Chapter 4 Creating User Songs; Selecting The Recording Destination; Selecting A Style; Selecting A Recording Track - Boss JamStation JS-5 Owner's Manual

Chapter 4 Creating User Songs

Never turn off the power to the JS-5 or remove the memory
card from the JS-5 while the "
the display (when data is being written), as this can prevent
the data from being written properly, and may adversely
affect later operations.
Selecting the Recording
Destination
Select the User Song to be used as the recording destination.
1. Press [SONG], getting the button to light.
2. Press [USER] or [CARD], to switch to "USER" (the JS-5)
or "CARD" (memory card).
* If no memory card is inserted, then you can't select "CARD"
even when you press [CARD].
3. Turn [VALUE] to select a song.
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* A User Song where no data is recorded will have an "*" next
to the song number.

Selecting a Style

1. Press [STYLE], getting the button to light.
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2. Press [SONG/STYLE BANK] and select a category.
* You can't select User Styles stored on memory cards if no card
is inserted.
3. Turn [VALUE] to select a Style.
When you press [START], the Style is played using the
Forms selected at that time.
You can check the tempo for the selected Style as well as
during recording.
When you have finished checking the tempo, press
[STOP] to stop the performance, then press [RESET].
If the tempo is too fast (or slow), use the following
procedure to change the tempo.
1) Press [TEMPO], getting the button to light.
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2) Turn [VALUE] to set the tempo.
3) Once you've decided on the tempo, press [TEMPO]
once more, extinguishing the button's light.

Selecting a recording track

When There is No Data in the
Recording Destination
1. Press [REC], getting the button to light.
[SONG], [CHORD], and [AUDIO TRACK] flash, and the
Recording Track Selection screen appears.
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* When a User Style is selected, [STYLE] flashes.
2. Press [SONG] or [CHORD] to select a recording track.
Form track
[SONG]:
[CHORD]: Chord track
3. Press [ENTER].
The Recording Standby screen for the selected track
appears.
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When select the Form Track
When select the Chord Track
Use the following procedure when changing
Styles.
1. Press [CURSOR
] to display the Style Selection
screen.
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2. Press [SONG/STYLE BANK] and select a category.
* You can't select User Styles stored on memory cards if no card
is inserted.
Recording Track