Roland Electronic Keyboard SCWS06 User Guide

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Workshop  
Expandable Synthesizer Module  
and Audio Interface  
SonicCell  
Using SonicCell with GarageBand  
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SCWS06  
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The Audio/MIDI pane should now look like this:  
To:  
play SonicCell’s synth sounds—turn off SonicCell’s USB-MIDI Thru  
parameter so the incoming MIDI data goes to SonicCell’s tone  
generator.  
play GarageBand’s soft synths—turn on SonicCell’s USB-MIDI Thru  
parameter so the incoming MIDI data passes through SonicCell and  
into GarageBand for playing its sounds.  
Using the SonicCell Editor with GarageBand  
The best way to use the SonicCell Editor with GarageBand is to run it as a  
separate application. This allows you to select the SonicCell patches you’ll  
play from your keyboard, and customize your current SonicCell performance.  
Here’s how to do this.  
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Click the Advanced Tab at the top of the window, and set Audio  
Resolution as desired. If you want to  
record a CD—select Good so that audio is recorded at 16 bits, as  
CDs require.  
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On SonicCell, select the PRST 01 Seq: Template performance.  
record at higher quality with later conversion—select Better to  
record at 24 bits, with conversion to 16 bits when it’s exported.  
Locate the the Roland folder in your Applications folder, and then  
open it to reveal the SonicCell Editor folder.  
record the highest-quality audio—select Best for 24-bit recording  
and export for uses other than burning a CD.  
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Open the SonicCell Editor folder, and double-  
click the SonicCell Editor application to launch it.  
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Close the Preferences window.  
The Editor window opens after exchanging data  
with SonicCell.  
About GarageBand and MIDI  
GarageBand is unusual among DAWs in that its soft synths respond to  
incoming MIDI data, but it doesn’t allow you to record MIDI tracks that play  
sounds in external MIDI devices such as SonicCell.  
As a result, to use SonicCell patches with GarageBand, you have to play the  
patches from a MIDI controller connected to SonicCell, and then record  
those sounds into GarageBand as audio tracks.  
When you’ve connected a MIDI controller to SonicCell, you can use the  
controller for playing SonicCell’s sounds or GarageBand’s own sounds.  
Each of these operations requires that SonicCell’s System USB-MIDI Thru  
parameter be set correctly.  
When you’re done, go back to the SonicCell Editor application and drag  
it onto the dock, from where it can be more easily found and launched  
in the future.  
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category—click the CATEGORY parameter’s popup arrow to  
reveal SonicCell’s patches divided into categories.  
Using the SonicCell Editor  
Part-selection area  
Patch-selection area  
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:  
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.  
PERFORM EFFECTS—These buttons edit the performance’s effect setup.  
PERFORM—These parameters allow you to control the way each part  
plays its patch, and lets you add effects to the patch.  
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.  
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.  
When you’re done setting up a performance, save it so you can recall  
it when you return to work on your song, sending it back to SonicCell  
to restore its settings for the song.  
Recording Audio from SonicCell in GarageBand  
Selecting a Patch for a Part  
You choose each patch you want to use in GarageBand by selecting it for the  
part that a GarageBand MIDI track is configured to play. Here’s how:  
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.  
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Click the part’s number in the PARTS area of the Editor window.  
Select a patch for the part using the controls in the patch-selection  
area, circled in red above. 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.  
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Selecting Audio to Record  
Turning Off Software Monitoring  
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Create a new real instrument track.  
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Set the Monitor popup below Input Source to Off.  
As we noted in the Using the SonicCell with a DAW Workshop booklet,  
you can listen through GarageBand if you want to hear its effects as  
you record. However, we recommend listening directly through the  
SonicCell to avoid latency.  
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Select the Basic Track preset in the Track Info panel.  
What You Hear Is What You Get  
SonicCell can produce synth sounds and pass live audio from its inputs at  
the same time. This means a couple of things:  
After recording, you can select other presets for your track. They’ll  
add pre-configured effects to the track, and change its icon.  
When you want to record a SonicCell patch as audio into Garageband—  
disconnect any mic or instrument you’ve connected to SonicCell to  
keep the resulting synth audio track free of surprise noises.  
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From the Input Source popup, select a SonicCell input. To record  
When you want to record live audio into Garageband—be sure not to play  
any SonicCell patches while the live audio’s being recorded to keep the  
audio signal clean. (You may even want to temporarily disconnect your  
MIDI controller to be sure.)  
a mic or instrument connected to SonicCell’s Neutrik input jack—  
select Mono 1 (Roland SonicCell 44.1kHz).  
You can, if you like, record multiple live audio sounds at the same time  
in GarageBand, thus capturing a more complete performance. Connect  
one signal to SonicCell’s Neutrik jack and the other to the (LINE) R  
jack. Send the first jack to one GarageBand real instrument track and  
the other to a second real instrument track.  
a stereo device connected to SonicCell’s Neutrik and (LINE) R input  
jacks—select Stereo 1/2 (Roland SonicCell 44.1kHz).  
Once you’ve got your audio coming from SonicCell the way you want, record  
your audio track as you would any other GarageBand real instrument track.  
Repeat the steps to the left to record additional real instrument tracks.  
a SonicCell synth patch in stereo—select Stereo 1/2 (Roland  
SonicCell 44.1kHz).  
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Troubleshooting  
If you experience problems recording or playing back audio, GarageBand’s  
built-in Help provides steps you can take to solve your problem. Search in  
Help for “optimize”—the page of steps is called “Optimizing GarageBand  
Performance.In addition to following these steps, raising the Audio Buffer  
size in the SonicCell’s control panel may also help, though it may also  
increase latency if you’re working with soft synths in GarageBand.  
The End  
We hope you’ve found this workshop helpful. Keep an eye out for other  
SonicCell Workshop booklets available for downloading at www.RolandUS.  
com.  
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