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VIMA JM-8

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19. Working with the SMF 16-track sequencer

Your JM-8 contains a powerful 16-track sequencer with a host of edit functions. This sequencer allows you to record MIDI

data and is therefore not available for WAV recordings.

General considerations

• If you use the 16-track sequencer to edit an SMF

song that already contains Cover modifications, the

Cover settings are ignored and erased when you save

the edited version of your song.

The 16-track sequencer does not recognize changes

made to a song using the “SMF Cover” and “SMF

MAKEUP TOOLS” functions. It only “sees” the original

song data. You can, however, use the [FREEZE¥DATA]

display button on the “SMF MAKEUP TOOLS” page to

modify the song file before you start editing it. See

“Before saving your settings” on p. 95.

•The 16-track sequencer can be used to record

sequentially onto 16 tracks (one track at a time).

•The 16-track sequencer can also be used to edit exist-

ing songs. To do so, simply select an SMF song on the

main page (see p. 23 and following), then select the

16-track sequencer page.

• Tracks are assigned to MIDI channels on a 1:1 basis

(i.e. Track 1= MIDI channel 1,… Track 12= MIDI chan-

nel 12, etc.).

•In addition to the 16 “music” tracks, there is a “MAS-

TER” track. It is used for recording the time signature,

the tempo, as well as general SysEx data.

Selecting the 16-track

sequencer

(1) Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly until it stops

flashing to return to the main page (if necessary).

(2) Press [MENU] ‰ [ADVANCED] ‰ [SMF¥SEQUENCER].

About the sequencer’s main page

The most important information shown on the 16-track

sequencer’s main page has the following meaning:

A [SOLO]

This display button allows you to listen to the

selected track in isolation (it mutes all other tracks).

The selected track is displayed in yellow. To select

another track, simply press its row in the left column

of the display.

B [MUTE]

This display button allows you to temporarily switch

off the selected track, which may be useful when you

want to record or edit additional parts without being

distracted by already existing parts.

[SOLO] and [MUTE] need to be set as follows: first

press the tracks you want to solo or mute, then press

the [SOLO] or [MUTE] display button (you can mute

several tracks by repeating this procedure).

Note: The MUTE function is not available while the SOLO

function is on. You can, however, select another track at

that time, which is then played back in isolation. The SOLO

function, on the other hand, can be activated while the

MUTE function is on.

A soloed track is flagged with an “S”, while muted

tracks use the letter “M”.

The remaining indications are:

C q

(note symbol)

Tracks with this symbol are currently playing. There is

also a vertical line on top of several horizontal bars at

that time. The vertical line refers to the current posi-

tion within the song (which is also indicated in the

“MEAS” field D). The horizontal bars indicate that a

track contains musical data in that position. Only the

tracks that contain note data at the current position

and that are not muted have the “q” symbol.

If, while the page above is displayed, you press the

[REC] button and then the [®÷π] button, track “1”

(which is currently selected) will be flagged with an

“R” (for “Record”). You can only record one track at

any one time. To select a different track for record-

ing, press its line.

The display buttons in the right-most column are:

Display button Reference

TRACK EDIT see page 110

MICRO EDIT see page 123

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