Instructions On How To Access The Roland Sound Bank Files 
Using An IBM Compatible Computer.

About the Library

Roland Corporation U.S. has made the original Sound Bank (S-50, 
S-550, S-330 and W-30 samplers) and the S-770 floppy disk library 
available for downloading from this on-line service. These disks 
were available from Roland dealers when these digital samplers 
were current products in our line. However over the years dealers 
became unable to stock the library  for customers to come in and 
copy the disks they wanted any longer. In order to continue 
servicing our customers we are making these disks available to 
various on-line services for downloading.

All of the files which are available here are created using the 
SDISK program, which is a IBM DOS program. The SDISK image files 
are then compressed with PkZip, which is a common file compression 
utility for DOS. 

The library is divided into three sections. The first section is 
RSB501-508, the original S-50 library. These disks when 
uncompressed and converted to sampler disks can be used with the 
S-50, S-550, S-330 and W-30 samplers. If you are using a S-550, 
S-330 or W-30 sampler you can not directly load the patches. You 
will need to use the Convert Load function on these samplers first 
to read the original S-50 disk. Some of the S-50 disks for this 
library were convert loaded on a S-550 or were recovered from the 
S-550 library because the original S-50 disks were missing from 
the archive. If you have a S-50 and cannot read the disk, this is 
because this is a converted disk. There is a utility disk that 
should accompany this library that can convert S-550 disks into 
the S-50, it is the S-50 SYS-505 disk. The compressed file name is 
SYS505.ZIP. Sorry for the inconvenience of having to convert some 
of these disks, but we wanted to be able to include the entire 
library. The original S-50 disks are not able to be directly 
convert loaded into the S-770, S-750, DJ-70 or the S-760 because 
the different data format of the S-50 disks. You will need to 
convert load these disks on a S-550, S-330 or W-30 and save the 
sounds in their native format in order to convert load over the 
original S-50 disk to a 700 Series sampler.

The Second section is the RSB-5501-5506, which was the S-550 and 
W-30 library. These files are similar to the RSB library are 
created with SDISK and compressed with PkZip. To use these files 
with a S-50 you will need the SYS-505 system disk to convert them 
for use with the S-50. These files can also be convert loaded into 
the S-770,S-750,S-760 and DJ-70.

The third section is the L701-711 library. This is the floppy disk 
library for the S-770/750, which will also work for the DJ-70 and 
the S-760 samplers. Because these are in a different data format 
than the S-550, these disks are not compatible with samplers that 
are not in the 700 Series.

To get an idea of how many sounds are in the Sound Bank see the 
Sound Bank Library text file, which has the complete listing of 
sounds in the Sound Bank.

How to create a Roland disk from the file you downloaded.

1)Download the SDISK program file SDISK.ZIP. Use a PkUnzip utility 
to uncompress the program file. These types of utilities are 
available from Compuserve, Internet, America On-line and computer 
bulletin boards if you don't already have this on your 
computer. Uncompress the file according to the instructions 
that accompany the program. 
	1)	Select the Sound Bank file you want from this service. After 
		downloading the file that you want. You will need to decompress 
		the file the same way that you did with the SDISK.ZIP file. The 
		new file name that is created after decompressing the ZIP file 
		should be for example: RSB506_1.Out. 
	2)	Put the uncompressed file into the same directory that the SDISK 
		program is in. 
	3)	From DOS or Windows start the program. In Windows you double 
		click on SDISK.EXE and the program will start. In DOS type the 
		name SDISK on the command line and press Return and the program 
		will start.
	4)	Type in D (command D= Details) and press return. 
	5)	Type in the file name (example: RSB506_1.Out) and press return.
	6)	The default drive to create the disk on is A:: if you want to 
		use another floppy drive, type in the letter that refers to it 
		and press return.
	7)	You have now set up the program to create a sampler disk in the 
		disk drive of your computer. Put a sampler formatted diskette 
		in your computers disk drive.
	8)	Type in W (Command W= Write) and press return. The program 
		should starting creating a sound disk in your PC's drive.
	9)	After your computer has finished writing to the disk, put the 
		disk into your sampler and load in the sounds from the disk.

SDISK is a program that was created by Nic Grant who is a member 
of the Sgroup, a group of Roland Sampler enthusiasts on the 
Internet. If you are unclear about the operations of this program 
read the document SDISK.DOC that comes with this program. If you 
want to contact the author of the program you can email him on the 
Internet at:

nic@nms,otc.com.au
PO Box 320 
Lindfield NSW 2070 
AUSTRALIA
Tel	+61 2 416 1841
FAX 	+61 2 906 4770

If you have questions about the Sound Bank library or basic 
questions about creating sampler disks using this program call 
Roland Product Support (213) 685-5141, extension 770.