Table Of Contents - Roland A-49 Owner's Manual

Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Quick Page Reference Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Contents of the Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Panel Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Verify That You Can Hear Sound . . . . . . . . . . 19
Checking with a SONAR Soft
Synths (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Checking in GarageBand (Mac OS X) 20
MIDI Signal Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About the Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Switching the Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . 22
PLAY Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
FUNCTION Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SuperNATURAL Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
MIDI Visual Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Performing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the MIDI Transmit Channel
(MIDI CHANNEL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Switching Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shifting the Pitch of the Keyboard . . . . . . . 28
Using the Lever to Modify the Sound . . . . 29
Using the D-BEAM to Modify the Sound . . 30
Using the Knobs to Modify the Sound . . . . 31
Using the Pedals to Modify the Sound . . . 32
Using Aftertouch to Modify the Sound . . . 33
Halting Stuck Notes (PANIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing the A-49 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing the Velocity Curve
(VELO CURVE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Specifying the Keyboard Velocity Value
(KEY VELO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Switching the Function of the [C2]
Knob in SuperNATURAL Mode
(SN SETTING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Assigning Functions to the Knobs,
Buttons, and Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Assigning a Program Change
Message (PRGM CHANGE) . . . . . . . . . 37
Assigning Aftertouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Assigning a Control Change
Number (CC#) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing the Direction of Value
Increases for the Knobs, D-BEAM
Controller, Buttons, and Pedals (CTRL DIR) 40
Selecting the Dedicated Driver or the
Generic Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Restoring the Factory Settings
(FACT RESET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Problems When Installing the Driver . . . . . 42
Problems When Using the Unit . . . . . . . . . . 43
Changing Computer Settings to Avoid
Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Driver Signing Options Setting
(Windows XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power Management Settings . . . . . . 46
Reinstalling the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Deleting the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lightening the MIDI Load (Windows) . . . . 49
Main Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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