Editing Lyrics; Adding Lyrics To A Song; Importing A Text File - Roland VIMA JM-8 Owner's Manual

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Editing Lyrics

The JM-8 contains functions that allow you to add Lyrics to Standard MIDI Files, mp3 and WAV files that do not contain
them. It is also possible to resync the lyrics of song files.
This may come in handy when you keep forgetting the words of a song you wish to use for your performances and want
to follow the lyrics.
The JM-8 only allows you to link ("synchronize") Lyrics
data to the music data of the loaded Standard MIDI File,
mp3 or WAV file. The text data you intend to use for this
operation must be entered on a Windows-compatible PC
(or a Mac and saved as .txt data for Windows). See right
for the supported characters.

Adding Lyrics to a song

Here's a step-by-step tour of how to add Lyrics data to
a Standard MIDI File, an mp3, or a WAV file.
The procedure to follow depends on whether you first
want to import a text file or whether you want to cor-
rect Lyrics synchronization for a song that already con-
tains Lyrics data.
Procedure
Preparing lyrics for a song that
doesn't yet contain any.
Correct Lyrics synchronization
for a song that already contains
Lyrics data.

Importing a text file

This procedure can also be used to syn-
chronize text of an .LRC file to the mp3 or WAV file to
which it applies. The name of the .LRC file must be iden-
tical to the name of the mp3 or WAV file to which it
applies.
(1) Prepare the text file with the lyrics you wish to
associate with a given song.
Use a word processor program on your computer,
taking care to type a return after every line or word
you wish to synchronize separately. The synchroniza-
tion function (see below) always works with entire
text lines (i.e. until the next return).
Note: Avoid long lines of text, because this may lead to
incomplete text lines being displayed on screen.
(2) Export the file as .TXT file, save it to a USB storage
device and connect that device to the JM-8.
(3) On the JM-8, load the song you wish to add Lyrics
to.
See page 23 and following.
Note: Importing a text file for Lyrics synchronization or
editing Lyrics data is only possible while song playback is
stopped. If you forget to stop playback (by pressing [ª]), a
"Can't execute. Song is running" message is displayed.
(4) Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly until it stops
flashing to return to the main page (if necessary).
Start with
"Importing a text file"
below
"Resynching lyrics" on
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(5) Press [MENU] ‰ [ADVANCED] ‰ [LYRICS¥IMPORT].
(6) Select the storage device that contains the text
you want to use.
The possibilities are [HDD], [CD] and [USB]. (If you
can't find the file, it may not end in ".TXT".)
(7) Select the text file you want to load by pressing its
name.
The display changes to:
The message means that the lyrics of the previously
selected song will be lost.
Note: The JM-8 only recognizes text files with the ".txt"
extension.
(8) If that's OK with you, press the [YES] display but-
ton.
If not, press the [NO] display button to return to the
"MENU" page.
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