{"id":27257,"date":"2003-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=27257"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"unsupported-device-roland-rs-5-9-motu-freestyle-for","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/unsupported-device-roland-rs-5-9-motu-freestyle-for\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I get an unsupported device like the Roland RS 5\/9 into MOTU Freestyle for Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are four things that you need to do to get a unsupported device into freestyle PC.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing to do would be to make sure that the RS 5\/9 patch document is a DFN files. <\/p>\n<p>Next, there is a FreeMIDI folder located in the C: Drive>Windows folder.<br \/>Inside here there is a FreeMIDI devices document (DEVICES.INI) and a default names folder just like on a mac, but there&#8217;s also another crucial document called DEFNAMES.MAP.<br \/>First thing to do would be to drag and drop the patchlist document into the<br \/>Roland folder in the DEFNAMES folder.<\/p>\n<p>Next would be to copy and paste the FreeMIDI Device string alphebetically<br \/>under the Roland section into the DEVICES.INI document.<\/p>\n<p>The final, and tricky step is to type in an alias for the device in the<br \/>DEFNAMES.MAP document. 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