Roland VIMA JM-8, Owner'S Manual

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Working with the SMF 16-track sequencer
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(7) Press the
[ENTER]
display button to confirm your
settings and add the new event.
Press
[CLOSE]
to close the pop-up window without
applying your changes.
(1) Press the
[NOTE]
display button.
(2) Press the
[BAR]
,
[BEAT] [CPT]
display fields and use
the dial to specify the position where the new
note(s) should be inserted.
(3) Press the
[ENTER]
display button.
This inserts a “C4” note with the velocity value “100”
and a Gate Time of “60”.
■
ERASE EVENT
(1) Use the dial to select the event you want to delete.
(2) Press the
[ERASE¥EVENT]
display button to remove
the event you selected.
■
MOVE EVENT
This function allows you to move one or several
events.
Note: If the position to which you move the selected event
already contains other events, the moved event is added at
the end of that group.
(1) Select the event you want to move.
Note: For this function, you could take advantage of the
“VIEW” filter to avoid selecting event types that should
remain where they are. See “VIEW” on p. 124.
Note: Events located at “1-01-00” cannot be moved fur-
ther to the left.
(2) Press the
[MOVE¥EVENT]
display button.
The following pop-up appears:
(3) Specify the position to which the event should be
shifted by pressing the
[BAR]
,
[BEAT]
and
[CPT]
dis-
play fields and entering the desired value for each
unit using the dial.
(4) Press the
[ENTER]
display button to confirm your
settings and move the event.
Press
[CLOSE]
to close the pop-up window without
applying your changes.
■
COPY EVENT
This function allows you to copy one or several
events. Use
[PLACE¥EVENT]
to insert a copy of those
events at the desired position.
Note: For this function, you could take advantage of the
“VIEW” filter to avoid selecting event types that should not
be included in the copy. See “VIEW” on p. 124.
(1) Select the event you want to copy with the dial.
(2) Press the
[COPY¥EVENT]
display button.
Each new selection will replace the previous one.
■
PLACE EVENT
This function is only available if the sequencer’s clip-
board already contains events that you copied using
“COPY EVENT”. For safety reasons, it would be a good
idea to use this function immediately after copying
events.
(1) Press the
[PLACE¥EVENT]
display button.
The following pop-up appears:
(2) Specify the position where the event should be
inserted by pressing the
[BAR]
,
[BEAT]
and
[CPT]
dis-
play fields and entering the desired value for each
unit using the dial.
(3) Press the
[ENTER]
display button to confirm your
settings and add the new event(s).
Press
[CLOSE]
to close the pop-up window without
applying your changes.
Note: Events inserted with PLACE EVENT are added to any
event that may already exist in that area. Existing events
are thus not pushed towards the end of the song.
Adding notes
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