Connecting Cakewalk To U-8; Connecting Cakewalk To - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

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Connecting Cakewalk to U-8

Note: For Cakewalk and U-8 to connect, the Roland U-8 StudioWare
panel must be open. If you don't see the StudioWare panel open after you
launch Cakewalk, use Cakewalk's File-Open command and choose
Roland U-8 Cakewalk StudioWare from the Open dialog box.
To Connect Cakewalk to U-8...
1. Make sure you have followed Roland's installation instructions to
install the U-8 driver and U-8 control application from the Roland
CD.
2. Turn on U-8 before launching Cakewalk.
3. Launch Cakewalk.
To see if Cakewalk and U-8 connect, check that these two things
happen when you open Cakewalk:
• A rotating U-8 icon appears while Cakewalk boots up.
• U-8's Track Status lights go off as soon as Cakewalk and U-8
connect.
Caution: When you launch Cakewalk or open a new project, it
takes a few seconds for U-8 and Cakewalk to finish loading. Do
not press any U-8 buttons until you see the words "Cakewalk
Music Software" on the left side of Cakewalk's Status bar. The
Status bar is located at the bottom of your screen and contains
the CPU meter.
If Cakewalk and U-8 don't connect, see the troubleshooting table
at the end of this chapter.
4. In Cakewalk, use the Options-Audio command to open the
DirectShow Audio dialog box.
5. Click the Drivers tab, and make sure all U-8 WAVE IN and WAVE
OUT drivers are enabled and click OK.
Use the Options-MIDI Devices command to open the MIDI Ports
6.
dialog box. Make sure all U-8 MIDI ports are selected and click
OK.