Roland VIMA JM-8, Owner'S Manual

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Working with the SMF 16-track sequencer
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(6) Press the
[REC¥TRK]
display field and use the dial to
select the track you want to record to.
(7) See step (10) and following on page 128 if there
are other settings you want to change.
Note: Select a track that either contains no data or whose
data may be overwritten (“Replace”). If you select REC
MODE= “Mix”, the new data are added to the data already
present on the selected track.
(8) On your external MIDI controller, select the MIDI
transmit channel that corresponds to the number
of the selected track.
(9) Press the [
®÷ π
] button.
Note: You can also start playback with an optional foot-
switch (select “PLAY/PAUSE” on page 83).
(10) Play the new part.
(11) Press the [
ª
] button to stop recording.
Saving your song
Saving ‘automatically’
The 16-track sequencer uses a special portion of the
JM-8’s RAM memory where all editing takes place.
When you leave the 16-track sequencer page by press-
ing the [EXIT] button, the following message appears:
Note: The Song RAM memory is erased when you switch
off your JM-8.
Note: If you use the 16-track sequencer to edit a song that
already contains Cover modifications, the Cover settings
are ignored and erased when you save the edited version of
your song. We therefore recommend saving such songs
under a different name (unless you used
[FREEZE¥DATA]
before you started editing your song).
(1) Press the
[YES]
display button to save your changes
(and the entire song). This will take you to the fol-
lowing display page:
(Press
[NO]
to return to the menu without saving the
song.)
(2) Select the device where you want to save your
song:
(3) Select the folder where you want to save your
song by pressing its name.
If you like, you can also create a new folder where
the file will be saved. If you don’t, proceed with step
(4) below.
(a) After performing step (2), press the
[NEW¥FOLDER]
display button.
The display changes to:
(b) Enter the name of your new folder.
See “Entering names” on p. 38 for details.
(c) To confirm your name and create the folder, press
the
[ENTER]
display button.
This folder can now be selected as save destination:
press its name.
Display button Meaning
HDD Your SMF file will be saved to the inter-
nal hard disk.
USB Your SMF file will be saved to a con-
nected USB storage device. (You can
still connect it now if you forgot to do
so earlier.)
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