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Chapter 10 Various Performance Techniques
Repeatedly Playing Back a
Song (Loop Play)
You can have a specified range of measures play back
repeatedly. This is called “Loop Play.”
You can set two looped segments (Loop 1 and 2) in any one Song.
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Pressing [LOOP 1] ([LOOP 2]) alternately switches
the loop on (lit) and off (dark).
* This describes the procedures for setting up Loop 1. If setting
Loop 2, just substitute “LOOP 2” for “LOOP 1” where it
appears in the following text.
1.
Select a Song.
* If no memory card is inserted, then you can’t select “CARD”
even when you press [CARD].
2.
Press [CURSOR] and select “3 LOOP POINT 1” for
Loop 1, or “4 LOOP POINT 2” for Loop 2.
fig.RE10-02
3.
Use [CURSOR] and [VALUE] to change the starting
point and ending point of the loop.
If you wish to save the settings, execute the Save procedure
(p. 109).
* If you record a User Style before saving the Loop settings,
these settings are then deleted.
Never turn off the power to the JS-5 or remove the memory
card from the JS-5 while the “
” still appears at the left of
the display (when data is being written), as this can prevent
the data from being written properly, and may adversely
affect later operations.
If you have changed the settings for the Preset Songs, then if
you want to save the settings, copy them to a User Song (p. 82).
How to Play Loops
For example, if a Song has Measure 5 through Measure 8 set
as Loop 1, and you start playing the Song from the
beginning, the Song progresses as shown below.
fig.RE10-50
When you press [FWD] or the foot switch (when set to EXIT
LOOP: p. 117) while the loop is playing, then once the end of
Loop 1 is reached, the loop is exited, and the Song continues
from Measure 9.
fig.RE10-51
To take another example, if Measures 2-8 are set as Loop 1
and Measures 7 and 8 are set as Loop 2, and you press
[START] or the foot switch (when set to EXIT LOOP: p. 117)
while Loop 1 is playing the loop is playing, then the
performance plays to the end of Loop 1, Measures 5 and 6 are
played, and then Loop 2 begins.
fig.RE10-52
* If you loop-playback a song in which audio data was recorded,
the audio data in the final part of the looped interval is not
played back. Furthermore, setting the tempo significantly fast
or slow may produce the impression that the sound is being
interrupted.
Pressing [SHIFT]+[LOOP 1]([LOOP 2]) when song playback
is stopped will set the current measure as the loop start/end
measure. (The loop button will blink.)
* To cancel, press [STOP]. (The setting will be changed.)
Next, press [FWD] to change measures, and press [LOOP 1]
([LOOP 2]) to set that measure as the last measure of the
loop. (The loop button will light.)
Starting measure Ending measure
Loop 1
Loop 1
Loop 1
Loop 2