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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 video sources to the JM-8 . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Viewing Lyrics and chords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
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
10. Playback functions for SMF songs . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
SMF compressor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
SMF Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Using the metronome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
11. Important video settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Piano Roll Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Contents
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