BR80 Driver install issue

[br80chris]

To be used as interface,  not connect and set to audio...

[br80chris]

They said get ahold of a computer expert to figure it out... :-/ yeah

[br80chris]

Got this from a member at the Roland User forum, will try it when I get out of work this morning...


When installing the drivers, the BR-80 (or any other Boss/Roland USB device) must not be USB connected until the installer asks for it, or the driver install will fail forever after that.

What you can try since it is broken, is download and unzip the driver to a folder anywhere on the computer (desktop will do), then plug in the BR-80 USB and go to teh Control Panel "add hardware" and manually install the driver, when it asks for a disk, browse to the unzipped driver folder and select the *.inf file from the folder.

[br80chris]

The instructions you see above... Worked!!! Yes!!!

[Croxford]

I was having a really hard time installing my BR 80 drivers as well and nothing as posted above would work. I couldn't manually install the drivers as described above and was getting pretty frustrated. Then I read the instructions for the 100th time and found this in the system requirements:

"*   This product cannot be used with a USB 3.0 port that is not compatible with USB 2.0 specification.
*   If this product does not work correctly when connected to a USB 3.0 port, you will need to connect it to  a USB 2.0 port.

I switched USB ports (I know I have at least one that is supposed to be USB3) and everything installed without a hitch.

I hope this helps.

JC

[strummer10]

Hi there.

I feel I've tried every suggestion going and have had no success. I bought the BR80 when it came out, tried downloading the driver software to no avail and have similarly failed periodically since.

If it assists, I've tried downloading the software from the Roland website but have had the same problem as the guy above (keeps telling me to uninstall which I have done but nothing changes). I cant find my original SD card at the moment but am pretty sure that I used that for the driver when I bought it and that didn't work.

I cant seem to manually add hardware as suggested (Windows 7 64 bit?).

My USB ports are all 2.0. I have an HP Pavilion G7 if that helps.

Any other ideas? I assume once it works you would see the sound on the DAW (Sonar LE or Audacity)?

Any suggestions gratefully appreciated.

[64Guitars]

I assume once it works you would see the sound on the DAW (Sonar LE or Audacity)?

Not right away. You have to configure the DAW to use the BR-80 drivers first.

Follow the instructions for setting up SONAR X1 LE in the following booklet:

http://cms.rolandus.com/assets/media/pdf/BR80WS05.pdf

[strummer10]

Thanks 64 Guitars.

I have managed to sort it out now and found this link very useful (should anyone else have a similar issue): http://www.bossus.com/backstage/knowledge_base/view_article.php?article_id=23430398

However, it transpires i'm clueless when it comes to Sonar! I think it may be a bit advanced for me so for now I will stick to the BR80. Do most people use headphones when recording via Sonar? I tried using speakers as the Out but there's about a half second delay, this is not the case when using headphones.  Before I give up completely, what advantage do people find with Sonar over the BR80/MicroBR generally?

[64Guitars]

I find that the BR is best for recording audio tracks. But once those tracks are recorded, I like to load them into a DAW for final mixing and editing. That way, I'm not limited to just 8 tracks. And for editing, the DAW gives much greater control, and it's easier because you can actually see the waveforms you're editing. Also, a DAW allows me to record MIDI tracks from my MIDI keyboard and include them in the mix along with my BR audio tracks.

But, for recording audio tracks (mostly guitar and bass in my case), you can't beat the BR. There are no latency issues like you'd have on a computer, and it's got lots of great effects and a drum machine. And most importantly, it doesn't get in the way of the music like a computer often does. Just press Record and Play and start playing.

So I wouldn't worry too much about recording directly into SONAR using the BR-80 as an audio interface. Instead, just record all of your tracks directly to the BR-80 in MTR mode. Then, when you're finished recording all of your tracks, use the BR Wave Converter software to export the individual tracks to your computer as WAV files and load those WAV files into SONAR for final mixing. Learning how to mix in SONAR should be a lot easier than learning how to record. Though you'll still need to study the SONAR manual which you'll find on the DVD-ROM that came with your BR-80.

Of course, you can do all of your mixing and editing on the BR if you prefer. And if you usually record fewer than eight tracks, you might find that to be your best option. But mixing in SONAR has lots of advantages, so it's worth learning, especially if you often record more than eight tracks.

[IanR]

Though you'll still need to study the SONAR manual which you'll find on the DVD-ROM that came with your BR-80.

I have looked for this manual on the disc which came with my BR800.  So far, I can only find the get started guide.  If there is a more "in depth" manual on the disc does anyone know which folder/file it is in?

regards,

Ian