Roland JS-8 Stereo System User Manual


 
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Play Your Guitar with Songs as Your Backing
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Convenient Practice Functions
This lets you slow down the song tempo to practice faster
passages and remove the center sound from songs so you
can use them for backing as you perform.
Depending on the recorded audio, it may not be possible to
completely eliminate the sound.
Screen 1
Screen 2
Screen 3
Precise Adjustment of the AB REPEAT
Segment
You can precisely adjust the start and end points of the
segment to be repeated.
1. In the Top screen, press [MENU].
2. Select METRONOME with the dial and press [ENTER].
3. In the AB REPEAT EDIT screen, adjust the start point (A)
and the end point (B).
You can press [ENTER] in the AB REPEAT EDIT screen to
alternately switch the AB REPEAT function on and o
without clearing the markers.
With MP3 data, you may be unable to play back from a
speci c time (the performance starts near the speci-
 ed time). In such cases, if you want playback to start
at an exact point, use the CONVERT function to con-
vert the  le to a JS-8 song.
The interval between time locations “A” and “B” can-
not be less than 0.5 seconds.
Use this feature for guitar solo practice and in other situa-
tions where you want to practice along with a single section
as it plays back repeatedly.
To turn AB Repeat off, press [A
B] once again.
The PH.TRAINER icon
will be lit if Speed, Pitch, or
Center Cancel are on.
Phrase Trainer settings are saved as part of each song
on the SD card.
However, these settings are not saved for songs in USB
memory.
Phrase Trainer
This lets you slow down the song tempo to practice faster
Practicing with the Song Tem-
po Changed and Center Sound
Removed
1. Press [ SPEED].
Repeating Playback of a Fixed
Segment ( AB REPEAT)
1. Press [
](PLAY).
2. Press [A
B] at the start point, and
again at the end point of the segment
to be repeated.
Adjusts the pitch in
fine steps of 1 cent.
Raises or lowers the
pitch in semitone steps.
Set this to ON to remove the sounds
heard in the center ( Center Cancel).
Press the right cursor button to
switch to the screen for the pitch
(Screen 2).
Press the right cursor button to
switch to the screen for finely adjusting
the Center Cancel quality (Screen 3).
This sets the song
speed.
Normally, the speed
is set to 100%.
Specify the frequency range
of the sound you want to
eliminate.
HIGH: High frequency range
MID: Middle frequency range
LOW: Low frequency range
Specify the frequency range
of the sound you want to
eliminate.
HIGH: High frequency range
MID: Middle frequency range
LOW: Low frequency range
Specify the
location in the
sound field of the
sound you want
to eliminate. C0
eliminates the
sound that's in
the center, L**
and R** eliminate
sounds at the left
or right, respec-
tively.
Increasing
this value will
remove the
sound more
completely.