Roland Recording Equipment SCWS04 User Guide

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Workshop  
Expandable Synthesizer Module  
and Audio Interface  
SonicCell  
Using SonicCell with SONAR  
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SCWS04  
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If you select a sampling rate other than the one SonicCell is using,  
you’ll see a message telling you that’s not possible, and that SONAR’s  
sample rate’s been reset to match SonicCell’s.  
To use another sampling rate, change SonicCell’s sample rate first as  
described in the Using the SonicCell with a DAW Workshop booklet.  
If you want to work on a project in which audio’s already been  
recorded, first set SonicCell’s sample rate to match the project’s.  
Windows asks you to relaunch SONAR for your new settings to take  
effect.  
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Click the Drivers tab, and checkmark 1: Roland SonicCell IN L and 1:  
Roland SonicCell OUT L as input and output drivers, respectively, if  
they’re not already selected.  
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Click OK, quit SONAR, and then relaunch the program.  
After SONAR has restarted, close the Quick Start window and return  
to Audio... in the Options menu.  
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In the Audio Options General tab, set Playback Timing Master to 1:  
Roland SonicCell:OUT 1, and check to make sure the Record Timing  
Master is also set to the same thing, as shown here.  
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Click OK to exit the Audio Options window.  
When you close the Audio Options window, Windows once again  
tells you that you’ll need to relaunch SONAR.  
Quit and then relaunch SONAR.  
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Set Sampling Rate to SonicCell’s sampling rate.  
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Here’s how to get SONAR to exchange MIDI data  
with SonicCell:  
Setting Up SONAR to Use the SonicCell Editor  
In SONAR you’ll find the Cakewalk Plug-In Manager with which you register  
the SonicCell Editor as a plug-in for use with SONAR. Here’s how:  
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In SONAR, select MIDI Devices... from the  
Options menu to open the MIDI Devices  
window.  
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From SONAR’s Tools menu, select Cakewalk Plug-in Manager.  
In the VST Configuration area, click Options.  
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In the Inputs and in the Outputs panes,  
select 1:Roland SonicCell so it’s checkmarked  
as shown here:  
In the Cakewalk VST Scan Paths window, click Add...  
Navigate to your C drive, the Program Files folder—presuming you  
used the default install location—highlight the Roland folder, and  
click OK.  
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Back in the Cakewalk VST Scan Paths window, click OK—SONAR scans  
the displayed folders and displays all of its found plug-ins in the  
Cakewalk Plug-in Manager window. (You’ll see the SonicCell Editor if  
you click VST Instruments (VSTi) in the left-hand pane.  
Click Close to finish registering the SonicCell Editor.  
Setting Up SONAR for SonicCell MIDI  
In the following sections, we’ll assume a couple of things about the way  
you’re working. We’ll assume  
you’ve got SonicCell in Performance mode—using SonicCell’s PRST 01  
Seq: Template performance to start with.  
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Click OK.  
you’ve connected a MIDI controller to SonicCell’s MIDI IN jack—and that  
you’ve turned on SonicCell’s USB-MIDI Thru parameter, as described in  
the Using SonicCell with a DAW Workshop booklet.  
From the Options menu, select Global... to open the Global Options  
window.  
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Make sure that Always Echo Current MIDI Track is checkmarked so  
that your SonicCell patch plays as you sequence, and click OK.  
SONAR is now set up to exchange MIDI data with SonicCell.  
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