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VIMA JM-5
Recording your performance as
audio data
Your JM-5 allows you to record everything it can trans-
mit to its outputs, i.e. song playback, your playing, your
singing, the harmonies created by the harmony effect
(see p. 25) and any audio signal transmitted to the
JM-5.
Feel free to connect the master outputs of an external
mixing console to the JM-5’s INPUT (STEREO) socket if
you want to record your band or the signals of addi-
tional synthesizers, pianos, drum machines, etc., as well.
The resulting audio file is stored in the WAV format (not
mp3), which allows you to burn your recordings onto a
CD using your computer.
NOTE
You will need a USB storage device to record your perfor-
mance. Consider using the Roland USB Memory M-UF2G (with
a capacity of 2GB) that is supplied with the JM-5. We cannot
guarantee operation if any other USB memory is used.
NOTE
Never remove the USB memory while playback or recording is
running or while data are being read from, or written to, an
external USB memory.
Recording
NOTE
The following is based on the assumption that the “REC Audio
Sync” parameter (page 57) is active.
1.
Connect the USB storage device to which
you wish to save the audio data.
2.
Prepare everything you want to record:
• Select the song file you want to use as accompani-
ment
• Connect the microphone(s)
• Set the levels and effects, etc.
3.
Make the following settings (recom-
mended):
The “11 o’clock” position corresponds to the follow-
ing setting:
4.
Start playback of the song you want to use
as backing and sing into the microphone.
5.
Set the desired balance between the song
and the microphone signals using the
[BACKING], [MIC1], and [MIC2] knobs (and
possibly also the [AMBIENCE] knob).
6.
Press the [ª] button.
7.
Press the [REC] button (its indicator
flashes).
NOTE
If you pressed [REC] by accident, simply press the [ª] but-
ton to leave record standby mode.
8.
Press the [®÷π] button.
The indicators of the [REC] and [®÷π] buttons light
and the JM-5 starts playing back the selected song
and recording. Everything you say, sing (into a con-
nected microphone) or play (on a connected instru-
ment) is recorded.
9.
At the end of the song, press the [REC] or
[ª] button to stop recording.
Song playback and recording stop.
Knob/parameter Details
BACKING Set it to “11 o’clock”
MIC1 (or MIC2) Set it to “11 o’clock”
Harmony Level Set it to “90”
MIC 1
REC
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