Workshop ®ÂØÒňΠ® JUNO-Di Mobile Synthesizer with Song Player Using the JUNO-Di with a Computer © 2009 Roland Corporation U.S. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Corporation U.S.
About the Workshop Booklets Roland’s JUNO synthesizers have been making history since the 1980s. They’ve always been affordable, easy to use, and sounded great. The JUNO-Di is designed for performing anywhere. It’s super-lightweight, can run on batteries, and it puts everything you need on a gig right at your fingertips. Enjoy the best of the latest performance-oriented sounds from Roland with 128-note polyphony. Use dedicated buttons to quickly split the JUNO-Di keyboard or layer sounds.
Use the JUNO-Di with a DAW You can use a GM2 System On message contained in an SMF file to select the JUNO-Di’s General MIDI 2 sounds, or you can press the JUNO-Di’s PERFORM button and select PERFORM 064: GM2 Template. ...where they play notes. MIDI notes... U S B U S B Notes are sent to JUNO-Di... ...are captured in the DAW.
Windows XP If you see the Software Installation window instead of the one shown above, click Continue Anyway. If you can’t continue, see “About Driver Signing Options” later in this booklet. (You can click this button to jump there now.) Installing the JUNO-Di USB MIDI Driver 1 Power up your PC with all USB cables disconnected except for your keyboard and mouse. If any applications are running, quit them.
About Driver Signing Options The Driver Signing window lets you select whether Windows should block the installation of an unknown driver, warn you about it, or just install it. 7 1 In the Start menu, select Control Panel. 2 If you’re in • Category View—click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System. • Classic View—double-click System. Click the button to the left of “Install the software automatically (Recommended),” and then click Next to install the driver.
Installing the Editor/Librarian and Playlist Editor 5 Highlight the Custom installation, and then click Next. 6 Checkmark both the JUNO-Di Editor and the JUNO-Di Librarian software—if they’re not already checked—and then click Next. You can install both the JUNO-Di Editor/Librarian software and the Playlist Editor software in a single operation. Here’s how to do this. 1 Double-click the JUNO-Di Editor Setup executable file. The installer opens.
3 4 The Driver Setup window appears: We’ll take you through these instructions in this booklet, so you can close this window, or drag it over to the side of the screen if you want to keep it open. Click Next to display the Driver Setup instructions window: 7 With the JUNO-Di’s power turned off, plug one end of the included USB cable into its USB jack, and the other end into the USB jack you want to use on your computer.
Mac OS X Installing the JUNO-Di USB MIDI Driver The JUNO-Di USB MIDI driver is compatible with Mac OS X 10.3.9 and higher. It’ll work on any Mac with an Intel processor or PowerPC G4 or G5. 2 Click Next, read the License Agreement, and if you’d like to proceed with the installation, click Yes.
We recommend using the default install location unless you’ve got a specific reason for not doing so. If you do, click Change Install Location... and then choose the location you want. If your Mac has more than a single hard drive or volume, you may be asked to select the drive on which you want to install the driver. Select the drive with your active operating system on it. 5 Click Install to display the password authentication window. Most likely, your user name will already be filled in.
Installing the Editor/Librarian and Playlist Editor The procedure for installing both the JUNO-Di Editor/Librarian software and the Playlist Editor software is identical. The two programs must be installed separately, and no restart is required after either installation. The Editor/Librarian and Playlist Editor come with their own documentation, so we’re just going to discuss their installation here. 1 In the Editor folder, double-click the JUNO-Di Editor Installer.
Using the JUNO-Di as a Controller and Sound Module You can use the JUNO-Di’s keyboard as a MIDI controller for a DAW whose tracks are playing JUNO-Di sounds. Here’s how to set this up: 1 Press the JUNO-Di’s MENU button. Piano MIDI Channel 1 Part 1—PIANO 001:88StageGrand Bass MIDI Channel 2 Part 2—GUITAR/BASS 053: Cmp’d Fng Bs Drums MIDI Channel 10 Part 10—RHYTHM 001: Pop Kit 1 DAW tracks 2 Press ENTER to display the first system screen. 3 Press 4 until the MIDI screen appears.
• You can create a performance with the desired sounds on the JUNO-Di—Here’s how: 1 2 • Move from part to part using Part parameter. As we mentioned earlier, there’s seldom a need to match the DAW’s incoming MIDI channel to the JUNO-Di’s transmit channel. However, if you need to do this, here’s how to figure out and/or set the JUNO-Di’s MIDI transmit—shown as “Tx” onscreen—channel when you’re not in MIDI Controller mode.
