Roland SonicCell User Manual page 154

SONAR LE
Connections and settings
1. Use a USB cable to connect the SonicCell to your computer.
2. If necessary, use a MIDI cable to connect your MIDI
keyboard to the SonicCell.
3. Turn on the power of the SonicCell.
If the SonicCell is not connected correctly, SonicCell Editor
may not operate correctly.
Make sure that you switch on the SonicCell's power
before you start up SONAR LE.
* Don't disconnect the USB cable connected to the
SonicCell while SONAR LE is running.
Settings for the SonicCell
If you've connected a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI device to
the SonicCell's MIDI IN, set the USB-MIDI Thru (p. 177) setting
on the SonicCell module to ON.
If this is ON, MIDI messages arriving at MIDI IN will be sent
without change to your computer via USB MIDI.
Settings for SONAR LE
Here we will use the SonicCell as a USB-MIDI interface for
SONAR LE. Turn on the MIDI Thru setting.
If this is on, the MIDI messages received by SONAR LE will be
sent back to the SonicCell's sound generator.
For details on SONAR LE settings, refer to th online help for
SONAR LE.
1. Start up SONAR LE.
2. Specify the SonicCell as the USB-MIDI interface for SONAR
LE.
For details on how to make this setting, refer to the online
help for SONAR LE.
3. From the menu, choose "Options" - "Global" to open the
"Global Options" dialog box.
4. Select the "General" tab.
5. Select the "Always Echo Current MIDI Track" check box,
and click [OK].
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Starting up SonicCell Editor
1. Start up SONAR LE.
2. From the menu, choose "File" - "Close" to close the project
that was loaded at start-up.
3. From the menu, choose "File" - "New" to open the "New
Project File" dialog box.
4. Choose "Blank (no tracks or buses)" as the template, and
click [OK].
5. From the menu, choose "Insert" - "Audio Track" to add an
audio track.
6. Right-click the FX field located at the right of the Track
Pane of the audio track.
7. From the menu that appears, choose "DXi Synth" - "VST
SonicCell Editor VST."
The plug-in version of SonicCell Editor will start up.
8. If a message indicates "MIDI devices aren't set up
correctly," click [OK].
9. In SonicCell Editor, select the menu button "Setup" - "Set
Up MIDI Devices" to open the "Set Up MIDI Devices"
dialog box.
10. In SonicCell Input/Output, choose "Roland SonicCell" and
click [OK].
11. In SonicCell Editor, click [READ].
This will load the settings from the SonicCell into the
editor.
Steps 8–11 are needed only when starting the editor for
the first time. The second and subsequent times, the
SonicCell settings will be loaded into the editor from the
port you specified.
Adding a MIDI track
1. From the menu, choose "Insert" - "MIDI Track" to add a
MIDI track.
2. Specify the channel of the MIDI track.
If using Performance mode:
As the MIDI track's input, choose "Roland SonicCell" -
"MIDI Ch. n (the number of the part you will record)."
As the MIDI track's output, choose "Roland SonicCell."
As the MIDI track's MIDI Ch, choose 'n' (the number of the
part you will record).
If using Patch mode:
As the MIDI track's input, choose "Roland SonicCell" -
"MIDI Ch.1."
As the MIDI track's output, choose "Roland SonicCell."
As the MIDI track's MIDI Ch, choose "1."
3. Click the record-enable button in the track view.