Creating a VS Plug-In Update CD (PC/MAC)

After you have updated the operating system on your VS unit, installed the VS8F-3 card, and installed the VS Plug-Ins (Roland and/or Third-Party Plug-Ins) from the original installation CDs, you may also need to install updated versions of those Plug-Ins from CDs that you create. These updated versions contain enhancements for the various Plug-Ins on all VS models, and can provide compatibility with the VS-1680/1880/1824 Legacy models for use with certain Third-Party Plug-Ins. You will have to burn a separate CD for each PLUG-IN UPDATE file that you want to install. For example, if you purchased the T-Racks VS plug-in along with the VS8F-3 card and the included Roland Plug-Ins, you will have to create a separate CD for the Roland Plug-Ins update and a separate CD for the T-Racks VS Plug-In Update when new Plug-in updates are available for each respective Plug-In. In order to burn VS Series Plug-In files correctly so that your VS will read the CDs that you make, you will have to use CD burning software on your Windows XP computer that can burn a DATA CD as ISO 9660 Level (Mode) 1. The Windows XP CD burning software built into the OS will not burn the ISO 9660 format. Also, the MacOS X burning application Disc Burn will not burn the ISO 9660 format either. If you have some CD burning software that you would like to use but are unsure if it will write that format correctly, refer to the softwares manual. There are also several pieces of software offered as freeware or trialware that will burn ISO 9660 Level 1 that you can find and download on the Internet. Below are web links and burning instructions for several of them.
(At the time of the writing of this document, the applications, Internet links and instructions were valid.)

BurnOn CD/DVD Free v3.x (Windows XP) http://www.burnworld.com/burnoncddvd/ INSTRUCTIONS FOR CD-BURNING (BurnOn CD/DVD) Once you've downloaded, installed and opened BurnOn CD/DVD, an option window will appear first. 1. Click on the last option, "I Will Work In Advanced Mode and Select The Function Myself". 2. In the Wizards Column on the left hand side, click on "Disc Burning Wizard". 3. On the next screen, click on the option Files on the hard disk to create Data CD/DVD 4. Click NEXT. 5. On the Destination Selection window, select the option Burn to the writable CD/DVD disc, then click NEXT. 6. Put a blank Data CD-R into your computers CD-R/RW drive. 7. If the Windows OS pulls up a window that says, What do you want Windows to do? click on CANCEL. 8. Click NEXT on BurnONs Destination Selection window.

9. On the Filesytem Type Selection window, select the option ISO9660 and make sure the type field to the right of it is set to Level 1. Click NEXT. 10. On the File Selection screen, click on Add Files(s) in the upper right corner of the window. 11. Navigate to the location where your downloaded PLUGINFX was saved on your computer. (Most browsers or download utilities save downloaded files onto the desktop of the computer.) 12. Make sure that the PLUGINFX has been decompressed via WinZip, UnZip, StuffIt Extractor, etc if necessary. (Most downloads from the Internet are compressed to reduce download time to the end user. This may have been done automatically by your computers Operating System.) 13. Then, double-click on the PLUGINFX file. 14. The PLUGINFX.bin file will appear in the Files Selection window. Click NEXT. 15. Make sure that the following options are checked in the next window (by default they should be): - Track-at-Once - Create Multisession Disc - Send Optimum Power Calibration - Eject Disc after burning has completed 16. Click NEXT. 17. Click START on the Burning Data window. 18. Your VS Plug-In update disc will burn and eject from your CD-R/RW drive. 19. Put the ejected CD into the VS-CD burner. 20. On your Legacy VS, hold down the SHIFT button and press UTILITY. 21. Press the PAGE button until the PLUG-IN INSTALL option appears above the F1 button. 22. Press F1 to Install the PLUG-IN UPDATE NOTE: The process for updating your VS Plug-Ins from the CDs you burn is the same as when you installed the original version of those Plug-Ins from the manufacturers CD on your Legacy VS. However, the VS will not ask you to AUTHORIZE, but after installation it will eject the disc that you created and ask for the original manufacturer Plug-In disc again. Place that CD in the CD-R/RW drive so that the VS can scan it and verify your authorization. After that, youre done. Enjoy your new Plug-Ins!!! Nero 6 Ultra Edition Free Trial (Windows XP) http://www.nero.com/us/index.html

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CD-BURNING (NERO 6) Once youve downloaded, installed and opened Nero 6 StartSmart, an option window will appear first. 1. Move your mouse over the Data icon (looks like a piece of paper). 2. Click on Make Data CD.

3. On the next window (Disc Content), click the Add button on the right side of the window. 4. Navigate to the location where your downloaded PLUGINFX was saved on your computer. (Most browsers or download utilities save downloaded files onto the desktop of the computer.) 5. Make sure that the PLUGINFX has been decompressed via WinZip, UnZip, StuffIt Extractor, etc if necessary. (Most downloads from the Internet are compressed to reduce download time to the end user. This may have been done automatically by your computers Operating System.) 6. Then, click once on the PLUGINFX.BIN file to select it. 7. Click FINISHED. 8. The PLUGINFX.BIN file will appear in the Disc Content window. 9. Insert a blank DATA CD-R into your computers CD-R/RW drive. . If the Windows OS pulls up a window that says, What do you want Windows to do? click on CANCEL. 10. Click NEXT. 11. On the following window, click BURN. 12. NERO will burn your CD and show Burn process completed successfully . Click OK. 13. Click NEXT on the Burn Process window to eject your burned CD. 14. Put the ejected CD into the VS-CD burner. 15. On your Legacy VS, hold down the SHIFT button and press UTILITY. Press the PAGE button until the PLUG-IN INSTALL option appears above the F1 button. 16. Press F1 to Install the PLUG-IN UPDATE. NOTE: The process for updating your VS Plug-Ins from the CDs you burn is the same as when you installed the original version of those Plug-Ins from the manufacturers CD on your Legacy VS. However, the VS will not ask you to AUTHORIZE, but after installation it will eject the disc that you created and ask for the original manufacturer Plug-In disc again. Place that CD in the CD-R/RW drive so that the VS can scan it and verify your authorization. After that, youre done. Enjoy your new Plug-Ins!!! DiscBlaze 4.4 - Free Trial (Mac OS X Panther -10.3.x) http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20090 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CD-BURNING (DiscBlaze) Once youve downloaded, installed and opened DiskBlaze, do the following:

1. Click on the tab in the upper left of the DiscBlaze window that reads Mac (HFS+) and select ISO 9660 from the pop-up list. 2. Place a blank CD-R disc in your Macs CD burner. 3. If the Mac OS brings up a window that asks you what you want to do with the CD, click on Ignore. 4. Navigate to the location where the downloaded PLUGINFX.BIN file was saved on your computer. (Most browsers or download utilities save downloaded files onto the desktop of the computer.) 5. Make sure that the PLUGINFX.BIN file has been decompressed via WinZip, UnZip, StuffIt Extractor, etc if necessary. (Most downloads from the Internet are compressed to reduce download time to the end user. This may have been done automatically by your computers Operating System.) 6. Either drag the file that reads PLUGINFX.BIN to DiscBlazes main window or click on Add File in the toolbar and navigate to it through the Finder windows. 7. Once the PLUGINFX.BIN file appears in the window, click on the Disc Burn icon in the toolbar. 8. On the Data Burn Options window that follows, all you have to do is click on BURN. 9. After the disc has been burned, DiscBlaze will eject it from your CD-R/RW drive. 10. Put the ejected CD into the VS-CD burner. 11. On your Legacy VS, hold down the SHIFT button and press UTILITY. Press the PAGE button until the PLUG-IN INSTALL option appears above the F1 button. 12. Press F1 to Install the PLUG-IN UPDATE. NOTE: The process for updating your VS Plug-Ins from the CDs you burn is the same as when you installed the original version of those Plug-Ins from the manufacturers CD on your Legacy VS. However, the VS will not ask you to AUTHORIZE, but after installation it will eject the disc that you created and ask for the original manufacturer Plug-In disc again. Place that CD in the CD-R/RW drive so that the VS can scan it and verify your authorization. After that, youre done. Enjoy your new Plug-Ins!!!