Roland M-480 RCS User Manual

M-480 RCS

User’s Guide

Roland corporation and its affiliates assume no responsibility for any loss or damage (loss of profits,

loss of data or other economical losses) caused by use of this software. This is applicable even in case

users were notified from Roland Corporation and its affiliates about possibility of such losses.

Contents ..........................................................................................................3

Introduction ....................................................................................................4

About M-480 RCS....................................................................................................................................................................... 4

The two modes of M-480 RCS............................................................................................................................................... 5

Operating requirements ......................................................................................................................................................... 6

Installing M-480 RCS................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Uninstalling M-480 RCS........................................................................................................................................................... 6

About the V-Mixer driver ........................................................................................................................................................6

Connection to the M-480........................................................................................................................................................ 7

Starting and exiting the application.............................................................9

Starting the application .......................................................................................................................................................... 9

Exiting the application............................................................................................................................................................. 9

Names of things and what they do............................................................. 10

M-480 RCS window.................................................................................................................................................................10

Operations in the main screen area.................................................................................................................................. 14

About the menus.....................................................................................................................................................................15

Using M-480 RCS.......................................................................................... 16

Opening and saving a project.............................................................................................................................................16

Switching between modes ..................................................................................................................................................18

REAC input/output settings.................................................................................................................................................21

Initializing the settings ..........................................................................................................................................................23

Preference settings .................................................................................................................................................................24

System settings ........................................................................................................................................................................26

M-48 settings.............................................................................................................................................................................27

Offline mode ................................................................................................ 28

Operation in offline mode....................................................................................................................................................28

Work flow in offline mode....................................................................................................................................................28

Online mode................................................................................................. 30

Operation in online mode....................................................................................................................................................30

Synchronization in online mode........................................................................................................................................30

Work flow in online mode ....................................................................................................................................................30

Appendix ...................................................................................................... 32

Warning/error messages.......................................................................................................................................................32

Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................................................................................32

Introduction

About M-480 RCS

M-480 RCS is application software that runs on Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows 7. It lets you edit M-480 project files, and remotely control the M-480.

The screen of M-480 RCS is designed to resemble the screen and controllers of the M-480 itself, and the method of operation is also essentially the same as on the M-

480. This means that the operations you’ve become familiar with on the M-480 can be used on M-480 RCS, and also that you can use M-480 RCS to familiarize yourself with operations of the M-480 itself.

fig.ScrRCS.eps

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.

The two modes of M-480 RCS

M-480 RCS has two modes: Offline mode and Online mode.

Offline mode

Introduction

In this mode you can edit an M-480 project file via USB memory. The advantage of this mode is that you can edit mixer parameters and scene memories even when the M-480 itself is not at hand.

fig.OfflineEdit.eps

Save the project fileLoad the project file

USB memory

Edit within M-480RCS

USB memory

Load the project fileSave the project file

Online mode

In this mode you can connect your computer to the M-480 via USB, and control the M-480 remotely. Since M-480 RCS lets you use your mouse and keyboard to control the M-480, you can operate it in a more intuitive manner. In addition, M-480 RCS can show a separate screen that is different from the screen shown on the M-480 itself, letting you view and edit more information simultaneously.

fig.OnlineEdit.eps

Control the M-480

USB cable

You can also create a new

project file in M-480 RCS and

load it into the M-480.

Operations on the M-300 are fed back

Differences from the M-480 itself

M-480 RCS cannot monitor the audio signals within the M-480. 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-480 console displays the

analyzer function or the M-48 SOURCE LEVEL/PAN popup:

• The analyzer in the GEQ EDIT or FX EDIT popup

• The analyzer in the METER screen Analyzer tab

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

Introduction

Operating requirements

Supported OS

Supported computers

CPU/clock Pentium/Celeron or compatible processor, 1.6GHz or faster

Memory 512 MB or more Screen resolution

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.

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition/Professional SP3 Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit Edition

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Edition

* M-480 RCS does not work with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition.

A computer that provides a USB connector complying with USB Specification Revision 1.1 or higher

* We cannot make guarantees regarding the compatibility of processors.

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

Installing M-480 RCS

Copy the “M-480 RCS” folder to the drive of your computer.

Uninstalling M-480 RCS

Delete the “M-480 RCS” folder that you copied to the drive of your computer.

About the V-Mixer driver

In order for M-480 RCS to remotely control the M-480 console, the V-Mixer 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 V-Mixer driver, refer to the document (HTML file) included with the driver:

http://www.rolandsystemsgroup.net/

Connection to the M-480

In order to remotely control the M-480 console from M-480 RCS, you’ll need to connect the M-480 to your computer using a USB cable.

Use a USB cable to connect the M-480 to your computer as shown in the illustration below.

fig.USBConnection.eps

USB cable

To USB Port

To the rear panel

USB connector

Settings on the M-480 console

In order to remotely control the M-480 from M-480 RCS, make the following settings on the M-480.

Start up the M-480.

Introduction

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).

Press [SYSTEM] to access the SYSTEM screen.

fig.ScrM4System.eps

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

fig.ScrM4SystemRemote.eps

Introduction

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

fig.ScrM4SysRemUSB.eps

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

fig.ScrM4SysRemUSBSt1.eps

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

fig.ScrM4SysRemUSBSt2.eps

Starting and exiting the application

Starting the application

In the “M-480 RCS” folder, double-click “M-480 RCS.exe”.

fig.IconRCS.eps

The application will start up, and the M-480 RCS window will appear.

fig.ScrRCS.eps

A new project will be opened

when the application starts.

Exiting the application

In the M-480 RCS window, choose “Exit” from the “File” menu.

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

fig.ScrSyncConfirm.eps

• 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.

Names of things and what they do

M-480 RCS window

fig.ScrRCSGuide.eps

Basic screen area

Mode button

Screen recall buttons

Scene memory buttons

Fader layer buttons

Main fader module

Fader modules

Basic screen area

fig.ScrChDisp.eps

This shows a screen of the same design as the screen of the M-480 console itself. You can use the mouse and keyboard to perform operations in this screen.

"Operations in the main screen area"

(p. 14)

Mode button

This switches the mode of M-480 RCS.

●

Offline mode

fig.ScrOffline.eps

●

Online mode

fig.ScrOnline.eps

"Switching between modes"

(p. 18)

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