Roland Juno-D7, Juno-D6, Juno-D8 User guide

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Roland Cloud User’s Guide

This guide explains how to use the sound files (*1) found in Roland Cloud on the JUNO-D series.

Read this guide along with the Reference Manual of JUNO-D series.

(*1) Sound Pack, Wave Expansion

Using Roland Cloud Manager

Use Roland Cloud Manager to download the sound files from Roland Cloud to your computer.

Next, use a USB flash drive to import the sound files that you downloaded to your computer into the JUNO-D.

¹ Click here for more information on Roland Cloud.

¹ Click here to download the Roland Cloud Manager.

¹ Click here to download the Owner’s Manual for Roland Cloud

Manager.

¹ Click here for the latest support information on Roland Cloud.

Importing the sound files by using Roland Cloud Manager

This explains how to use Roland Cloud Manager to download and import the sound files.

NOTE

¹ You must purchase a Lifetime Key for the data if you want to use

Roland Cloud Manager.

¹ Data that was downloaded with only a Roland Cloud

membership can’t be loaded into the JUNO-D series.

JUNO-D6 / JUNO-D7 / JUNO-D8

Installing the Roland Cloud Manager

1. On your computer, download Roland Cloud Manager.

Access the website listed below to download the appropriate installer for your computer.

https://roland.cm/RolandCloudManager

2. Double-click the installer you downloaded to begin the

installation.

Proceed with the installation by following the directions shown onscreen.

When you see a message saying that the installation was successful, click the [Close] or [Finish].

3. Start the Roland Cloud Manager that you installed, and

Follow the onscreen instructions to register.

Purchasing a lifetime key for the contents

You must purchase a Lifetime Key by following the steps below to use paid contents.

To use free contents, refer to “Downloading content files” (p. 2).

1. Launch Roland Cloud Manager.

2. Click “Hardware Instruments” on the menu tab.

A list of hardware group appears at the top of the screen.

3. On the hardware group tab, click “Synthesizers”.

A list of hardware appears on the left side of the screen.

4. Click the model name of the JUNO-D series that you’re

using.

The contents list appears.

5. Click the (Add to cart) icon for the contents you wish

to purchase.

This adds the contents to your cart.

6. Click the (Move to cart) button at the top

right-hand part of the screen.

The cart screen appears.

7. Check the contents onscreen, and click “Proceed to

checkout”.

A payment screen appears in your web browser. Proceed to payment, and close your web browser when you’re finished.

8. Return to the Roland Cloud Manager screen and click

“Accept” in the “Purchase Complete” dialog box to close the message.

9. Click the (Download) icon for the contents you wish

to download.

A dialog box for specifying the download destination folder appears.

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10.

Specify the folder to which you want to download the contents, and close the dialog box.

The content files are downloaded into the folder that you specified on your computer.

Downloading content files

1. Launch Roland Cloud Manager.

2. Click “Hardware Instruments” on the menu tab.

A list of hardware group appears at the top of the screen.

3. On the hardware group tab, click “Synthesizers”.

A list of hardware appears on the left side of the screen.

4. Click the model name of the JUNO-D series that you’re

using.

The contents list appears.

5. Click the (Download) icon for the contents you wish

to download.

A dialog box for specifying the download destination folder appears.

6. Specify the folder to which you want to download the

contents, and close the dialog box.

The content files are downloaded into the folder that you specified on your computer.

Saving the sound files to a USB flash drive

* If you’re using the USB flash drive for the first time, format it using

the JUNO-D. See the “Formatting a USB flash drive (FORMAT USB MEMORY)” in the “Reference Manual” (Roland website) for how to format a USB flash drive.

1. Prepare the sound file that you will add on the JUNO-D.

2. Connect the USB flash drive to your computer.

3. Save the file in the appropriate directory of your USB

flash drive.

Sound Pack (extension: .sdz): ROLAND/SOUND folder

Wave Expansion (extension: .exz): Root directory

USB flash drive folder architecture

Copy the Wave Expansion files (.exz) to the root directory.

ROLAND

SOUND

Copy the Sound Pack files (.sdz) to the ROLAND/SOUND folder.

4. Disconnect the USB flash drive from your computer.

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Adding the sounds to the JUNO-D series

Follow these steps to import or install the sounds you would like to add, according to their types.

Ø “Importing a Sound Pack” (p. 3) Ø “Installing a Wave Expansion” (p. 4)

Importing a Sound Pack

1. Connect the USB flash drive in which you saved the

sound file to the JUNO-D.

2. Press the [MENU] button.

The MENU screen appears.

3. Move the cursor to “UTILITY” and press the [ENTER]

button.

4. Move the cursor to “IMPORT TONE” and press the

[ENTER] button.

The IMPORT TONE screen appears.

8. Press the [ENTER] (NEXT) button.

The IMPORT TONE (Select Destination) screen appears.

This is a list of the user tones in the JUNO-D.

9. Check whether the user tones in the import destination

are selected with a checkmark.

Buttons Explanation

[3] CHECK or [INC] [DEC]

[4] CHECK ALL

NOTE

The user tone(s) selected as the import-destination are overwritten.

10.

Press the [ENTER] (EXECUTE) button.

A confirmation message appears.

If you decide to cancel, press the [EXIT] button.

Selects (adds a checkmark to) or deselects (removes the checkmark from) the tone that’s indicated by the cursor.

Selects (adds a checkmark to) or deselects (removes the checkmark from) all of the tones.

5. Move the cursor to the .sdz file that you want to import,

and press the [ENTER] (NEXT) button.

A confirmation message appears (but only on the first import).

If you decide to cancel, press the [EXIT] button.

6. Move the cursor to “OK” and press the [ENTER] button.

The IMPORT TONE (Select Source) screen appears.

7. Deselect all of the tones you don’t want to import.

Buttons Explanation

[3] CHECK or [INC] [DEC]

[4] CHECK ALL

[5] with SAMPLE

Selects (adds a checkmark to) or deselects (removes the checkmark from) the tone that’s indicated by the cursor.

Selects (adds a checkmark to) or deselects (removes the checkmark from) all of the tones.

Select the corresponding check boxes to include the User samples on import.

11.

Move the cursor to “OK” and press the [ENTER] button.

The import is executed, and the display returns the UTILITY screen.

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Installing a Wave Expansion

1. Save the tone data you downloaded (only the EXZ files)

to the root directory (the topmost level) of your USB flash drive (p. 2).

2. Turn off the JUNO-D, and connect the USB flash drive to

the USB MEMORY port.

3. Turn the power on while holding down the [ENTER]

button.

The EXPANSION screen appears.

MEMO

If you have installed Wave Expansions, they appear on this screen.

4. Press the [

The tone data saved on the USB flash drive is shown.

5. Use the [

] (INSTALL) button.

] [Ç] buttons to select the tone data to install.

Uninstalling a Wave Expansion

If there isn’t enough memory available, you can uninstall a Wave Expansion that’s already been installed to make room for new Wave Expansions.

1. Turn the power on while holding down the [ENTER]

button.

The EXPANSION screen appears.

2. Use the [

uninstall, and press the [Í] (UNINSTALL) button.

A confirmation message appears.

If you decide to cancel, press the [EXIT] button.

] [Ç] buttons to select the Wave Expansion to

3. Move the cursor to “OK” and press the [ENTER] button.

Selecting tones

Selecting a Wave Expansion tone

1. On the top screen, move the cursor to the tone name

of the part you want to change, and press the [ENTER] button.

The TONE LIST screen appears.

MEMO

¹ When you press the [ENTER] button on the TONE LIST screen, you

can switch between tone category list view (by category) and tone bank list view (by bank).

¹ On the tone bank list screen, the installed Wave Expansions are

shown in tabs by title.

6. Press the [

The message “Install License? Are you sure?” is shown.

If you decide to cancel, press the [EXIT] button.

* When you select a file that’s not supported by this instrument or is

corrupted, the message “Incorrect File!” appears and the file can’t be installed.

] (INSTALL) button.

7. Move the cursor to “OK” and press the [ENTER] button.

The message “Expansion install Are you sure?” is shown.

If you decide to cancel, press the [EXIT] button.

8. Move the cursor to “OK” and press the [ENTER] button.

Once the data is installed, the EXPANSION screen appears.

To install more tone data, repeat steps 4–8.

NOTE

Never turn off the power or remove the USB flash drives while the screen indicates “Processing..”.

9. Turn the power back on once the tone data has been

installed.

2. Select a tone for which the tone number is shown as

“EX***”.

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User license

Sound Pack and Wave Expansion are associated with the user licenses of the user who downloaded them.

Sound Pack or Wave Expansion that has differing user licenses cannot be imported into the same JUNO-D.

User A

EXZ001

If you want to import or install Sound Pack or Wave Expansion that has a different user license than what is already registered to this JUNO-D unit, you must initialize the user license by performing the procedure described in “Initializing the user license” (p. 5).

User A

A B

EXZ002

User B

EXZ002

User B

EXZ002

4. Use the [

] [Ë] buttons to select the item, and use the

value dial to select/clear the check boxes so that only the “Remove License” check box is selected.

* The “Remove License” check box is not displayed if a Sound Pack or

Wave Expansion has not been imported/installed.

* If you execute this with other check boxes besides “Remove

License” selected as well, the data corresponding to each selected item is erased. See “Returning to the factory settings (Factory Reset)” in the “Reference Manual” (Roland website) for details.

5. Press the [ENTER] (EXECUTE) button.

A confirmation message appears.

If you decide to cancel, press the [EXIT] button.

6. To execute, move the cursor to “OK” and press the

[ENTER] button.

The display indicates “Completed. Turn off the power”.

Initialize

Initializing the user license

If you’ve initialized the user license, you’ll be able to import and install Sound Pack and Wave Expansion that you downloaded using a new user license.

NOTE

¹ If you initialize the user license, installed Wave Expansion are

deleted.

¹ Never turn off the power or disconnect the USB flash drive during a

process, such as while the “Processing...” display is shown.

1. Press the [MENU] button.

The MENU screen appears.

2. Move the cursor to “UTILITY” and press the [ENTER]

button.

3. Move the cursor to “FACTORY RESET” and press the

[ENTER] button.

The FACTORY RESET screen appears.

7. Turn the power of the JUNO-D off and then on again.

The user license is initialized.

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Error message

An error message may be shown if you have operated this unit incorrectly, or if something was not processed correctly based on how you operated this instrument. Follow the instructions shown by the error message to correct the problem.

Error message Action

Expansion File Not Found!

Incorrect File!

Incorrect License! Please Remove License

Expansion Memory Full!

It has already been installed

This appears if the USB flash drive does not contain a

Check that the sound file is correctly saved, and that the file extension is “.exz”.

This appears if the selected file is not compatible with the JUNO-D series, or if the file is damaged.

Check the models that are listed as compatible for the file you downloaded, and try downloading again.

This appears if the selected file is associated with a different user license.

To install, you must either obtain a sound file that has the same user license as the currently-installed sound file, or delete (initialize) the user license.

This appears if there is insufficient free space for installation. To install, you must uninstall a currently-installed Wave Expansions to create free space. See the “Uninstalling a Wave Expansion” (p. 4) for how to uninstall a Wave Expansion.

This appears if the selected file is already installed. There is no need to reinstall.

sound file (Wave Expansion).