Editing Events; Other Micro Edit Operations - Roland VIMA JM-8 Owner's Manual

Pitch Bend—These messages are used for temporary
changes to the pitch of the notes being played at that
time. Pitch Bend messages can be positive (higher) or
negative (lower). Setting range: –128~128.
Poly Aftertouch—The difference between polyphonic
aftertouch and channel aftertouch is that the former is
related to a single note, while the latter applies to all
notes the track is currently playing.
Channel Aftertouch—See above. The "Aftertouch"
parameters are only meaningful if the external keyboard
you connect transmits these MIDI messages.

Editing events

Editing Pitch Bend messages
Pitch Bend messages can be positive or negative (the
range is –128~128). The value "0" means that the
pitch is not altered.
If a Pitch Bend occurrence is not reset to "0" at some
stage, all subsequent notes will keep sounding at the
wrong pitch.
Editing control changes and aftertouch messages
These messages (CC, Poly Aftertouch and Channel
Aftertouch) can be set to the desired value (0~127)
when the corresponding effect is needed – but they
also need to be reset to "0" to avoid unpleasant sur-
prises.
Poly Aftertouch messages are always related to a
given note, which is why you first need to tell the
sequencer which note the event applies to: "0 (C–)"~
"127 (G9)". Next, specify the desired aftertouch value
(0~127).
About the "Note" messages
As stated above, note messages comprise a note
number, a velocity value and a Gate Time value.
The range for note numbers is "0 (C–)"~"127 (G9)".
Velocity messages can be set anywhere between "1"
(extremely soft) and "127". The value "0" cannot be
entered, because it would effectively switch off the
note.
After selecting the Gate Time entry, rotate the dial to
set the required length as a CPT value (q= 120CPT).
The maximum duration a note event can have is
65,535 clocks.
Drum parts usually use the Gate Time value "1" for all
notes. Increasing it to "20", for example, has no audi-
ble effect on the duration of drum/percussion
sounds.
Editing song data using 'MICRO EDIT'

Other MICRO EDIT operations

The fields in the right half of the "MICRO EDIT" page
allow you to thin out or expand the number of events of
the track you selected.
CREATE EVENT
Press this display button to add a new event to the
selected track. The following pop-up appears:
If the position for which you create a new event already
contains other events, the new event is added at the
end of that group.
• Press the display button that corresponds to the kind
of event you want to add.
Here are the default values of the events you create:
Event Meaning
Note: Note Number: 60 C4
On Velocity: 100
Gate Time: 60
Control Change: CC01 Modulation, value "0"
Program Change : Program Change "1"
*
Pitch Bend: "0"
Poly Aftertouch: Note: 60 C4
Poly Aftertouch: "0"
Channel Aftertouch: "0"
[*] "Control Change" also allows you to insert Bank Select mes-
sages (CC00 and CC32). Such messages must be located BEFORE
the program change to which they apply. The correct order is:
CC00‰ CC32‰ PC. Also, it is usually wiser to assign these three
values to consecutive CPT positions.
(6) Specify the position where your new event should
be inserted by pressing the [BAR], [BEAT] and [CPT]
display fields and entering the desired value for
each unit using the dial.
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