Installing Virtual Sound Canvas 3.0 (Vsc 3.0); Features - Roland U-8CW Getting Started Manual

Getting Ready to Use the U-8
Making the Settings for a MIDI Output Destination
1
In Windows, click the Start button, and from the list of Settings choose
Control Panel. Then, in Control Panel, double-click Multimedia.
The Multimedia Properties dialog box appears.
2
Click the MIDI tab.
3
At MIDI Output, from the Single Instrument list, select 1:U-8 MIDI OUT.
This causes MIDI-data output from Media Player and the like to be output
from the MIDI OUT connector on the U-8.
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Click OK to finish making the settings.

Installing Virtual Sound Canvas 3.0 (VSC 3.0)

This section describes how to run Virtual Sound Canvas 3.0 (VSC 3.0). More
detailed explanations on the VSC 3.0's buttons and operations are featured
in VSC 3.0 Help.
Help can be displayed in the following ways:
• Click Start, and from the list of Programs click Virtual Sound Canvas
3.0 Help in the Virtual Sound Canvas 3.0 group.
• Click the VSC Helper Icon (
select Help in the menu.

Features

• You can play music files using only your computer, no external sound
module is necessary.
• VSC 3.0 is compatible with GM and GM2 System, as well as GS Format,
a form of music files conforming to specifications for Roland sound
modules. Additionally, VSC 3.0 sounds are compatible with sounds
from other models in Roland's line of GS sound modules, including the
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) on the Windows taskbar, and
You can use the U-8 only
with VSC which is
supplied on the U-8 CD-
ROM. Using other VSC,
you cannot make it work
correctly.