Roland VIMA JM-8, Owner'S Manual

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Viewing Lyrics and chords
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Viewing Lyrics and chords
The Lyrics function was provided to allow you to read
the words of the songs being played back in a karaoke
fashion: the words to sing are highlighted at the right
time on an external display or television and/or in the
JM-8’s display. The lyrics can even be displayed against
the background of an image shown from a video camera
or DVD player connected to the JM-8 (see p. 17).
Apart from the Lyrics, the JM-8 also displays the chords,
which may come in handy for a guitarist.
The chord information is usually not contained in a song
as such, but the JM-8 can “calculate” it in realtime and
even display it a little ahead of the “changes”.
Note: Lyrics cannot be displayed for a music CD or audio signals
received via the AUDIO IN inputs.
Note: Chords are only displayed for Standard MIDI Files.
Note: The chord information is calculated in real-time and
may not always be accurate. Also, with chords where the third
has been omitted, no information will be displayed (because it
is impossible to tell whether those are minor or major chords).
(1) Connect an external screen to the JM-8 (see p. 16).
(2) See page 64 for important video settings.
(3) Select a song that contains lyrics (see p. 23 and
following).
Standard MIDI Files with lyrics are flagged with a
“
” symbol to the right of the song title. For audio
songs, nothing will be displayed.
Note: For mp3 and WAV files, you can search the internet
for “.lrc” files (or instructions for how to create them) and
save such files in the same folder as the audio songs they
apply to. Note that both the audio and the .lrc file must
have the same name (except for the extension).
Note: You can also import a text file and synchronize it to
WAV, mp3 and SMF songs (see p. 79).
(4) If necessary, press the [LYRICS] button (it must
light).
If you connected a TV or monitor screen to the JM-8,
it is now ready to display the song lyrics.
(5) Press the [
®÷ π
] button to play back the song.
The lyrics appear on the external display or television
(the following is only an example).
Note: See page 85 if the lyrics you need to sing are diffi-
cult to read when highlighted.
(6) (Optional) Press the [VIDEO MONITOR] button (it
must light), to follow the lyrics in the JM-8’s own
display.
(Press this button again to return to the JM-8’s “nor-
mal” display information.)
Viewing the lyrics and chords in the internal dis-
play and adjusting the settings
When you load a song with Lyrics data, the display will
show the lyrics. You can decide to view 2 or 4 lines at a
time.
(1) Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly until it stops
flashing to return to the main page (if necessary).
(2) Press
[MENU]
‰
[LYRICS]
.
You can also select this page by pressing and holding
the [LYRICS] button.
LYRICS
VIDEO
MONITOR
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