Roland Aoutique TR-09 User Manual page 16

To mount the TR-09 to your desktop follow this procedure:
1. Use a micro USB cable with a standard USB connector on the end.
2. Connect the micro end to the TR-09 and restart the synth holding down the [START] button.
3. All the lights come on, and this means the TR-09 is awaiting connection to the computer.
4. Connect the USB cable to the computer and a drive icon named TR-09 will appear on the desktop. It takes a
second, but it does its thing.
To create a backup of your patterns:
1. Follow the above procedure for mounting the TR-09
2. Copy the backup files from the TR-09 drive into an appropriately named folder on your computer
3. Once you're done, eject the TR-09 drive, disconnect the USB cable.
4. Once noted you may power cycle the TR-09 and you're done.
To bring patterns from your computer into the TR-09:
1. Follow the above procedure for mounting the TR-09
2. Copy the backup files, or the new patches you'd like to check out into the appropriate "BACKUP" folder on the
TR-09 drive
3. When copying is completed, press the [ENTER] button.
4. Once the lights stop doing their thing, you may eject the TR-09 drive.
5. Once confirmed you may power cycle the TR-09 and disconnect the USB cable and you're done.
What's so big about that? Any system exclusive file utility can do the same thing, why is this important?
Well, the simplicity and visual aspect of this process is so novel that really anyone with basic computer skills can do
it. This makes the process of file/patch sharing very easy. It's surprising that there aren't many amazing TR-09
patterns or other Roland Boutique patches out there for the sharing and contributing to isn't it? It's possible that this
process is just so easy, and painless to do that people still believe they need to connect a cassette deck, and record
the sysex audio to tapes and then ship them to friends in order to share their files. Or many people are afraid to give
away their precious patches? I'm not sure, but I think it's pretty cool, and I plan to come up with a bank of patches or
two and offer them up for anyone interested in them. I'd also be very keen to see how others have undertaken the
TR-09 in their own situations. Can you tell I think that patch and pattern exchanges are awesome? I do. And while I
rarely use patches or patterns from other sound designers, I love to explore what synthesizers are capable of, and
sometimes the best way to do that is by seeing how Arthur Baker, or someone I've never heard of does it.
Restore the TR-09 to factory settings:
This is the procedure for resetting your TR-09 back to it's factory state. Remember that if you do this, all your settings
and all your sounds will be overwritten with the out of the box, factory fresh programming.
1. While holding down the [2] button, turn on the power.
2. To execute the reset press the ENTER button
3. When all the buttons blink, restart the TR-09 and it'll be just the way it was the day you got it.
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