About The Various Rpc-1 Drivers - Roland RPC-1 Owner's Manual

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Preparations for using the RPC-1

About the various RPC-1 drivers

If the RPC-1 driver is installed, the following drivers can be
used.
Refer to the manual for the software you are using, and use
the most suitable drivers.
ASIO driver
ASIO (Audio Stream In/Out) is a driver format promoted by
Steinberg Corporation for connecting audio software and
audio hardware. ASIO supports both Windows and
Macintosh platforms, and allows high-quality multi-channel
input/output.
The RPC-1 comes with an ASIO2.0 driver for Windows
(95/ 98/Me/2000) and Mac OS (8.6 or later).
* Name of the ASIO driver for Windows 95/98/Me is "M
Audio Delta ASIO."
For Macintosh, there are three version of the ASIO
driver.
ASIO2.0 driver
ASIO2:
ASIO:
ASIO2.0 driver without software monitoring
ASIOv3: ASIO1 driver for Digital Performer.
EASI driver
EASI (Enhanced Audio Streaming Interface) is a driver
format promoted by E-magic Corporation for connecting
audio software and audio hardware. Like ASIO, EASI
supports both Windows and Macintosh platforms, and
allows high-quality multi-channel input/output.
The RPC-1 comes with an EASI driver for Windows 98/Me/
2000.
* Name of the EASI driver for Windows 98/Me is "M Audio
Delta EASI."
Windows MME driver (Windows)
Windows MME (Multimedia Extensions) is the standard
multimedia function extension standard for Windows.
To specify that the RPC-1 is to handle input/output of
the system sound, make the following settings.
1. From the "Start" menu, select the "Control Panel,"
and open "Multimedia."
2. In the "Audio" tab, specify the RPC-1 as the
preferred input/output device for playback and
recording.
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Sound Manager driver
Sound Manager is the standard digital sound specification
for Mac OS.
To specify the RPC-1 as the output destination of Sound
Manager, make the following settings.
1. From the "control panel" of the "Apple menu,"
open "Sound."
2. From the pull-down menu, choose "Sound In" or
"Sound Out," and select the "RPC-1" for input and
output.
For both input and output, Sound Manager is able to handle
only 16 bit 2-channel data.
MIDI driver (Windows)
This is a driver for handling the RPC-1's MIDI data in
Windows. A Windows MME compatible MIDI driver is
included with the RPC-1.
MIDI driver (Mac OS)
This is an OMS driver for handling the RPC-1's MIDI data on
the Macintosh. OMS 2.3.8 is required in order to use this.
Opcode Corporation's OMS 2.3.8 MIDI driver is included
with the RPC-1.
OMS: This is software provided by Opcode Corporation for
setting up a MIDI environment. An "OMS 2.3.8 installer" is
included on the "Drivers/Update" CD-ROM that is supplied
with the RPC-1.

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