Roland SI-24 - Manual (Page 7)

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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