Features added to the S-760's System (Versions 2.19-2.21) ******System Update 2.19**** In an effort to support more and newer CD-ROM drives with the CD-Player function on the S-760, Roland has added 7 additional drivers into the S-760's system software 2.19. If your CD-ROM player does not work with this function with your current CD-ROM drive, this new system may be able to support the drive by allowing you to try several common CD audio drivers. To Enable the CD-Player Function with the New System Disk: 1. Restart the S-760 with the new 2.19 system disk. 2. Go to the System Mode, and select SCSI. 3. Set the CDP Drive Type to 1. To Use the CD-Player Function: 1. Insert an audio CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Go to the Performance Play mode. LCD + Front Panel 3. Using the front panel press the Command button. 4. Move the cursor to 8: CD Playerand press S1. The CD Player display will appear. 5. Press S1/DEC (list button). A list of the SCSI devices connected to the S-760 will appear. 6. Move the cursor to the desired CD-ROM drive, and press S1/DEC (sel). The CD-ROM drive will now be selected as the current drive. CRT + Mouse- 3. Click on Com (Command) in the right upper corner. 4. A list of Performance functions will be displayed. Click on CD Player, the CD Player display will appear. 5. Click on "CD-ROM" or "???". A list of the SCSI devices connected to the S-760 will appear. 6. Click on the desired CD-ROM drive on the list. The CD-ROM will be selected as the current drive. LCD + Front Panel & CRT + Mouse 7. The new driver that you selected may now be able to see Track, A-Time and P-Time displayed when you go to the CD-Player function. Proceed to use the CD Player function using the start, stop and rewind buttons. If the Track, A-Time and P-Time is not displayed or the functions lock up, go back to the System / SCSI parameters and retry steps 2 through and 3 to select the next driver available. After you find the correct driver for your CD-ROM be sure to update your System Parameters in the System Save/Load Parameters screen in the System Mode. * While you are performing the following procedure, it is possible that the S-760 or the CD-ROM drive might malfunction, causing the S-760 to lock up. Be sure to save any data in the S-760 to disk before attempting this operation. ******System Update 2.20**** SCSI Transfers The S-760 Digital Sampler system has been enhanced to allow transfers of sample data directly fromRAM via SCSI. This utility requires software on a computer to initiate the transfer. You will need to use a MIDI interface connected to MIDI In and Out of the S-760 for dumps of the samples to and from the computer. Basic SCSI Rules Because SCSI devices and initiators have many variables, your particular SCSI setup may vary.However, there some basic rules to SCSI. 1. SCSI devices should be daisy chained to one another with a separate ID assigned to each device. 2. The SCSI Chain must have termination on both ends of the chain. Termination can be provided either by external terminators or internally on the device. It is important that the devices in the middle of the chain be unterminated otherwise you may experience freezing of the sampler and/or computer while scanning, loading or saving operations. 3. There should be termination power supplied by the storage device. Normally there should 5 volts supplied from the device to the SCSI line. 4. Be careful never to unplug SCSI cables from your computer or S-760 while they are on, otherwise you may damage the S-760, computer or hard drive. Setting up for SCSI Transfers Computer This kind of setup has both the computer and the S-760 as initiators on the SCSI chain. Most computers such as Macintoshes are always hard set to SCSI ID 7, which will be a problem if your sampler or storage device is also set to the same ID. Normally the S-760 is set from the factory to SCSI ID 7, which may conflict with your computer. You can change the self ID for the S-760 in the System mode under SCSI parameters. LCD + Front Panel (Go to CRT+Mouse instructions if you are using mouse with S-760 video display) 1. Press the Mode button. The Mode Menu will be displayed. 2. Move the cursor to 6: System and press the S1/Dec button. You will go to one of the System Mode pages 3. Push the Value/Menu button. The System Menu will appear. 4. Move the cursor to 2: SCSI and press S1. The System SCSI page will appear. 5. Highlight the S-760 Self SCSI ID and set it to SCSI ID not being used by your computer or SCSI devices. CRT + Mouse (Go to LCD + Front Panel instructions if you are using the front panel) 1. Click on System at the top of the screen. The System Menu will be displayed. 2. Click on SCSI and the System SCSI page will appear. 3. Highlight the S-760 Self SCSI ID with your mouse. Select a SCSI ID not being used by your computer or SCSI devices. Be sure to save the System Parameters after making this change, otherwise the S-760 will go back to its previous ID after rebooting. If the S-760 was set to ID 7 be sure to restart the S-760 so that its ID will change. LCD + Front Panel (Go to CRT+Mouse instructions if you are using mouse with S-760 video display) 1. Press the Mode button. The Mode Menu will be displayed. 2. Move the cursor to 6: System and press the S1/Dec button. You will go to one of the System Mode pages 3. Push the Value/Menu button. The System Menu will appear. 4. Move the cursor to highlight 5: LD/SV SysPRM and press S1. The System LD/SV SysPRM page will appear. 5. Press the F3 button to update the S-760's system. "Now working" followed by "Complete" should appear at the bottom of the screen indicating that you have updated the system parameters CRT + Mouse (Go to LCD + Front Panel instructions if you are using the front panel) 1. Click on System at the top of the screen. The System Menu will be displayed. 2. Click on LD/SV SysPRM and the System LD/SV System Parameter page will appear. 3. If you have just changed your SCSI ID "SysPRM are Edited" should appear on the screen. 4. Click on SavePRM at the bottom of the screen. "Now working" followed by "Complete" should appear at the top of the screen indicating that you have updated the system parameters. SCSI Drives In some case, drives that are in-between the sampler and the computer will cause trouble with direct communcation of the two devices. If you experience any trouble with the computer and the S-760 sending and receiving dumps, remove the drive from the chain and retry the dump. If your drive experiences problems by being between your computer and the S-760 you may need a SCSI switcher. We recommend a switcher made by Glyph Technologies (800) 335-0345.This switcher intelligently checks the SCSI buss to see if the initiator(s) on a SCSI chain are scanning the line and waits to change between hosts to avoid lockups and possible directory corruption of a disk drive when the line is switched. Software Support for SCSI Transfers with the S-760 Recycle! (Macintosh and IBM) Steinberg/Jones (818) 993-4091 The Steinberg/Jones program Recycle! can transmit and receive samples to the S-760 via SCSI. Unlike average sample editing programs Recycle! was made to specifically breakdown phrase samples into individual beats or multiple samples and send them into a sampler for playback of the samples in correct time. Recycle! will create Patches for the samples that it sends to the S-760. To work with Recycle! you must have OMS, Opcode MIDI System software installed into your Macintosh's system (this comes with the Recycle! program). Make sure that you configure your OMS setup with the S-760's specific MIDI device ID, otherwise Recycle! can not recognize the S-760 when it is launched on the Macintosh. Both the MIDI in and MIDI out of the S-760 must be connected to the MIDI interface. Transfer Station (Macintosh) Interval Music Systems (310) 478-3956 Transfer Station is designed to transfer samples for various digital samplers through the Macintosh. The S-760 is supported for sample transfers via SCSI. You must have the S-760 connected with its MIDI In and Out to your computers MIDI interface to use the this program. This program does not require OMS, it can work with other MIDI drivers or Transfer Station's own MIDI driver. SoundForge (IBM) (800) 577-6642 SoundForge is a professional quality sample editing program for Windows. This program will support the S-760 for SCSI dumps in the near future. Currently Sound Forge will support our 700 Series Digital Samplers with MIDI / SDS, Sample Dump Standard types of transfers. ******System Update 2.21**** The following features were added to the S-760's system. 1. Format IoMega ZIP100 removable drives with Soft Protect. The S-760 can now format ZIP discs that have software protection on. 2. Hard Disc Verify function Before formatting a disc drive the S-760 will now ask "Do you need to Verify Medium?" This function will check for defective logical blocks (bad sectors)on a hard drive. This procedure will take hours depending on the size of the drive.