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Getting Started

201a
Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled:
"USING THE UNIT SAFELY" and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (p. 2, p.
4). These sections provide important information concerning the
proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured
that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by
your new unit, Getting Started manual should be read in its
entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a
convenient reference.
Copyright © 2001 ROLAND CORPORATION
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form
without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.

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  • Page 1: Getting Started

    Getting Started 201a Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (p. 2, p. 4). These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Getting Started manual should be read in its entirety.
  • Page 2 USING THE UNIT SAFELY symbol alerts the user to important instructions Used for instructions intended to alert or warnings.The specific meaning of the symbol is the user to the risk of death or severe determined by the design contained within the injury should unit...
  • Page 3 • Protect the unit from strong impact. (Do not drop it!) ....................• DO NOT play a CD-ROM disc on a conven- tional audio CD player. The resulting sound may be of a level that could cause permanent hearing loss. Damage to speakers or other system components may result.

  • Page 4: Important Notes

    IMPORTANT NOTES Additional Precautions 291a In addition to the items listed under “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” on page 2, please read and observe • Use a reasonable amount of care when using the the following: unit’s buttons, sliders, or other controls; and when using its jacks and connectors.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    You must read this before you use digital recording..6 Introduction ................7 Check the contents of the package ................7 Parts of the UA-3 and their function ................8 Connections and driver installation (Windows)....10 What is a driver? ......................10 Making connections and installing the driver ............

  • Page 6: You Must Read This Before You Use Digital Recording

    On the UA-3 The UA-3 will function with partial SCMS support only for a digital input signal from an external device. When data containing SCMS flags is input, for example from a MD that was digitally copied from a commercial music CD, the UA-3 will function as follows.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    If any are missing, contact the dealer where you purchased the UA-3. UA-3 USB cable Use this to connect the UA-3 to the USB connector of your computer. For Use only the included details on connections, refer to Connections and driver installation USB cable.

  • Page 8: Parts Of The Ua-3 And Their Function

    “INPUT + GUITAR/MIC” If you are recording USB indicator only from the line This will light when the UA-3 is connected and recognized to the computer. inputs, disconnect the cables from the Guitar input jack and the Mic input jack.
  • Page 9 Introduction Output level indicator The number of LED’s that light changes according to the output level from the Headphone jack and the Line output jacks . If the red LED lights, use the Line output volume to lower the volume. Line output volume This adjusts the volume that is output from the Headphone jack and the...

  • Page 10: Connections And Driver Installation (Windows)

    A driver is software that allows an application program running on your computer to transfer data to and from the UA-3 when it is connected to your computer via a USB cable. The driver passes data from the application to the UA-3, and passes data from the UA-3 to the application.

  • Page 11: Making Connections And Installing The Driver

    Always make sure to have the volume level turned down before connecting the UA-3. Even with the volume all the way down, you may still hear some sound when the power is switched on, but this is normal, and does not indicate a malfunction.
  • Page 12 1. Turn on the power of your computer and start up Windows. 2. Use a USB cable to connect the UA-3 to your computer. The UA-3 is recognized to the computer and the driver is installed all automatically. 3. After installing the driver, restart Windows.
  • Page 13 1. Turn on the power of your computer and start up Windows. Insert the Microsoft Windows CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, and use a USB cable to connect the UA-3 to your computer (p. 11). Since some computers are sold with the contents of the Microsoft Windows CD-ROM already in the hard disk, a Microsoft Windows CD-ROM may not have been included.
  • Page 14 Connections and driver installation (Windows) 3. The following dialog box will appear. Check CD-ROM drive, and click [Next]. fig.02-07.e 4. The following dialog box will appear. Click [Next]. fig.02-08.e * Depending on your system, the Location of driver may differ from the above illustration, but this is not a problem.
  • Page 15 Connections and driver installation (Windows) 6. When installation of the USB Composite Device driver is finished, the following dialog box will appear. Click [Finish]. fig.02-10.e 7. Then, the USB Human Interface Device will automatically be detected, and the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear. Click [Next], and continue the installation using the very same procedure as steps 2--5 (p.
  • Page 16 Connections and driver installation (Windows) 9. Next, a USB Audio Device will be detected automatically, and the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear. Click [Next], and continue the installation using the very same procedure as in steps 2 -- 5 (p.13 -- 14). fig.02-13.e In step 4, the screen will indicate “Windows...
  • Page 17 Connections and driver installation (Windows) Specifying the audio input/output device 1. Click the Windows [Start] button, and select [Settings] - [Control Panel]. Win 98 / Win 98SE In Control Panel, double-click the [Multimedia] icon to open the Multimedia Properties dialog box. Win 2000 / Me In Control Panel, double-click the [Sounds and Multimedia] icon to open the Sounds and Multimedia Properties dialog box.
  • Page 18 UA-3 will be better if you raise the Volume Control levels. 2. You can raise or lower the slider to adjust the volume of the UA-3. The If Mute is checked, or if following items can be set. the slider is in the...

  • Page 19: Checking For Sound Output

    Connections and driver installation (Windows) When using your computer’s CD-ROM drive to play an audio CD, or when playing background music for games with the UA-3 If using Windows Me: Select [Start]-[Settings]-[Control Panel]. In the [Control Panel], double- click the [System] icon to access the System Properties dialog box. Click the [Device Manager] tab, and double-click the [CDROM] icon.
  • Page 20 GUITAR/MIC. Did you hear the sample data? If the sample data played correctly, your computer and the UA-3 are connected correctly, and the drivers have been installed correctly. If the data did not play correctly, refer to Troubleshooting (p. 36). Troubleshooting contains material to help you find and correct such problems.

  • Page 21: Deleting The Usb Audio Device Driver

    1. Use a USB cable to connect the UA-3 to your computer. 2. Click the Windows [Start] button, and select [Settings] - [Control Panel]. 3. In [Control Panel], double-click [System] to open the System Properties dialog.

  • Page 22: Basic Operation Of The D-Out Smoother

    When audio is played back to a digital device such as MD or DAT connected to the digital output of the UA-3, a certain amount of time is required for the audio output to be locked immediately after audio playback, so that there may be no sound for one or two seconds, or the pitch or tempo may become incorrect.
  • Page 23 Using the D-Out Smoother The D-Out Smoother has an “ON/OFF” switch and a “TEST” button. “ON/OFF” switch Normally, you will leave this “ON” when using the digital output of the UA-3. Turn this “OFF” when connecting or disconnecting the UA-3. “TEST” button Click the [TEST] button.

  • Page 24: Connections And Driver Installation (Macintosh)

    Connections and driver installation (Macintosh) * If you are a Windows user, refer to p. 10. What is a driver? In order to use the UA-3, you must first install a driver. UA-3 uses a driver -> p. 10 included with Mac OS.
  • Page 25 3. Click the [Devices and Volumes] tab control. Make sure to quit all applications that may 4. Use a USB cable to connect the UA-3 to your computer. be running before you make the connection. 5. To make sure it is successfully recognized, select [Update all information] from the [Commands] menu.
  • Page 26 Connections and driver installation (Macintosh) 8. Turn down the volume on the UA-3, and on your audio equipment, then click [Start Test]. fig.03-06.e 9. Test sounds are output from left to right, along with what appears on If the Recording input select switch is set to the screen;...

  • Page 27: Known Issues: Ua-3

    Expression Mode to Response Priority. • The standard driver that comes with Mac OS is not ASIO compatible. • When you start up your computer with the UA-3 connected, the computer may become unstable. If this occurs, start up your computer before connecting the UA-3, and connect the UA-3 after start-up.

  • Page 28: Checking For Sound Output

    Did you hear the sample data? audio data from your computer. Set the If the sample data played correctly, your computer and the UA-3 are switch to INPUT + connected correctly, and the drivers have been installed correctly. If the data GUITAR/MIC.

  • Page 29: Appendices

    Recording input select switch, you should * The sampling rate of the UA-3’s digital output is 44.1kHz. Audio data of a sampling turn down the volume of rate other than 44.1kHz will be automatically converted within a computer to any monitor speaker 44.1kHz, and will be output from the digital output connectors of the UA-3.
  • Page 30 Line input jacks, Mic input jack or Guitar input jack, refer to p.31 -- 34. On Stereo Headphones the UA-3, it is not possible to mix the signal from UA-3 these inputs with the signal from the digital input connector and record them together.
  • Page 31 USB cable LINE LINE port Stereo Headphones If you change the position UA-3 of the Recording input select switch, you should turn down the volume of In order to record at the best any monitor speaker possible audio quality, do not connect a guitar or mic to the system that is connected.
  • Page 32 USB cable audio data on the computer LINE port Stereo Headphones UA-3 If you change the position of the Recording input The guitar input and audio data on the compute Guitar select switch, you should will be mixed and output.
  • Page 33 Monitor Computer speakers Condenser Dynamic LINE IN CONDENSER MIC Audio cable The UA-3 supports small port MIC will be output. multimedia microphones used for adding narration, USB cable and is compatible with MIC will be recorded to the computer.
  • Page 34 LINE LINE in Recording guitar port sounds (p. 32). Stereo Headphones UA-3 If you change the position The GUITAR and LINE IN of the Recording input will be mixed and output. Guitar select switch, you should turn down the volume of...

  • Page 35: Block Diagram

    Appendices UA-3 Block Diagram fig.UA3Block.e UA-3 Block Diagram [Recording input select switch is set to INPUT + GUITAR/MIC] USB Connector USB indicator USB CODEC Digital input connector Digital output connector (Optical) (optical) Line input peak indicator Line input jacks Headphone jack...

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    The power conservation mode of your computer may limit the power that is supplied to USB. Check the settings of your computer. In some cases, the UA-3 cannot be used with a bus-powered hub (a hub that does not contain a power supply). Please use a self-powered hub (a hub that contains a power supply).
  • Page 37 If your computer or USB hub has two or more USB connectors, connecting the UA-3 to a USB connector to which the UA-3 has never before been connected may cause the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box will appear even though the drivers have already been installed.
  • Page 38 Depending on your application, playing audio with a digital device such as an MD connected to the digital output of the UA-3 may cause a certain amount of time to be required for the digital audio output to be locked immediately after playback, so that there will be no sound for one or two seconds. If this occurs, you can use the D-Out Smoother software from the included CD-ROM to make audio play smoothly.
  • Page 39 Also, the number of LED’s in the output level indicator will change according to the output level of the UA-3. If the red LED lights, use the line output volume to lower the volume.
  • Page 40 Troubleshooting Sound is interrupted during audio playback • Try increasing the memory You can increase the processing power of your computer by adding more memory. For details on adding memory, refer to the owner’s manual for your computer. • Does your computer fulfill the USB specifications? The audio may be interrupted if you are using a computer that does not electrically meet the USB specifications.
  • Page 41 • Data that contains the SCMS flag cannot be recorded digitally. The UA-3 supports SCMS (p. 6), so that if SCMS-flagged data (such as data from an MD that was digitally copied from a commercial music CD) is input to the digital connector, the UA-3 will not be able to record...
  • Page 42 Does the game use an audio CD for background music? If an audio CD is used to provide background music for the game, refer to When using your computer’s CD-ROM drive to play an audio CD, or when playing background music for games with the UA-3 (p. 19).
  • Page 43 [Tools] - [Audio options] - [Settings] - [Default sampling rate] An Application hangs up When using digital music software for digital recording with the UA-3’s recording input switch set to DIGITAL, be absolutely sure that a digital device is connected.
  • Page 44 Troubleshooting A shortcut error appears when starting up Windows If you uninstall the D-Out Smoother with the Register to STARTUP checked (p. 23), the following error message will appear when you start up Windows. In this case, click [NO] to close the message. fig.06-01.e Use the following procedure to delete this message.

  • Page 45: Specifications

    32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz * When you record audio digitally from a digital device, UA-3 does not support the switching function of the sampling rate of the digital device. If you want to switch the sampling rate, you have to reconnect the digital cable.

  • Page 46: System Requirements

    UA-3, Roland cannot guarantee that a given computer can be used satisfactorily with the UA-3 based solely on the fact that it meets the above requirements. This is because there are too many other variables that may influence the processing environment, including...
  • Page 47 For EU Countries This product complies with the requirements of European Directive 89/336/EEC. For the USA FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 48 Information When you need repair service, call your nearest EDIROL/Roland Service Center or authorized EDIROL/Roland distributor in your country as shown below. IRELAND HONG KONG BARBADOS PERU CYPRUS Roland Ireland Parsons Music Ltd. A&B Music Supplies LTD Audionet Radex Sound Equipment Ltd.

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