Examples Of Usage And Connection For The Ar-3000Sd; Together With Other Equipment (System Examples); Control Out; Using The Control Input And Output Terminals - Roland AR-3000SD Owner's Manual

Examples of Usage and Connection for the AR-3000SD

You can use the AR-3000SD alone or in combination with other AR-3000SD units or other equipment to play audio in a wide variety of scenes. This
section shows some examples of these. You can use these examples as a starting point for making changes to match your own usage circumstances.
Together with Other Equipment
(System Examples)

Using the Control Input and Output Terminals

Control input
Messages, explanations, warnings, announcements, effect sounds,
and the like are played with high sound quality according to control
signals from sensors, buttons, and switches.
t Momentary switch
Pressing the switch plays back a set announcement, guidance
message, explanation, or the like
• Broadcast of museum exhibition explanations or guidance
• Set announcements played back as required
t Sensor
AR-3000SD
Control signal
Audio signal
Control output
Control signals can be output during or after phrase playback to
control an external device.
t Busy out
• Only during phrase playback, power amp or other gear is
powered up (delay time set to five seconds)
• Lamp lights during phrase playback
AR-3000SD
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Sensor-triggered automatic broadcasts
• Guidance announcements made upon
detection of a person's presence
• Playback of event performances at
attractions and other sites
Power amp
Control signal
Audio signal
Power amp
Power unit
Power
Relay
switch
t Control out
After playback ends, controls external device
AR-3000SD

Using the MIDI Connectors

t Spatial expression
With the AR-3000SD serving as the master, the MIDI signals it
sends out can be used to get a sound module to play background
music. Or, you can have sound-effect phrases be played by a slaved
AR-3000SD.
AR-3000SD MIDI patch bay
Sound module
t Sound-field control
Using batch MIDI control from a switch box, you can change
programs on a mixer, equalizer, or the like to control the sonic field.
Switch box
Digital Mixer
& Console
Control Signal
Audio signal
Power amp
•
Extinguishing lights
•
When elevator doors are closed
and other similar situations
MIDI signal
Audio signal
AR-3000SD
Power amp
AR-3000SD
Power amp
AR-3000SD
Power amp
AR-3000SD (as a MIDI sequencer)
Power amp
Power amp
Control signal
MIDI signal
Audio signal