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Enjoying karaoke with Standard MIDI Files (Melody Mute)
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Enjoying karaoke with Standard
MIDI Files (Melody Mute)
Even though Standard MIDI Files contains no vocal
parts and control the JM-8’s sound generator during
playback, you can nevertheless temporarily mute the
instrumental melody from the playback.
(1) Prepare to play back the desired song.
If you want to play back SMF music files from a
CD-ROM or a USB storage device, insert the CD-ROM
into the CD drive (see p. 24) or connect your USB
memory to the EXTERNAL MEMORY port (see p. 25).
(2) Select the storage device and the Standard MIDI
File (SMF) you want to sing or play (see p. 23 and
following).
(3) Press the [MELODY MUTE/CENTER CANCEL] button
(it lights).
The Mute function is turned on.
(4) Press the [
®÷ π
] button to play back the song.
The melody part will be temporarily muted.
(5) Sing the melody while you listen to the song.
Note: The melody channel will depend on the song. If the
melody is not muted when you press the [CENTER CANCEL]
button, change the “MELODY MUTE” setting (see below).
(6) Press the [
®÷ π
] button to pause the song, or the [
ª
]
button to stop playback and return to the begin-
ning of the song.
(7) To turn off the Mute function, press the
[MELODY MUTE] button again (it goes dark).
Selecting the part to be muted
Most commercially available Standard MIDI Files use
MIDI channel 4 for the melody part. That is why the
JM-8’s “MELODY MUTE” function at first switches off
MIDI channel 4.
If the melody part is assigned to a different channel, or
if you wish to mute the guitar part instead, proceed as
follows:
(1) Select a song with the “SMF” icon.
Note: The display page shown below does not appear while
an audio song file (WAV or mp3) is selected.
(2) Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly until it stops
flashing to return to the main page (if necessary).
(3) Press
[MENU]
‰
[MELODY¥MUTE]
.
The display now looks as follows:
Note: You can also select this page by pressing and hold-
ing the [MELODY MUTE] button.
(4) Press the [
®÷ π
] button to start song playback and
listen to the instrument that plays the melody (or
the part you wish to mute).
(5) Press the [MELODY MUTE/CENTER CANCEL] button
(it lights).
(6) Press the numbered display button to the right of
the instrument name you want to mute.
The channel number is replaced by a “MUTE” mes-
sage. Press that “MUTE” display button again to
switch the channel in question back on again.
You can also mute several channels simultaneously.
(7) If you want the JM-8 to remember your selection,
press the
[WRITE]
display button.
The JM-8 will now apply your selection to all Stan-
dard MIDI Files you play back, which may be conve-
nient for guitar players.
(8) Press the [EXIT] button once or repeatedly until it
stops flashing to return to the main page.
(9) To turn off the Melody Mute function, press the
[MELODY MUTE] button again (it goes dark).
MELODY MUTE
CENTER CANCEL
EXIT
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