Compatibility with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) (Apple M1 Chip)

This is to inform you of the status of the verification of operation of Roland products with Mac computers that use the Apple M1 chip.
Compatibility with Mac computers using the M1 chip will be verified and announced after the release of M1 Mac computers.
Before using a Roland product with an M1 Mac computer, please be sure to check the verification results.
Please refrain from using an M1 Mac computer until the results of verification are announced.

For compatibility information for Roland brand products, please see here.
For compatibility information for BOSS brand products, please see here.

* Please also check the System requirements for the audio/MIDI application and the operating system you're using.
* For the products introduced after macOS Big Sur, please refer to each product information page on the Roland.com website.
This is to inform you about support for Mac computers using the M1 chip.
* For information on support for Intel-based Mac computers, check here.
Legend
Yes: Compatible Compatible with Mac computers using the M1 chip.
Limited: Limited compatibility Compatible with Mac computers using the M1 chip with limited operation.
No: No plan for compatible version We are sorry but we have no plan to make it compatible with Mac computers using the M1 chip.
Pro Audio-Video
Model name Hardware&
Driver		 Exclusive
Application		 Remarks
M-200i Yes Yes Compatible driver here

Exclusive Application:
M-300 Yes Yes Compatible driver here

Exclusive Application:
M-5000
M-5000C		 Yes Yes Compatible driver here

Exclusive Application:

* For M-5000 RCS, there were locations where correct operation is not possible due to problems with the display, but we have confirmed that they have been resolved on macOS 11.3 or later.
R-1000 No No  
M-48
S-0808
S-0816
S-1608
S-2416
S-4000H
S-4000M
S-4000S-0832
S-4000S-3208
S-4000S-MR
S-MADI		 - Yes Exclusive Application:
UVC-01 Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-02HD Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-1200HD
V-1200HDR		 - No  
V-1HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-1SDI Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-4EX Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
V-60HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-100UHD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-1-DL Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-1-HS Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-1-SC Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-1-SH Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VC-30HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-1HD Limited Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

* When USB FORMAT is 1920x1080/29.97p (25p), web conferencing apps and the like are sometimes unable to acquire the data correctly. Please use the system with USB FORMAT set to 1280x720/29.97p (25p) or lower.

Exclusive Application:
VR-3 Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-3EX Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-4HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-5 Limited Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

* SD cards (1 GB or 2 GB) formatted on the VR-5 are not recognized by Mac computers. SDHC cards (4 GB) are recognized.

Exclusive Application:
  • Compatible with Video Capture for VR Ver.2.2.1 for macOS / OS X.
    * When using an Apple Silicon Mac, the picture might fail to be captured correctly in Video Capture for VR or web conferencing apps.
  • VR-5 Image Converter for Macintosh: Cannot work
VR-50HD Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
VR-50HD MK II Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
XS-62S Yes Yes Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
XS-82H Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
XS-83H Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:
XS-84H Yes Limited Driver: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.

Exclusive Application:

Recorder
Model name Hardware&
Driver		 Exclusive
Application		 Remarks
R-26 No -  
R-88 Yes - Storage: Compatible with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) built-in driver.
Audio: Compatible driver here

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