Roland Studio Package Pro owner manual Record and Play Back a Guitar Performance

Quick Start

Record and Play Back a Guitar Performance

■Setting the Sampling Rate and the File Bit Depth in the SONAR

1.Choose “Options - Audio” to open the “Audio Options” dialog box.

2.Click the “General” tab.

3.Under “Default Settings for New Projects,” select a Sampling Rate. For CD-quality sound, use 44100 Hz.

4.The “File Bit Depth” field and select either 16 or 24.

5.Click OK.

■Prepare a New Project in the SONAR

6.Select “File - New” from the menu.

7.Select the Normal template and click OK.

■Connect your guitar to the SI-24’s GUITAR (Hi-Z) jack.

8.If you have connected an external effects processor between your guitar and the SI-24, connect it to the conventional INPUT jack rather than the GUITAR (Hi-Z) jack.

■Record Your Guitar Performance on Track 1 of the SONAR

9.Track 1’s “In” field, choose the “Roland RPC-1 - Right Roland RPC-1 Multichannel 7/8” (Windows XP / 2000) or the “Roland RPC-1 - Right PCM In 7/8 Roland RPC-1” (Windows Me / 98SE).

10.Set the SI-24’s CH ASSIGN to [TRACK], and set STATUS MODE to [REC/PLAY].

11.Press the SI-24’s [STATUS 1]. It will change to solid red.

12.Turn the SI-24’s GAIN knob 8 toward the left until the SI-24’s peak indicator does not light when you play your guitar most loudly.

You can check the input levels in the SONAR.

13.Press the SI-24’s [REC] button to begin recording.

14.Press the SI-24’s [STOP] button to stop recording.

15.Press the SI-24’s [PLAY] button to playback your guitar performance.

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