Roland UA-101 Assembly instructions

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Windows Vista users
Read this first
See other side if you are using Mac OS X.
This is the EDIROL UA-101 driver for Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(TM).
This driver also supports ASIO(Steinberg Audio Stream I/O Interface) 2.0.
* This does not work with the 64-bit Edition of Windows Vista(TM).
Start up Windows with all USB cables disconnected (except for
keyboard and mouse).
1. Exit all applications before you begin the installation.
2. Insert the included “Edirol Drivers“ CD-ROM into your computer.
3. Start up the installer for the Windows driver.
1. Choose [Start] – [Computer].
2. Double-click the “CD/DVD Drive Edirol Drivers.”
3. Double-click the “UA-101” folder.
4. Double-click the “Driver” folder.
5. Double-click the Setup icon.
* If a message informs you that “Driver installation must be
performed by an administrator,” you must log on to Windows as
a user whose account type is Administrator, and then perform the
installation.
4. A confirmation screen regarding User Account Control will
appear, click [Continue].
5. The message “EDIROL UA-101 Driver will be installed on your
computer. —” will appear. Click [Next].
* If any other message appears, follow the directions of the
message.
6. Click [Next] to begin installation.
7. If a dialog box regarding Windows Security appears, click
[Install].
8. The screen will indicate “The UA-101 driver has been installed.”
* If any other message is displayed, proceed according to the
contents of that message.
9. Use a USB cable to connect the UA-101 to your computer, then
turn on the UA-101.
10. The lower right corner of the screen will indicates “Installing
device driver software,” and the driver will be installed
automatically.
* If any other message is displayed, note the contents and close the
message.
11. When the lower right corner of the screen indicates “Device driver
software installed successfully,” installation is complete.
Click [Close] to close the “Driver Setup” dialog box.
12. If the “System Settings Change” dialog box appears, click [Yes] to
restart Windows.
Refer to “Before you begin,” and make the necessary settings for using
the UA-101. You won’t be able to use the UA-101 unless you make
these settings.
In order to obtain optimal performance from your applications, specify
the input/output device for your applications as described below. (For
details on making these settings, refer to the owner’s manual for your
application.)
Audio input/output device
Of the total audio input/output channels provided by the UA-101,
there are 12 INs and 10 OUTs
* When running at 192 kHz, the audio configuration is 6-in/6-out.
[WAVE OUT Devices]
1-2 (EDIROL UA-101) 7-8 (EDIROL UA-101)
3-4 (EDIROL UA-101) 9-10 (EDIROL UA-101)
5-6 (EDIROL UA-101)
* If you’ve specified a different name in the “Sound” settings of the
control panel, the name you specified will be displayed.
* In WDM/KS compatible applications, such as Cakewalk
SONAR, this is displayed as “EDIROL UA-101 1-2.”
[WAVE IN Devices]
1-2 (EDIROL UA-101) 7-8 (EDIROL UA-101)
3-4 (EDIROL UA-101) 9-10 (EDIROL UA-101)
5-6 (EDIROL UA-101) MON (EDIROL UA-101)
* If you’ve specified a different name in the “Sound” settings of the
control panel, the name you specified will be displayed.
* In WDM/KS compatible applications, such as Cakewalk
SONAR, this is displayed as “EDIROL UA-101 1-2.”
[ASIO device]
When using the UA-101 with an ASIO-compatible application,
Installation
Before you begin
Input/output device settings for your application
select “EDIROL UA-101” as the ASIO setting for your application.
* To prevent an audio feedback loop or double monitoring, make
settings on your application to turn monitoring off or use ASIO
Direct Monitoring.
* When using the UA-101 with ASIO, we recommend that you set
your application so that it does not use the Microsoft GS
Wavetable Synth. (In order to decrease the load, and for
convenience when changing the driver buffer size)
MIDI input/output device
* In the Windows Media Player, the MIDI input/output device of
UA-101 cannot be used.
Please select the following device in your MIDI compatible
application.
[MIDI OUT devices]
EDIROL UA-101
[MIDI IN devices]
EDIROL UA-101
1. Open “Control Panel,” click “Hardware and Sound,” and then
click “Sound.”
* If you’re using the Classic View, double-click “Sound.”
2. In “Playback” page, choose the device you want to use for
playback, such as EDIROL UA-101 “1-2”, and then click [Set
Default].
3. Click [OK] to close “Sounds.”
4. Open “Windows Media Player,” select a Audio file, and then play
back the file.
UA-101 Control Panel lets you edit the UA-101’s patching, turn
monitoring on/off, and adjust the monitoring volume, mute, and
panning.
Starting up UA-101 Control Panel
1. Open “Control Panel,” click “Additional Options,” and then click
“EDIROL UA-101.”
* If you’re using the Classic View, double-click “EDIROL UA-101.”
2. The “EDIROL UA-101 Control Panel” will appear.
In the “Driver Settings” dialog box you can adjust the buffer size of the
driver.
To open “Driver Settings” dialog box
1. When changing driver settings, always make sure to first quit all
applications using the UA-101. This is unnecessary when only
checking the settings.
2. Open “Control Panel,” click “Additional Options,” and then click
“EDIROL UA-101.”
* If you’re using the Classic View, double-click “EDIROL UA-101.”
3. The “EDIROL UA-101 Control Panel” will appear.
4. From the “Driver” menu, choose “Driver Settings” to open the
“Driver Settings” dialog box.
About the items in the “Driver Settings”
dialog box
“Audio Buffer Size”
Ordinarily, set the fifth position from the left for the buffer size.
After you’ve changed the “Audio Buffer Size,” make sure to
restart all applications which are using the UA-101. Then, if you
are using a program that offers a function for testing audio
devices, we recommend that you run such tests.
Also, you may want to check to see if your application is one of
those that provides a setting for adjusting the buffer size.
“Use Smaller ASIO Buffer Size” check box
If this check box is selected, the buffer size when using ASIO-
compatible applications will be made smaller.
If you experience pops or clicks when this check box is selected,
deselect this check box.
* You must deselect this check box when adjusting the “Audio
Buffer Size.”
“Use ASIO Direct Monitor” check box
Check this if you are using the ASIO Direct Monitor function with
an ASIO-compatible application.
Settings when UA-101 is used with the
Windows Media Player
To change the settings
UA-101 Control Panel
“Driver Settings” dialog box
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UA-101 Driver Installation

Mac OS X users
Read this first
See other side if you are using Windows Vista .
This is a driver for using the EDIROL UA-101 on Mac OS X.
* If the “Authenticate” dialog box appears during the installation,
input the password and click [OK].
1. Start computer with all USB cables disconnected (except the
keyboard and mouse).
2. Insert the included “Edirol Drivers“ CD-ROM into your computer.
3. Start up the driver installer.
1. Double-click the “UA-101” folder in the CD-ROM.
2. Double-click the “Driver” folder.
3. Double-click “UA101USBDriver.pkg.”
4. In some cases, the display will indicate “This Installer package
needs to run a program to determine if it can be installed. Do you
want to continue?”; click [Continue].
5. The display will indicate “Welcome to the EDIROL UA-101 Driver
Installer”; click [Continue].
6. The display will indicate “Select a Destination.” Click the drive on
which the system is installed, then click [Continue].
7. The display will indicate “Easy Install”; click [Install] or [Upgrade].
8. The display will indicate “Installing this software requires you to
restart...”; click [Continue Installation].
9. The display will indicate “The software was successfully
installed”; click [Restart]. Your computer will then restart.
This completes installation of the UA-101 driver.
1. Use a USB cable to connect the UA-101 with your computer, and
then turn the POWER switch of the UA-101 to the “ON” position.
2. Open “System Preferences” and click [Sound].
3. Select “EDIROL UA-101 ?? kHz” for each of the following settings:
(The above “??” depends on the setting of the UA-101’s
sampling frequency.)
• ”Play alerts and sound effects through” under the “Sound Effects”
tab
• ”Choose a device for sound output” under the “Output” tab
• ”Choose a device for sound input” under the “Input” tab
1. Use a USB cable to connect the UA-101 with your computer, and
then turn the POWER switch of the UA-101 to the “ON” position.
2. In the Applications - Utilities folder, double-click “Audio MIDI
Setup” to start it up.
3. Click the “MIDI Devices” tab.
4. In the “Audio MIDI Setup” dialog box, make sure that “UA-101”
is displayed.
* If “UA-101” is not shown, or is shown in gray, the UA-101 has
not been recognized correctly. Try clicking “Rescan MIDI.”
Alternatively, switch the power of the UA-101 off, then back on
again.
* If you installed a different version driver, it is possible that the
previous settings are still present. If so, click the grayed “UA-
101” or “EDIROL UA-101” to select it, and then click “Remove
Device” to delete the previous settings.
5. Click “Add Device.” A “new external device” will appear.
6. Specify the “Device Name” for the “new external device.”
1. Click the added “new external device” to select it, and then
click “Show Info.”
2. Enter “UA-101” in the “Device Name” field.
Installation Before you begin
Settings for audio input and output on Mac OS X
Settings for MIDI input and output on Mac OS X
7. Using your mouse, drag the up/down arrows indicating the
input/output port to make the following connections.
• The first up/down arrow of the “UA-101” to the up/down arrow
of the added “UA-101”
1. To verify that MIDI transmission/reception is occurring
correctly, perform the following procedure.
2. Click “Test Setup.” The mouse cursor will change to the
shape of a musical note.
* If a MIDI sound module is connected to the UA-101, the following
step will cause a relatively loud sound to be produced by the
sound generator, so it is a good idea to turn down the volume on
the sound generator first.
8. If a MIDI sound module is connected to the UA-101’s MIDI OUT
connector, click the corresponding icon in the Studio Setup
window. If you hear sound, the settings have been made
correctly.
9. Click “Test Setup” once again to end the test.
10. Close the “Audio MIDI Setup” dialog box. This completes the
settings.
1. Use a USB cable to connect the UA-101 with your computer. Then,
start up the software you will be using.
2. Select “EDIROL UA-101 ?? kHz” in the audio driver setting of your
software.
(The above “??” depends on the setting of the UA-101’s
sampling frequency.)
3. Select UA-101 in the MIDI driver setting of your software.
For details, refer to the manual that came with your software.
UA-101 Control Panel lets you edit the UA-101’s patching, monitoring
(turn on/off and adjust the monitoring volume, mute and panning) and
adjust the buffer settings of the driver.
Starting up UA-101 Control Panel
1. Open the “Applications” folder, and double-click “EDIROL UA-
101 Control Panel.”
2. The “EDIROL UA-101 Control Panel” will appear.
In the “Driver Settings” dialog box you can adjust the buffer size of the
driver.
To open “Driver Settings” dialog box
1. Open the “Applications” folder, and double-click “EDIROL UA-
101 Control Panel.”
2. The “EDIROL UA-101 Control Panel” will appear.
3. From the “EDIROL UA-101 Control Panel” menu, choose “Driver
Settings” to open the “Driver Settings” dialog box.
About the items in the “Driver Settings”
dialog box
“Audio Buffer Size”
This changes the Buffer Size for Audio Input/Output of the driver.
If sound dropouts or noise occur during playback or recording
even after you’ve adjusted the audio buffer size in your software,
you can increase this “Audio Buffer Size” setting.
* For some software, it may not be possible to adjust the buffer
size.
“Recording Margin”
If the recorded audio data contains sound dropouts or noise even
after you’ve adjusted the audio buffer size in your software and
also adjusted the above “Audio Buffer Size,” try increasing this
“Recording Margin” setting.
* For some software, it may not be possible to adjust the buffer
size.
“Recording Timing”
If the timing of the recorded audio data is not correct, adjust this
value.
If you click the [Apply] while your audio software is running, the
setting changes won’t be immediately reflected. Only after all
audio software have been quit, and the software is then started
once again will the settings become effective.
Before you use the UA-101 with software
To change the settings
UA-101 Control Panel
“Driver Settings” dialog box