Roland Recording Equipment SCWS04 User Guide

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Workshop  
Expandable Synthesizer Module  
and Audio Interface  
SonicCell  
Using SonicCell with SONAR  
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SCWS04  
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If you select a sampling rate other than the one SonicCell is using,  
you’ll see a message telling you that’s not possible, and that SONAR’s  
sample rate’s been reset to match SonicCell’s.  
To use another sampling rate, change SonicCell’s sample rate first as  
described in the Using the SonicCell with a DAW Workshop booklet.  
If you want to work on a project in which audio’s already been  
recorded, first set SonicCell’s sample rate to match the project’s.  
Windows asks you to relaunch SONAR for your new settings to take  
effect.  
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Click the Drivers tab, and checkmark 1: Roland SonicCell IN L and 1:  
Roland SonicCell OUT L as input and output drivers, respectively, if  
they’re not already selected.  
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Click OK, quit SONAR, and then relaunch the program.  
After SONAR has restarted, close the Quick Start window and return  
to Audio... in the Options menu.  
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In the Audio Options General tab, set Playback Timing Master to 1:  
Roland SonicCell:OUT 1, and check to make sure the Record Timing  
Master is also set to the same thing, as shown here.  
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Click OK to exit the Audio Options window.  
When you close the Audio Options window, Windows once again  
tells you that you’ll need to relaunch SONAR.  
Quit and then relaunch SONAR.  
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Set Sampling Rate to SonicCell’s sampling rate.  
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Here’s how to get SONAR to exchange MIDI data  
with SonicCell:  
Setting Up SONAR to Use the SonicCell Editor  
In SONAR you’ll find the Cakewalk Plug-In Manager with which you register  
the SonicCell Editor as a plug-in for use with SONAR. Here’s how:  
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In SONAR, select MIDI Devices... from the  
Options menu to open the MIDI Devices  
window.  
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From SONAR’s Tools menu, select Cakewalk Plug-in Manager.  
In the VST Configuration area, click Options.  
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In the Inputs and in the Outputs panes,  
select 1:Roland SonicCell so it’s checkmarked  
as shown here:  
In the Cakewalk VST Scan Paths window, click Add...  
Navigate to your C drive, the Program Files folder—presuming you  
used the default install location—highlight the Roland folder, and  
click OK.  
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Back in the Cakewalk VST Scan Paths window, click OK—SONAR scans  
the displayed folders and displays all of its found plug-ins in the  
Cakewalk Plug-in Manager window. (You’ll see the SonicCell Editor if  
you click VST Instruments (VSTi) in the left-hand pane.  
Click Close to finish registering the SonicCell Editor.  
Setting Up SONAR for SonicCell MIDI  
In the following sections, we’ll assume a couple of things about the way  
you’re working. We’ll assume  
you’ve got SonicCell in Performance mode—using SonicCell’s PRST 01  
Seq: Template performance to start with.  
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Click OK.  
you’ve connected a MIDI controller to SonicCell’s MIDI IN jack—and that  
you’ve turned on SonicCell’s USB-MIDI Thru parameter, as described in  
the Using SonicCell with a DAW Workshop booklet.  
From the Options menu, select Global... to open the Global Options  
window.  
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Make sure that Always Echo Current MIDI Track is checkmarked so  
that your SonicCell patch plays as you sequence, and click OK.  
SONAR is now set up to exchange MIDI data with SonicCell.  
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To close the Editor window at any time, click its Minimize button—it  
then appears as a small launcher above the Task bar. To re-open it,  
click the launcher’s Restore Up button.  
Creating a SonicCell Editor Track  
You’ll need to do this first so you have an easy way to  
select patches for your SonicCell synth tracks.  
Once you’ve set up the editor, you can click its track’s Minimize Strip  
button to shrink the track vertically.  
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Select an unused audio track in your project,  
or add a new one.  
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Click the track’s Restore Strip Size button to  
display its settings.  
We recommend renaming the track “Editor” to make it easy to locate  
as your arrangement grows in complexity.  
Using the SonicCell Editor  
Part-selection area  
Patch-selection area  
If the new track doesn’t look like what you see here, click the All tab  
at the bottom of the tracks area to reveal all of the track’s settings.  
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Right-click in the track’s FX area  
and select VST SonicCell Editor  
from the DXi Synth menu.  
The SonicCell Editor launches  
and retrieves SonicCell’s  
current settings.  
You’ll find detailed instructions for using the SonicCell Editor in its manual,  
which you can display by clicking the Help button in the SonicCell Editor  
window. What follows here are some quick instructions to get you started.  
Everything you set up in the SonicCell Editor is automatically saved  
in your SONAR project. When you reload the project, the Editor  
automatically sets up the current performance in SonicCell to match.  
Changes you make to SonicCell using the Editor affect SonicCell’s  
current performance, or—if you’re in Patch mode—its current patch.  
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Selecting a Patch for a Part  
Sequencing with SonicCell Patches  
You choose each patch you want to use in SONAR by selecting it for the part  
that a SONAR MIDI track is configured to play. Here’s how:  
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Open the project you want to work on, or create a new one.  
In SONAR, you can identify MIDI tracks by the MIDI jack  
icon to the left of a track’s name.  
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Click the desired part’s number in the PARTS area of the Editor  
window.  
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If no unused MIDI tracks are available in the  
project, right-click below the project’s tracks,  
and select Insert MIDI Track from the popup.  
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Select a patch for the part using the controls in the patch-selection  
area, circled in red on the previous page. To select a patch by:  
memory location—click the PATCH NAME parameter’s popup  
arrow to reveal SonicCell’s patches organized by their memory  
locations.  
Click the track you want to use, and click its  
Maximize Strip button to reveal its settings.  
category—click the CATEGORY parameter’s popup arrow to  
reveal SonicCell’s patches divided into categories.  
You can select performances stored in SonicCell using the PERFORM  
NAME popup located above the part-selection area.  
Digging Deeper  
The SonicCell Editor lets you change the current performance’s sounds in a  
range of ways. The mode-selection buttons to the left of the Editor window  
determine the parameters you see and can edit at any given time. They’re  
divided into the following sections:  
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Click the track’s Input popup arrow and select 1:Roland SonicCell -  
Ch. 1 from the popup menu.  
Click the track’s Output popup arrow and select 1-1:Roland SonicCell  
from the popup menu.  
SYSTEM—The buttons in this area allow you to set SonicCell’s global  
behavior, and also get quick access to its input effect, a handy thing  
when you’re recording live audio through SonicCell.  
Set the Channel parameter to the number of the SonicCell part  
whose patch you want to sequence.  
Your track’s settings should look like this:  
PERFORM EFFECTS—These buttons edit the performance’s effect setup.  
PERFORM—These parameters allow you to control the way each part  
We’ve selected  
MIDI Channel 1  
to play the patch  
belonging to  
Part 1.  
plays its patch, and lets you add effects to the patch.  
PERFORM PATCH—These parameters allow you to dig right inside a  
part’s patch in order to edit it down to its most basic characteristics.  
Before using the PERFORM PATCH buttons, be sure to select the part  
that plays the patch you want to edit. You do this by clicking the part’s  
number in the part-selection area at the top of the window.  
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If no unused audio tracks are available in  
the project, right-click below the project’s  
tracks, and select Insert Audio Track from the  
popup.  
If you haven’t yet selected a patch on SonicCell to play from this track,  
use the SonicCell Editor to assign the desired patch to the part you  
want to use. Once you’ve done that, return to the MIDI track you’ve  
been setting up.  
Click the audio track to select it, and then its  
the Restore Strip Size button to reveal the  
track’s settings.  
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When you play your controller with your new track selected, you  
should hear the desired patch play in SonicCell.  
Record your SonicCell track as you would any other SONAR track—  
when you play it back, you’ll hear its SonicCell patch play. (You can  
shrink the track vertically by clicking its Minimize Track button once  
you’re done with it.)  
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Repeat Steps 2-8 for other SonicCell tracks you want to sequence.  
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Click the track’s Input popup arrow and select the SonicCell output  
from which you want to record. To record  
At this point, your track is sequenced, and you’ll hear it each time you  
play your project, including when you edit the track. However, the  
sound is still coming from SonicCell itself—it hasn’t yet been recorded  
as an audio track in SONAR. We’ll get to that in the next section.  
a mic or instrument connected to SonicCell’s Neutrik input jack—  
select Left Roland SonicCell IN L.  
Recording Audio from SonicCell in SONAR  
a stereo device connected to SonicCell’s Neutrik and (LINE) R input  
jacks—select Stereo Roland SonicCell IN L.  
If you haven’t yet read the Using SonicCell as an Audio Interface  
Workshop booklet, read it now before proceeding. SonicCell offers lots  
of audio-interface options you’ll want to know about.  
a SonicCell synth patch in stereo—select Stereo Roland SonicCell  
IN L.  
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Make sure the track’s Output is set to Roland SonicCell OUT L. When  
you’re done, the track’s settings should look like this:  
Setting Up an Audio Track for Recording  
Selecting Audio to Record  
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Open the project you want to work on, or create a new one.  
You can spot audio tracks by the waveform icon to the left  
of a track’s name.  
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If you’ve connected a mic, instrument, or other device to one of  
SonicCell’s inputs, disconnect it until you’re ready to record its  
audio onto a SONAR track.  
Turn Off Software Monitoring  
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If the track’s channel strip isn’t visible, click the track in the Track  
window.  
When you want to record live audio as a SONAR LE audio track, you can use  
either of two methods:  
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Click the channel’s Input Echo button so  
it’s not lit.  
If you need to hear your SonicCell synth tracks as you record—send  
your live audio through SonicCell’s input effect, and then set the  
TO COM parameter on the In/Out Routing screen to Input FX.  
As we noted in the Using the SonicCell with a DAW Workshop booklet,  
you do have the option of listening through SONAR if you want to hear  
its effects as you record. However, unless you need to hear one of  
the SONAR’s effects while recording, we recommend listening through  
SonicCell since you may encounter latency listening directly through  
SONAR.  
If you don’t need to hear SonicCell synth tracks as you record—  
mute them in SONAR LE by clicking their Mute buttons to light  
them, or mute their parts in the SonicCell Editor.  
The End  
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Record your track as you would any SONAR audio track. (As with  
a MIDI track, when you’re ready to move to another track, you can  
reduce the size of the track by clicking its Minimize Track button.)  
We hope you’ve found this workshop helpful. Keep an eye out for other  
SonicCell Workshop booklets available for downloading at www.RolandUS.  
com.  
Repeat the steps in these last two sections for any other audio tracks  
you want to record.  
Before Recording: SonicCell Audio-Recording Strategy  
Since SonicCell can simultaneously be the source of synth sounds and your  
live audio, a little thought needs to be given to making sure you’re only  
recording exactly what you intend to record on any given track.  
When you want, for example, to record a single SonicCell synth sound on  
its own track, you don’t want your other synth sounds to also find their way  
onto that track. Likewise, when you want to record a vocal or other live audio  
signal, you don’t want to wind up with your synth tracks recorded on that  
live audio track.  
Here’s what you have to do.  
When you want to record a single synth track as a SONAR audio track  
mute any other SonicCell synth tracks you have in the song by  
clicking their Mute buttons to light them, or mute their parts in  
the SonicCell Editor.  
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