20
Getting Ready to Use the U-8
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Turning On the Power
When Turning On the Power for the First Time
If the U-8 and the computer are connected with USB, then when you turn on
the power to the U-8 for the first time, a dialog box shown below appears,
and preparations for using the U-8 start. Refer to “
Getting Ready to Use
the U-8 with a Computer (Installing the U-8 Driver)
” and prepare the U-8
for use.
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When Turning Off the Power
Make sure that all the programs on the computer that are using the U-8 and
that are using audio or MIDI have finished, then turn off the U-8 unit.
Preparing for Use of the Included Programs
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Before You Install the U-8 Driver
Consider the following note before you install the U-8 Driver.
You cannot use the U-8 with Windows95 and Windows NT.
If an older version of the U-8 Driver is already installed in your computer,
you must delete it as explained in “
Deleting the U-8 Driver
” (p. 67).
Exit all other Windows applications before you install the U-8 driver.
If you will be connecting your computer to both the U-8 and another Roland
USB-compatible device such as the UM-4 (Super MPU64) and using them at
the same time, you must disconnect the other device (UM-4 etc.) from the
USB connector before installing the U-8 Driver. If the UM-4 etc. remains
connected at the time that the U-8 Driver is installed, the U-8 Driver may not
be installed correctly.
Before you turn on the
power, follow the steps on
p. 15 to make the
connections correctly.
This unit is equipped with
a protection circuit. A brief
interval (a few seconds)
after power up is required
before the unit will operate
normally.
Always make sure to have
the volume level turned
down before switching on
power. Even with the
volume all the way down,
you may still hear some
sound when the power is
switched on, but this is
normal, and does not
indicate a malfunction.
