Roland VIMA JM-8 Owner's Manual page 124

VIMA JM-8
Working with the SMF 16-track sequencer
the bar, the second to the beat within that bar and
the third to the clock (CPT) between the current beat
and the next.
Graphic representation of your data (piano roll)
To get a better idea of where your data are located
and how they are distributed, press the
play button. The display then changes to:
All operations are the same as in standard view. Press
again to see more values.
Monitoring note events
The 16-track sequencer can play back note events
you select. This may help you identify the occurrence
you want to edit. Press the speaker icon (
switch this monitor function on and move the cursor
to a note event to sound that note.
Note: See also the remark after step (4) on the next page.
VIEW
Press this display button if the list has become so
long that finding the events you wish to edit takes
too long or to ensure that only the event types you
need can be selected.
The following pop-up appears:
(1) Switch on the display buttons of events you want
to see in the list (the icons in question must light in
green).
[CONTROL¥CHANGE] also includes the bank select
messages (CC00 and CC32) that are used for selecting
sounds (along with the program change numbers
that can be filtered separately).
(2) Press [ALL] to switch on all display buttons or
[NONE] to switch them all off, in which case the
"MICRO EDIT" list only contains the "End of Data"
message.
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(3) Press [CLOSE] to close the pop-up window.
General procedure
To change information already available on the
selected track, proceed as follows:
dis-
(1) Use the [DATA÷ENTRY] dial to select the list entry
you want to edit.
The name of the selected parameter appears in the
upper right-hand corner of the display:
(2) Press the dial to select the (first) value.
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(3) Modify the value by rotating the dial.
(4) Press the dial to select the next value and change
it.
(5) When you're done, press the [BACK] display button
to return to the main Sequencer page and save
your song.
The parameters you can change are:
Note and velocity messages—These messages always
come in pairs (see the illustration in step (2) above). The
first value ("Note Number 127 G9") refers to the note
itself and the second ("On Velocity 127") to the velocity
(playing dynamics).
The "MICRO EDIT" page adds a third message to that pair
("65535"). It describes the duration of the note in ques-
tion. You may remember this value from the "TRACK
EDIT" environment, where it is called "Gate Time".
Control Change—The JM-8 recognizes all available con-
trol change numbers (CC00~127) and displays their
"official" name wherever possible (not all control change
numbers have universally accepted functions). The value
can be set between "0" and "127".
Program Change—These messages are used for select-
ing sounds within the current bank (1~128).