Roland VIMA JM-8, Owner'S Manual

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Using the JM-8’s MIDI functions
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VIMA JM-8
Setting MIDI channels on the
external module for
the EXTERNAL IN preset
The JM-8 provides three parts that can be controlled
from an external MIDI instrument (master keyboard,
MIDI accordion, digital piano, etc.). Those parts receive
on the following MIDI channels:
Note: These MIDI channel settings are used when you press
the PRESET
[EXTERNAL¥IN]
display button.
Note: See “Setting MIDI channels on the JM-8 starting from
‘EXTERNAL IN’” if you need to select other MIDI channels.
(1) Select one of the channels shown above as the
transmit channel on your MIDI controller.
Instruments like a MIDI accordion transmit on several
channels simultaneously. To control the JM-8’s parts
simultaneously, select the channel numbers shown
above on your external instrument.
(2) Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly until it stops
flashing to return to the main page (if necessary).
(3) Press
[MENU]
‰
[ADVANCED]
‰
[MIDI]
.
(4) Press the
[EXTERNAL¥IN]
display button to load the
default settings (see the table above) and to acti-
vate the EXTERNAL IN section.
Note: This will also switch off MIDI reception and trans-
mission for the JM-8’s SONG parts and cancel any MIDI
settings you have made for the SONG parts.
(5) Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly until it stops
flashing to return to the main page.
Setting MIDI channels on the JM-8 starting from
‘EXTERNAL IN’
If you cannot change the transmit channels on the
MIDI controller, proceed as follows:
(1) Select the
[EXTERNAL¥IN]
display button (see “Set-
ting MIDI channels on the external module for
the EXTERNAL IN preset”) and press the
[EDIT]
dis-
play button.
The display changes to:
(2) Use the PAGE
[ø][ ˚ ]
display buttons to select the
part you want to edit (“PART1”~“PART3”).
The name of that part appears in the upper left cor-
ner.
(3) Press the “CHANNEL” display field and use the dial
to select the desired MIDI channel (1~16).
Note: For layer effects, you can assign the same MIDI
channel to all three parts.
(4) If the
[RX¥ON]
display button below “PART1”~
“PART3” is off, switch it on.
If it is off, the part in question won’t receive MIDI
messages.
(5) If you like, you can assign a different Tone to the
selected EXTERNAL IN part by pressing the blue
TONE SELECT field.
In that case, the display changes to:
EXTERNAL IN MIDI channel (default setting)
Part 1 1 (can be changed)
Part 2 2 (can be changed)
Part 3 3 (can be changed)
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