Roland VIMA JM-8 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 10)

VIMA

JM-8

Features – A top-notch entertainment station. . . 4

Using the unit safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1. Panel descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Left side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Right side panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2. Before you start using the JM-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting audio devices to the JM-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting a microphone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Connecting an amplifier, active speakers or a mixer . . .16

Connecting an external display or a television . . . . 16

Connecting a television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Connecting an external display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Switching off your television or external display . . . . . .16

Connecting video sources to the JM-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting a video camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Connecting a DVD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Connecting a portable audio/video player . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Connecting an optional footswitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting the AC adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Ground terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Turning the power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Turning the power on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Turning the power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Adjusting the volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Listening through headphones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Demo of the JM-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Working with the JM-8’s touch screen . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Selecting ‘BASIC’ parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Selecting ‘ADVANCED’ parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Returning to the main page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

3. Playing back songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

About the JM-8’s storage devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Supported song files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Playing back songs on the internal hard disk. . . . . . 23

If you can’t see the song (or folder) you need. . . . . . . . .24

Playing back songs on a CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Playing back songs on a USB storage device . . . . . . 25

Using an external audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4. Singing and playing along to a song . . . . . . . . . . 27

Preparing for a live performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Connection and basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Adding effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Selecting a different reverb effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Adding an effect to the electric guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Harmony and voice effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Changing your voice/adding harmonies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Setting the microphone equalizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Enjoying karaoke with audio songs (Center Cancel)32

Enjoying karaoke with Standard MIDI Files

(Melody Mute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Selecting the part to be muted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Singing or playing in a different key (Key Control). 34

Changing the tempo (playback speed) of a song . . 34

Viewing Lyrics and chords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing the lyrics and chords in the internal display and

adjusting the settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Monitoring what the audience sees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

5. Recording your performance as audio data . . . . .37

Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Burning your recording to CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Saving your recording as an audio file. . . . . . . . . . . 38

6. Adding pictures to the music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Playing photos automatically (Slide Show) . . . . . . . 40

Enjoying a VIMA TUNES slide show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Enjoying a slide show of your own pictures . . . . . . . . . . .41

Watching a slide show of your digital camera. . . . . . . . .42

Watching a slideshow with photos saved on a USB

storage device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Zooming or panning images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Performing with a background image from an

external DVD or portable audio/video player . . . . . 45

Dynamic video effects (ANIME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

7. Using the Finder to locate songs and pictures . . .47

8. Practical functions for song playback. . . . . . . . . .49

Loop function (MARK A/B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Using playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Programming playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Playing back your new playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Selecting an existing playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Playing back the selected playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Quickly finding songs for your playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Editing playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Selecting the playlist you want to edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Inserting steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Deleting steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Moving existing steps to a different position. . . . . . . . . .55

Specifying the playlist behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Activating continuous song playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Playlist Recall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Deleting unnecessary playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

9. Changing the song orchestration (SMF Cover) . .58

Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

SMF Cover: changing the orchestration. . . . . . . . . . 58

Saving your modified song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

10. Playback functions for SMF songs. . . . . . . . . . . . .60

(Re)Mixing SMF songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Using the SMF compressor and SMF equalizer . . . . 60

SMF compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

SMF Equalizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Using the metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

11. Important video settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Selecting the video output destination . . . . . . . . . . 64

Watching the notes during SMF song playback

(Piano Roll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Piano Roll Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

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