Roland 7X7-TR8 Installation guide

Brand: Roland

Model: 7X7-TR8

Type: Installation guide

Roland 7X7-TR8 is a drum machine expansion that brings the sounds and spirit of the legendary Roland TR-808 and TR-909 to your TR-8. With its meticulously recreated sounds and intuitive workflow, the 7X7-TR8 lets you effortlessly create and perform with the most iconic drum machines of all time.

7X7-TR8 Drum Machine Expansion Installation Guide

This document explains how to install and activate the 7X7-TR8 Drum Machine Expansion.

About the Activation

Before you use the 7X7-TR8 Drum Machine Expansion, you

need to activate the software after installing.

* You will also need the “Roland Account Service”

account that you used when downloading the

7X7-TR8 Drum Machine Expansion.

* One TR-8 unit can be activated for each purchase. If

you need activations for multiple TR-8 units, you’ll

need to purchase the corresponding number.

* Once activation has been performed, it cannot be

canceled.

Procedure of activation

1. Updating the TR-8 System Program

2. Installing the USB Driver

3. Installing the Utility

4. Starting Activation from the Utility

5. Activating

Updating the TR-8 System Program

From the Roland product support website (http://www.roland.com/support/), download the TR-8 System Program Ver.1.2 or later, and update

the system program as directed by the instructions.

Installing the USB Driver

From the Roland product support website (http://www.roland.com/support/), download the appropriate TR-8 driver for your computer, and

install it as directed by the instructions.

Installing the Utility

Install the utility.

Windows

1. Right-click the compressed le that you downloaded,

and click “Extract All.”

A folder containing the compressed les is created.

* If “Extract All” is not shown, use your own decompression

software to decompress the le.

2. Open the extracted folder.

3. Double-click the le named “TR-8 Utility Installer.exe.”

4. Follow the directions the installer shows.

Mac OS

1. Double-click the compressed le that you downloaded; it

will be decompressed.

A folder containing the compressed les is created.

* If double-clicking does not decompress the le, use your own

decompression software to decompress it.

2. Open the extracted folder.

3. Double-click the le named “TR-8 Utility.pkg.”

4. Follow the directions the installer shows.

7X7-TR8 Drum Machine Expansion Installation Guide

Starting Activation from the Utility

1. Connect your computer to the Internet.

2. Connect the TR-8 to your computer via USB.

3. Start the utility.

4. Click the MIDI Input/Output button; as the MIDI input/

output ports, choose TR-8 (Mac OS) or TR-8 CTRL

(Windows).

5. Click the [Launch Activator] button.

The Roland Software Product Activator starts.

Activating

You’ve Registered Using E-mail Address and

Password on the Roland Account Service

1. Click the radio button near by “Users who registered

on Roland Account Service with email address and

password.”

2. Input your E-mail address and Password in each eld.

3. Click the [Activate] button below.

The screen indicates “Activation is complete. Thank you!”.

4. Click the [OK] button.

You return to the activator screen.

Proceed to step 6.

You’ve Registered Using Your Facebook Id on

the Roland Account Service

1. Click the radio button near by “Users who registered on

Roland Account Service with a Facebook Account.”

2. Click the Facebook logo to open the Facebook login

screen.

3. Log in to the Facebook account that you registered in

Roland account service.

When login is complete, the Facebook login screen closes.

4. Click the [Activate] button below.

The screen indicates “Activation is complete. Thank you!”.

5. Click the [OK] button.

You return to the activator screen.

6. Verify that the screen indicates “Activation is complete,” and then click the [X] button in the upper right of the window.

The activation window closes.

7. In the utility screen, click the [Exit] button.

This completes activation.

When you power-on the TR-8, it indicates “

606

.”

Roland 7X7-TR8 Installation guide

Roland 7X7-TR8 Installation guide

Roland 7X7-TR8 Installation guide

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