Table of ConTenTs 1. Congratulations ......................... 1 2. Computer Minimum Requirements ................1 3. Software Installation for Windows Vista and XP Users ........1 ® A. Installing Software for Windows ................1 B. Set Up Windows Audio and MIDI (Optional) ............2 C.
1. CongraTulaTions Congratulations on your purchase of the RP500. This guide contains the instructions on installing and setting up Steinberg Cubase LE 4 recording software, X-Edit™ Editor/ ® Librarian, and the required USB drivers for Windows Vista, Windows XP or Mac ®...
Click the “RP500 Drivers” button and follow the onscreen instructions to install the necessary drivers for using X-Edit and Cubase. Click the “X-Edit” button and follow the onscreen instructions to install the X-Edit Editor/Librarian software. During the X-Edit installation, you may be prompted to install Microsoft .NET 2.0 which is required to use the X-Edit application.
C. Cubase le 4 DeViCe seTup for WinDoWs ® ® After the RP500 is connected to your computer and powered on, open Cubase LE 4, and go to Devices>Device Setup as shown below. Under Devices, click on VST Audio System and select RP500 ASIO from the ASIO Driver pull-down menu if it is not already selected.
4. sofTWare insTallaTion for maC users ® The RP500 hardware is designed to interface directly with your Mac computer via USB ® using OS X’s Core Audio drivers. This means no separate driver installation is needed as long as your Mac system software is 10.4 or greater. a.
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The box under the Audio Device column may say Not Connected If it “ .” does, click in this box and select DigiTech RP500 In/Out (2) to enable the device inputs. You are now ready to start recording with Cubase LE 4.
reCorDing WiTH Cubase le 4 (WinDoWs ® ® anD maC ® a. CreaTing a neW projeCT 1. Open Cubase LE 4. ® 2. Click File and select New Project. 3. Select default and click OK.
4. Select a location to store the project (or use the default location) and click OK. You may want to create a new folder for each new project. 5. (XP users only) If you ever see the warning message shown below when opening a new or existing project, you must reset the driver in the Device Setup dialog.
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screen is lit. 3. In the Audio 01 window, make sure the Record Enable button is lit. 4. In the Audio 01 window, make sure the Input Monitoring button is not lit.
C. To sTarT reCorDing 1. Click the Record button on Cubase LE 4’s Transport control. ® Record Button 2. Play your guitar. 3. When you are finished recording press the Stop button. Stop Button 4. Press Rewind and press the Play button to listen to the track you have just record- Rewind Button Play Button...