Roland RPC-1, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ... carefully read the sections entitled USING THE UNIT SAFELY and IMPORTANT NOTES Owner s manual p 2 Owner s manual p 3 These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit Additionally in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit the Owner s manual should be read in its entirety The manual should be saved a...

Page 2: ...e reach of children Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used improperly Material damage refers to damage or other adverse effects caused with respect to the home and all its furnishings as well to domestic animals or pets Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of death or severe injury should the unit be...

Page 3: ...ns 553 Use a reasonable amount of care when using the unit s buttons sliders or other controls and when using its jacks and connectors Rough handling can lead to malfunctions 556 When connecting disconnecting all cables grasp the connector itself never pull on the cable This way you will avoid causing shorts or damage to the cable s internal elements 558b To avoid disturbing your neighbors try to ...

Page 4: ...1 Signal flow 11 RPC 1 Control Panel 11 Connections with other R BUS devices 13 Connections with R BUS devices 13 Connections with the VM 3100Pro 13 Connections with the VM 7200 7100 14 Connections with the XV 5080 15 Connections with the ADA 7000 15 Connections with the AE 7000 15 Connections with the VSR 880 16 Connections with the VS 2480 16 Using multiple RPC 1 units 17 Settings for using mult...

Page 5: ...RPC 1 units For details refer to Clock In and Clock Out Connectors Main features Digital multi audio Eight input and eight output channels of digital audio can be transmitted and received simultaneously maximum 24 bit 96 kHz MIDI The RPC 1 provides 16 channels of MIDI IN OUT on the R BUS This allows MTC synchronization with a connected R BUS device Included drivers Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 2000 and ...

Page 6: ...FF 1 2 3 Clock In Clock Out ON 1 2 R BUS R BUS ON 1 2 To avoid the risk of damage to internal components that can be caused by static electricity please carefully observe the following whenever you handle the board Before you touch the board always first grasp a metal object such as a water pipe so you are sure that any static electricity you might have been carrying has been discharged When handl...

Page 7: ...ing the RPC 1 driver Windows Windows95 98 1 When you start up your computer after installing the RPC 1 the RPC 1 will be detected automatically and the Add New Hardware wizard will start up Then click Next 2 Into your CD ROM drive insert the Drivers Update CD ROM that was included with the RPC 1 3 Select Search for the best driver for your device and click Next 4 Check Specify a location and click...

Page 8: ...dows 2000 will start up Windows XP 1 Start up your computer after installing the RPC 1 2 In order to install the RPC 1 driver you must be logged onto the system as Administrator For details contact your system administrator 3 The RPC 1 will be detected automatically and the Found New Hardware Wizard will start up 4 Into your CD ROM drive insert the Drivers Update CD ROM that was included with the ...

Page 9: ...hin the System folder 7 Restart your computer You must install OMS 2 3 8 before installing the RPC 1 OMS driver OMS Setup Macintosh 1 Start up OMS Setup OMS Setup is placed into the OMS Applications folder in the Opcode folder 2 When a dialog box with a message of Create a New Studio Setup appears click OK 3 A dialog to specify the MIDI interface port will appear Click Search Neither Modem nor Pri...

Page 10: ...Manager is the standard digital sound specification for Mac OS For both input and output Sound Manager is able to handle only 16 bit 2 channel data MIDI driver Windows This is a driver for handling the RPC 1 s MIDI data in Windows A Windows MME compatible MIDI driver is included with the RPC 1 MIDI driver Mac OS This is an OMS driver for handling the RPC 1 s MIDI data on the Macintosh OMS 2 3 8 is...

Page 11: ...utton Load the saved settings On the Macintosh select Open from the File menu The RPC 1 Control Panel always retains the last settings entered So you don t have to save the setting every time you close out the panel However the Save Delete and Load functions expand this capability to store different sets of control panel settings using different configuration file names These configurations are th...

Page 12: ...quency used when Master Clock is set to Ext Clock Only the sampling frequency selected here can be used by the software If the master clock is set to Ext Clock it is not possible to change the sampling frequency using the software DMA Buffer Size Specify the buffer sizes for MME Windows only ASIO and Sound Manager Macintosh only The buffer size is closely related to latency and latency will decrea...

Page 13: ... for the update Perform the update procedure as directed in the readme doc file Example settings RPC 1 settings in the Control Panel Master Clock Int Clock Int Clock Sample Rate 44 1 kHz The VM 3100Pro operates at a sampling frequency of 44 1 kHz VM 3100Pro settings Use Quick Setup to make VM 3100Pro settings For details refer to VM 3100Pro Quick Setup in this chapter You can use the VM 3100Pro s ...

Page 14: ... Drivers Update CD ROM contains the data for the update Perform the update procedure as directed by the readme doc file Example settings RPC 1 settings in the Control Panel Master Clock Int Clock Int Clock Sample Rate either 32 44 1 or 48 kHz VM C7200 7100 settings WORD CLOCK SOURCE MULTI 1 8 Use the VM 7200 7100 patchbay to assign the inputs of the VM 7200 7100 to the RPC 1 The output of the RPC ...

Page 15: ...M contains the data for the update Perform the update procedure as directed by the readme doc file Example settings RPC 1 settings in the Control Panel Master Clock Int Clock Int Clock Sample Rate either 32 44 1 48 or 96 kHz ADA 7000 settings Master Clock R BUS The analog inputs and outputs of the ADA 7000 can be used as inputs and outputs of the RPC 1 If you are using a sampling frequency of 96 k...

Page 16: ...able The RBUSMute parameter applies to the entire system not to an individual song In order to use the VSR 880 s R BUS input each input of the input mixer must be set to R BUS For details refer to Channel condition on p 79 in the VSR 880 owner s manual If you wish to output each track of the VSR 880 to a separate channel go to LEVEL BALANCE Parameter x9 and set MST Direct Out On Connections with t...

Page 17: ...the included clock cable to supply the word clock Set an external R BUS device or one of the RPC 1 units as the word clock master and supply the word clock via the clock cable to the other RPC 1 unit s In this case use the included clock cable to connect the Clock Out Connector of the device supplying the word clock to the Clock In Connector of the device receiving the word clock Set the master cl...

Page 18: ... RPC 1 Cubase VST settings Audio device settings 1 In the Options menu select Audio Setup and then select System 2 Select Roland RPC 1 ASIO Win or ASIO RPC 1 Mac Sonar settings Windows Audio device settings Windows 98 ME 1 From the Options menu select Audio 2 In the Settings tab click Devices 3 In the Input Device area select following device PCM In Roland RPC 1 Mon Mixer Roland RPC 1 4 In the Out...

Page 19: ...Is the R BUS cable connected correctly Was the driver installed correctly Are the MIDI settings of the R BUS device correct There is excessive noise or distortion Are you correctly synchronized with the R BUS device For details refer to p 13 Connections with R BUS devices This kind of noise or distortion will occur when your computer has a small size of memory e g less than 64MB RAM In this case w...

Page 20: ...nts of this package are subject to change without prior notice Sampling frequency kHz 8 9 6 11 025 12 16 22 05 24 32 44 1 48 88 2 96 R BUS IN 24 bit 8 channel OUT 24 bit 8 channel MIDI One set of IN OUT Number of input channels 16 channels Number of output channels 2 channels Faders 144 0 dB Level meters Pre fader fixed Arithmetic precision 36 bit ...

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Page 23: ...ith the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However the...

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