Roland M-300RCS Manual

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M-300RCS

User’s Guide

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Contents

Contents ..........................................................................................................

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Introduction ....................................................................................................

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About M-300RCS........................................................................................................................................................................

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The two modes of M-300RCS ................................................................................................................................................

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Operating requirements .........................................................................................................................................................

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Installing M-300RCS..................................................................................................................................................................

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Uninstalling M-300RCS ............................................................................................................................................................

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About the RSS M-300 driver...................................................................................................................................................

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Connection to the M-300........................................................................................................................................................

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Starting and exiting the application .............................................................

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Starting the application ..........................................................................................................................................................

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Exiting the application.............................................................................................................................................................

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Names of things and what they do.............................................................

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M-300RCS window ..................................................................................................................................................................

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Operations in the main screen area..................................................................................................................................

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About the menus.....................................................................................................................................................................

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Using M-300RCS...........................................................................................

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Opening and saving a project.............................................................................................................................................

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Switching between modes ..................................................................................................................................................

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REAC input/output settings.................................................................................................................................................

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Initializing the settings ..........................................................................................................................................................

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Preference settings .................................................................................................................................................................

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System settings ........................................................................................................................................................................

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M-48 settings.............................................................................................................................................................................

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Offline mode ................................................................................................

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Operation in offline mode....................................................................................................................................................

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Work flow in offline mode ....................................................................................................................................................

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Online mode.................................................................................................

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Operation in online mode ....................................................................................................................................................

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Synchronization in online mode........................................................................................................................................

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Work flow in online mode ....................................................................................................................................................

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Appendix ......................................................................................................

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Warning/error messages.......................................................................................................................................................

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Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................................................................................

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Introduction

About M-300RCS

M-300RCS is application software that runs on Microsoft® Windows® XP, Microsoft® Windows Vistaor Microsoft® Windows 7. It lets you edit M-300 project files, and remotely control the M-300.

The screen of M-300RCS is designed to resemble the screen and controllers of the M- 300 itself, and the method of operation is also essentially the same as on the M-300. This means that the operations you’ve become familiar with on the M-300 can be used on M-300RCS, and also that you can use M-300RCS to familiarize yourself with operations of the M-300 itself.

The contents of this document are written with the assumption that the user has all of the basic knowledge and skills required to operate a Windows computer. Please read the owner’s manual of your computer if you have questions regarding basic operations.

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The two modes of M-300RCS

M-300RCS has two modes: Offline mode and Online mode.

Offline mode

In this mode you can edit an M-300 project file via USB memory. The advantage of this mode is that you can edit mixer parameters and scene memories even when the M-300 itself is not at hand.

Load the project file

Save the project file

USB memory

Edit within M-300RCS

Save the project file

Load the project file

USB memory

Online mode

In this mode you can connect your computer to the M-300 via USB, and control the M-300 remotely. Since M-300RCS lets you use your mouse and keyboard to control the M-300, you can operate it in a more intuitive manner. In addition, M-300RCS can show a separate screen that is different from the screen shown on the M-300 itself, letting you view and edit more information simultaneously.

Control the M-300

USB cable

Operations on the M-300 are fed back

Differences from the M-300 itself

M-300RCS cannot monitor the audio signals within the M-300. Nor can it operate the following screens, parameters, and buttons:

SYSTEM screen

RECORDER screen

USER screen

USER FADER layer

USER button

MONITOR LEVEL knob setting

PHONES LEVEL knob setting

TALKBACK MIC LEVEL knob setting

[TALKBACK] button

[SOLO CLEAR] button

The following functionality cannot be used while the M-300 console displays the M-48 SOURCE LEVEL/PAN popup:

The meters of the M-48 SOURCE LEVEL/PAN popup

You can also create a new project file in M-300RCS and load it into the M-300.

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Operating requirements

Supported OS

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition/Professional SP2 or 3

 

Microsoft® Windows Vista® SP1

 

Microsoft® Windows® 7 32-bit Edition

 

Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit Edition

 

* M-300RCS does not work with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edi-

 

tion.

Supported

A computer that provides a USB connector complying with USB

computers

Specification Revision 1.1 or higher

CPU/clock

Pentium®/Celeron® or compatible processor, 1.6GHz or faster

 

* We cannot make guarantees regarding the compatibility of pro-

 

cessors.

 

 

Memory

512 MB or more

Screen resolution

1024 x 768 pixels or higher, 65,536 colors (16-bit color) or higher

and color depth

 

 

 

*This software has been found to work on typical computers that meet the above requirements, but we do not guarantee that it will operate on all such computers. Please be aware that differences in design or conditions of use may produce differences in the processing power of otherwise similar computers.

Installing M-300RCS

Copy the “M-300RCS” folder to the drive of your computer.

Uninstalling M-300RCS

Delete the “M-300RCS” folder that you copied to the drive of your computer.

About the RSS M-300 driver

In order for M-300RCS to remotely control the M-300 console, the RSS M-300 driver for Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 must be installed in your computer.

Download the most recent version of the driver from the following website. For details on installing the RSS M-300 driver, refer to the document (HTML file) included with the driver:

http://www.rolandsystemsgroup.net/

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Connection to the M-300

In order to remotely control the M-300 console from M-300RCS, you’ll need to connect the M-300 to your computer using a USB cable.

Use a USB cable to connect the M-300 to your computer as shown in the illustration below.

USB cable

To USB Port

To the rear panel

USB connector

 

Settings on the M-300 console

In order to remotely control the M-300 from M-300RCS, make the following settings on the M-300.

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Start up the M-300.

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Press [SYSTEM] to access the SYSTEM screen.

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Press [F4 (REMOTE)] to access the REMOTE popup.

Use a commercially available USB cable (one that supports USB 1.1 or later, and has a male type A connector and a male type B connector).

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Press [F2 (USB MIDI)] to access the USB MIDI tab.

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In the RECEIVE section, select the “Sys Ex” button.

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In the SEND section, select the “Sys Ex” button.

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Starting and exiting the application

Starting the application

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In the “M-300RCS” folder, double-click “M-300RCS.exe”.

The application will start up, and the M-300RCS window will appear.

A new project will be opened

when the application starts.

Exiting the application

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In the M-300RCS window, choose “Exit” from the “File” menu.

A message box will appear, asking you to confirm whether you want to save the current project.

If you click “Yes,” the current project will be saved.

If you click “No,” the current project will not be saved.

You will exit the application.

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