Harmony And Voice Effects; Changing Your Voice/Adding Harmonies - Roland VIMA JM-8 Owner's Manual

VIMA JM-8
Singing and playing along to a song
(7) Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly until it stops
flashing to return to the main page.
(8) If the [GUITAR] EFFECT button does not light, press
it to activate the last effect you selected.

Harmony and voice effects

The JM-8 provides a dedicated effect section that allows
you to add harmonies to your singing and/or to change
the character of your voice. Note that the following is
only available for the microphone connected to the
MIC 1 socket.
Changing your voice/adding harmo-
nies
When you sing along to an SMF song or a song on a
"VIMA TUNES" CD-ROM, you can use the harmony func-
tion, which automatically adds harmony voices to your
singing.
Preparations
(1) Connect your microphone to the MIC 1 input on
the JM-8's rear panel.
(2) Press the [EXIT] button repeatedly until it stops
flashing to return to the main page (if necessary).
(3) Press [MENU] ‰ [VOCAL¥EFFECTS].
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EXIT
GUITAR
EFFECT
The display now looks as follows:
Note: You can also select this page by pressing and hold-
ing the [VOCAL] EFFECT button.
(4) Switch on the [VOCAL] button and sing or talk into
the microphone while performing the following
steps.
(5) Press the [VOCAL¥EFX] display field in the "MIC1
VOCAL EFX" section and use the dial to choose one
of the following settings:
Setting Explanation
DUET* One harmony voice will be added to your
singing.
TRIO* Two harmony voices will be added to
your singing.
QUARTET* Three harmony voices will be added to
your singing.
KIDS Your voice will be given a child-like char-
acter.
BEAR Your voice will be given a character sug-
gestive of a large animal.
ROBOT Your voice will be given a robot-like
character.
DUCK Your voice will be given a duck-like char-
acter.
ALIEN Your voice will be given a character sug-
gestive of a space alien.
COMPUTER Your voice will be given a computer-like
character.
FEMALE A male voice will be given the character
of a female voice.
MALE A female voice will be given the charac-
ter of a male voice.
PITCH The pitch of your voice will be corrected
CORRECT to match the melody of the SMF song.
Note: If you select this setting, you
won't hear the vocal from the micro-
phone unless the song is playing.
MUSIC FILE* The notes you sing (or say) use the
pitches of the notes (or chords) on track
5 of the selected Standard MIDI File.