Ok. Been screwing around with this thing for two days. The manual for the XP-80 might as well be writtin in swahili....

Can anyone tell me how to configure a Roland XP-80 with Cakewalk? The cakewalk side of things are fine....Got the instrument definitions, got output and input channels assigned and so forth.

The problem is the Roland. To make it work for the moment I'm Setting each tracks local to off, transmit and receive to on. And setting local off under the system.

I know I shouldn't have to do this. There should be a general "receive sequencer info" setting right?

The global settings under the system menu don't seem to do anything.

It'll work for a while, then some voices will cut out, and be exchanged for other voices.....

Anyone help me set up a Roland XP-80 before I throw the damn thing out the window?

(and trust me, it's not Cakewalk or the soundcard or Windows)...

Please give me a basic walkthrough of how it should be set up.

I'll give you ice cream.

I dont' get what you're asking....
I have an xp-80 that drives me crazy also, but not in your way.

Are you doing'INIT PERFORMANCE'?

First of all, your XP-80 needs to be in Perofrmance Mode. Second, you should set up a template in one of you user banks. It also might help if you start by restoring the factory settings. Next, copy the performance in PR-A 012: "Pop Set 1" (at least I think that's the one), then set all sixteen channels to a default patch (such as 64 Voice Piano for channels 1-9 and 11-16 and Pop Drum Set 1 for channel 10, this way they all have the same volume, pan and EFX settings), and finally save the performance in user memory as "Template". When you start up Cakewalk, you should then be able to control your XP-80 without making any further modifications to the synth's setup. Hope this helps, drop me a line if you have any further questions.

Derek

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