Roland JM-5 DJ Equipment User Manual


 
Recording your performance as audio data
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The following message appears:
You can now…
(a) Save the song under a new name.
‰ “Saving your recording as an audio file”
(b) Save the song under the name suggested by the
JM-5 (“My recording001”).
‰Press the [MENU] button. After a few seconds,
the display will return to the main page. In this
case, your audio file is saved in the “My Record-
ings” folder.
(c) Decide to discard your recording, because you are
unhappy with it.
‰ Press the [EXIT] button. The display changes to:
‰ Rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to select “YES”,
then press the dial to erase your recording.
NOTE
Selecting “NO” here takes you back to the state where you
can choose between options (a) and (b).
Listening to your recording
If you selected (a) or (b) above, you can listen to your
recorded performance:
1.
Press the [®÷π] button to start playback of
your recording.
If your recording seems too loud or too soft, you may
want to change the setting of the “Rec Audio Level”
parameter ([MENU] button ‰ “User Settings“‰ “Util-
ity”‰ “REC Audio Level”, p. 57).
NOTE
The JM-5 provides a second recording mode that allows
you to start recording before the song you selected
([MENU] button
‰ “User Settings“‰ “Utility”‰ “Rec
Audio Sync” on p. 57).
Saving your recording as an audio file
When you stop recording (see above), the display shows
the following message:
1.
If you want to name your new song, proceed
with step (2).
If you are happy with the name suggested by the
JM-5, simply press the [MENU] button.
2.
Rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to select a
character.
3.
Press the dial to confirm your selection.
4.
Now rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to
select a different character position.
You can also press the [º] button to delete the
selected character, or the [] button to insert a char-
acter.
5.
Repeat steps (2)~(4) to complete the name.
6.
Press the [MENU] button (it flashes) to save
your recording under the new name and to
return to the main page.
If the USB storage device already contains a file of
that name, you will be asked whether you want to
overwrite it:
In this case, select “YES” by first rotating the
[CURSOR÷VALUE] dial and then pressing it to replace
the old file with the new one (the old file will be lost).
Otherwise, select “NO” to return to the page where
you can change the name, and enter a different
name, then press the [MENU] button.
When you press the [MENU] button, your audio file is
saved to the “My Recordings” folder on the USB stor-
age device.
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