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malfunctions or speaker damage.
Connecting FR-8x to FC-300 MIDI Foot
Controller
You can connect the FC-300 to expand your performance
capabilities by nine industrial-grade footswitches and two
programmable expression pedals.
1.
Use a MIDI cable (commercially available) to connect the
FR-8x to the FC-300.
FR-8x
NOTE
When making connections to FC-300, be sure that all equipment
are switched off.
2.
Switch on the power of the FR-8x (
(Refer to the Owner's Manual of FC-300).
Operation on FC-300
3.
Press the [MODE] button repeatedly to switch the MIDI
foot controller in the "SYS" mode.
For details see the Owner's Manual of FC-300.
Operations on FR-8x
4.
Set the "Type Device" of "MIDI Foot Controller" to "FC-
300" and select the desiderate functions that you want
assign to these pedals.
See
"14.8 MIDI Foot Controller" (p.
You can assign up to 9 pedals:
MIDI cable
p.
27) and the FC-300
107).
Power Supply FR-8x by the Battery Pack
1
2
Switch
Switch
Switch
5
6
7
Switch
Switch
Switch
See
"5.6 Controllers" (p.
81),
Controllers" (p. 90)
"10.7 Controllers" (p. 93)
and
expression pedal control for each Orchestra part.
NOTE
The FR-8x recognize the FC-300 "EXP PEDAL 2" only.
Connecting the FR-8x to Your Computer
If you use a USB cable (commercially available) to connect the COMPUTER
port located on the FR-8x's connection panel to the USB port of your
computer, you'll be able to do the following things:
• Use the FR-8x as a sound module.
• By transferring MIDI data between the FR-8x and your sequencer
software, you'll be able to enjoy a wide range of possibilities for music
production and editing.
NOTE
The FR-8x not supported the GM/GS standard
1.
Use a standard USB cable (AgB-type connectors,
commercially available) to connect the FR-8x to your
computer as shown below.
If the computer doesn't 'see' the FR-8x
Normally, you don't need to install a driver in order to connect the FR-8x to
your computer. However, if some problem occurs, or if the performance is
poor, using the Roland original driver may solve the problem.
For details on downloading and installing the Roland original driver, refer
to the Roland website:
http://www.roland.com/
Specify the USB driver you want to use, and then install the driver.
For details, refer to
"USB Driver" (p.
NOTE
• To avoid the risk of malfunction and/or damage to external
speakers, always turn the volume all the way down and switch off
the power on all devices before you make any connections.
• Only MIDI data can be transmitted and received via USB. Audio data
for a song recorded on the FR-8x cannot be transmitted or received.
• Switch on the power to the FR-8x before you start up the MIDI
application on your computer. Never turn the FR-8x's power on/off
while your MIDI application is running.
3
4
Switch
8
9
Not Used
Expression
Switch
Switch
"8.5 Controllers" (p.
86),
"9.7
to enable the
107).
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