Roland Studio Package Pro owner manual Applying an External Effect

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Advanced Uses

Applying an External Effect

Here’s how you can use an external effect with SONAR. You will use a SONAR Virtual Main bus as the external effect send, and send audio signals from the tracks for processing by the external effect.

■Connect the External Effects Processor to the SI-24

1.Connect the SI-24’s AUX 1 (OUTPUT 3 / 4) to the input of your external effects processor.

2.Connect the output(s) of your external effects processor to the input(s) of the SI-24, and use the gain knob(s) to adjust the input gain.

■Set a SONAR Bus as the External Effect Send

3.In the Track view, click the Out dropdown menu of the Aux 1. You may need to enlarge the Aux 1 to show the Out control: In Aux 1, click the “Restore Strip Size” button to expand the bus.

4.Select the output to “B.”

■Send the Signal from Each Track to the External Effect

5.In a track view that you want to patch through Aux 1, click the “Aux 1 Send Enable” button (lit green). You may need to enlarge a track to show the “Aux 1 Send Enable” button: In a track, click the “Restore Strip Size” button to expand the bus.

6.Use the SI-24’s [CH SELECT] to select the track to which you want to apply the effect (lit red).

7.Turn the SI-24’s [SEND/EQ] on (lit red), and use the SEND knob to adjust the amount of signal that is sent to the external effect.

If you have not made RPC-1 mixer settings so that you can monitor the SI-24’s inputs “Step 4: Making RPC-1 Settings” (p. 14), you will not be able to monitor the effect- on at this point.

Use the output level of your external effects processor to adjust the effect return level. Although it is possible to adjust the return level using the RPC-1 mixer, the level adjustment in this case will not affect what is recorded on the tracks, so you will need to re-adjust the level of the effect sound after recording it on the tracks.

The output of an external effect can be recorded on a track in the same way as when recording a conventional track.

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Contents Page Contents Index Important Notes Studio Package Pro Main Features of Studio Package ProIntroduction Setting Up Studio Package Pro Installing the RPC-1Connecting Your Equipment Connect your audio devices and/or headphonesDriver Installation WindowsConnect Midi and other devices as necessary Computer SI-24 Audio equipmentWindows Me Setting Up Studio Package Pro Windows Windows XP Home/Professional Setting Up Studio Package Pro Windows XP Making RPC-1 SettingsOpen the RPC-1 control panel Windows98/Me/2000 Click Done to close the RPC-1 control panel Installing Sonar To Install SonarSonar Setting Setting Up the Midi In and Midi Out DevicesStarting Sonar There are many different way to start SONAR. Here are a fewSetting Up the RPC-1 Click OK to finish setting up the RPC-1Input Drivers Output Drivers Click the General tab, and change the following paramsSetting Up the SI-24 Opening the Control Surface ToolbarQuick Start Listening to the Demo SongLet’s Try Operating Sonar TransportFaders Master FaderPAN Knobs Status ButtonsCH Select Buttons Locate Button EQ/SEND ButtonPLUG-IN Button Short CUT Button View ButtonFile Save Edit Undo Edit Copy Edit Paste Edit Delete Edit RedoRecord and Play Back a Guitar Performance Prepare a New Project in the SonarConnect your guitar to the SI-24’s Guitar Hi-Z jack Record Your Guitar Performance on Track 1 of the SonarUsing FXPad Apply EQ equalizer to a TrackInserting FXPad Operate the FXPadPlay Your Keyboard to Hear the Sound Setting Up a Midi TrackConnect and Play a Midi Sound Module/MIDI Keyboard Recording Your Performance Midi Real-Time Recording Playing Back the Performance DataUsing the SI-24’s Digital Make Settings on the SI-24 and in SonarChange the RPC-1 Settings Advanced UsesAutomix in Sonar Recording Audio from Digital in to the SonarRecord Fader/Pan Movements Play Back the Fader/Pan MovementsMake Settings for Exporting the Audio Writing a Mix to an Audio FileSpecify the Region that will be Written as an Audio File Select a source bus or busesSend the Signal from Each Track to the External Effect Applying an External EffectConnect the External Effects Processor to the SI-24 Set a Sonar Bus as the External Effect SendClick OK to finish inserting a DXi Using Software SynthesizersInserting a DXi To Set Your Options in the Roland SI-24 Property Using the Roland SI-24 PropertyTo Open the Roland SI-24 Property Index DigitalInformation
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