Muting Out The Sound Of A Specific Part; Muting Out A Specific Percussion Sound - Boss JamStation JS-5 Owner's Manual

When the Performance is in Progress
1. Press [CHORD], getting the button to light.
2. Use the following buttons to enter a chord.
Use [C] through [B] and [#/b] to specify the root of the
chord.
Pressing [#/b] repeatedly cycles through the selections of
"#," "b," and "none."
* Depending on the root of the chord, the symbols that can be
selected may differ.
Use [Maj] through [9th] to specify the chord type.
* You cannot select a chord type other than [Maj] through [9th]
while the song is being played.
To specify an On-Bass chord, hold down [SHIFT] and
use [C] through [B] and [#/b] to specify the bass tone.
fig.RE02-10
Chord root
Song number
3. Repeat step 2 as necessary.
Muting Out the Sound of a
Specific Part
You can mute out any of the parts (Drum, Base, Inst 1, or Inst
2) or the Audio Track when playing a song.
1. Press one of the PART MUTE/SELECT buttons
([DRUM] through [INST 2]) to make the button go
dark.
When the button is dark, the sound is muted. When the
button is lighted, the sound plays.
fig.RE02-11
played played muted
2. To cancel muting, press the corresponding button to
make it light up.
* If you wish to save the settings, execute the Save procedure
(p. 59).
On-Bass chord
Chord type
played muted
Chapter 2 Playing a Song
Muting Out a Specific
Percussion Sound
You can mute out just the sound of a specific percussion
instrument (such as snare) among the drum sounds used for
the Drum Part.
* This feature cannot be used when the Drum Part is muted
(that is, when the button is dark).
1. Hold down [SHIFT] and press the button
corresponding to the percussion sound you want to
mute out ([DRUM] through [INST 2]) to make the
button go dark.
When the button is dark, the sound is muted. When the
button is lighted, the sound plays.
fig.RE02-12
[SHIFT] + [DRUM]:
[SHIFT] + [BASS]:
[SHIFT] + [INST 1]:
[SHIFT] + [INST 2]:
You can check which percussion sounds are muted out by
holding down [SHIFT] to see which buttons are lighted or
dark.
2. To cancel muting, hold down [SHIFT] and press the
corresponding button to make it light up.
* If you wish to save the settings, execute the Save procedure
(p. 59).
Kick (KICK)
Snare (SNARE)
Hi-hat (HI-HAT)
Everything other than kick,
snare, and hi-hat (OTHERS)
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