computer—Load ............................... 28
Using the MIDI connectors to transmit/receive control data—MIDI Control Mode .................... 29
Outputting the RPC-1’s R-Bus Out 7/8 from the SI-24....................................................................... 30
Controlling Logic RPC Pro..................................................................................................31
Making the SI-24 settings ........................................................................................................................ 31
Making Logic RPC Pro settings.............................................................................................................. 31
Selecting channels..................................................................................................................................... 32
Switching the status of a channel........................................................................................................... 33
Controlling the equalizer......................................................................................................................... 34
Controlling the bus send levels .............................................................................................................. 35
Controlling plug-ins................................................................................................................................. 35
Registering a song location—Marker Create........................................................................................ 36
Recalling screens assigned to the numeric keys—Screen Sets...........................................................37
SHORTCUT button Operations .............................................................................................................37
Transport Operations...............................................................................................................................37
Controlling Pro Tools (version 4.1 or later) .......................................................................38
Notes concerning the control of Pro Tools............................................................................................ 38
Making the SI-24 settings ........................................................................................................................ 38
Making Pro Tools settings.......................................................................................................................39
How the SI-24’s controls will function.................................................................................................. 40
Controlling Cubase VST (version 5.0 or later)...................................................................42
Cautions when controlling Cubase........................................................................................................ 42
Making the SI-24 settings ........................................................................................................................ 42
Making Cubase settings........................................................................................................................... 43
How the SI-24 controls will function..................................................................................................... 44
Glossary................................................................................................................................46
Block Diagram......................................................................................................................47
Specifications.......................................................................................................................48