Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Vima Roland
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App lic ation Gu ide.
The VIMA r ecre a tion al k eyboa rd wi ll tr an sform y our l iving r oom in t o a mus ical en t er tain ment s pac e th at e v er yone can en jo y . Liv en up y our next get -t oget her w it h you r fa v ori te i ma ges a nd mu si c, and m ak e y our lif e just a bi t ric her .
3 C on t ent s For details on c onnections , see “Connecting the VIMA to y our television” on p . 30 in the owner’ s manual. ☞ Pl a y in g t h e pian o Pl ay i n g b ac k song s En jo y ing k .
4 L et ’ s star t by p l a y ing t h e k e yb oar d to pr o d uce soun d . T he VIMA c o nta in s p ia no sou nd s as w ell a s t he sou nd s o f m an y ot her i nst rumen ts. T hi s ch ap te r expla in s ho w to pr odu ce s ound b y pl a ying th e VIMA ’ s k ey b oar d .
5 P l a y ing t h e piano U se t h e pe d a l s ! Wh at does “RE CO MMENDED” m ea n ? S ounds tha t are su itable f or each son g i n the VIMA or on a VIMA TUNES™ ( a CD- ROM c rea ted spec i call y for the V IMA) ar e autom atica ll y assigne d to t h e “REC OMME NDED IN S MF” b uttons ( 1 –3 ) .
6 N ow l et ’ s l iste n to t h e VIMA ’ s int erna l son g s an d t h e son g s c on tain ed on the i nc luded C D . The VIMA c on ta in s numer ous s ongs. I t can al so pla y back c ommerc ia ll y a vai l a bl e C Ds. T h is c h ap t er exp l ains h ow to s e l ect an d p l ay s on g s .
7 Pl a y ing b ac k songs T ak e adva n tag e of “F a v orit es ”! T he curren tly selected song can be sa ved a s one o f the “ F av or- ites” simp l y b y press ing t h e [ C OP Y /SA VE] b utton. Y ou’ ll pro b a bl y w ant t o sa ve t he songs y ou lik e to hear f requentl y .
P l a y ing b ac k song s 8 Pla y ing ba ck so ngs f rom a C D A ccess the main screen . I n the main screen, touch “ CD . ” P ress the [ CD EJEC T] button to open the CD t ray .
9 Pl a y ing b ac k songs CDs y ou can p l a y on t h e VIMA T he VIMA can pla y back the f ollowi ng t ypes o f CDs . C D E xplanatio n VIMA TUNE S ™ (sp ec i al C D - R O M s c r eated fo r t h e .
10 T he VIMA ca n di spl a y a wide va riety of im age s on you r te l evi si on. Y ou can c onn ect a camera an d s h ow the performer on the t elevi sion s creen, perform usin g ima g es f rom a D VD a s th e bac k g round, or d ispla y l y rics or a m us ical sc or e .
11 E n j o yi ng i mage s Images t h e VIMA can d ispla y Camera imag e T he screen will show the ima g e from a nected to t h e VIMA ’ s “ C AM 1 ” o r “ C A M By attaching your camera to a separa t stan d (BST-RK 50 0), y ou can d i er former on your tele vision .
En j o yi ng i mage s 12 P er f orming together Pre ss t h e [DIGIS C ORE] b ut to n to d isp l ay a m usica l score on y our televi sion, and y ou’ll al l be able to enjo y per f orming t ogether while wat ch ing the sc ore. The t y pe of scor e displa y ed will c han ge e ach ti me you pres s the [ DIGISC ORE] button.
13 E n j o yi ng i mage s U se t h e VIMA t o c h ec k t h e ima g e sho w n on y our tele vision ! I f y ou turn on the VIMA ’ s [ VIDEO MONIT OR] button, th e im - a ge being shown on y our televi sion wil l also be shown on the VIMA ’ s o wn sc r ee n .
14 Y ou can c onn ec t a mi crop h one t o t h e VIMA a n d easi l y e njoy k arao k e . T h is c h ap t er exp l ains h ow to e njo y k arao k e on t h e VIMA . Co n ne c t y our microp h ones! Y ou can c onnect microp h ones to t h e VIMA an d enjo y k arao k e or sing a l ong wit h your o wn p l ayin g.
E njo y ing k arao k e 15 P l ay b ac k a song as d escri b e d in “P l ay i n g b ac k songs” (p . 6 – 9 of this application guide ) . T urn on the [ SLIDE SHO W] button and t he [ LY R I C S ] b utton . Y our television will displa y the slide show and the lyrics.
E njo y ing k arao ke 1 6 If you tu rn on the [E CHO ] button, echo ( reverberat ion ) will be a pplied t o y our voic e f rom the m icrophone . This gi ves a ple asan t r esonance to y our singing. Y ou can select the t ype of echo and adjust the depth.
E njo y ing k arao k e 17 Y ou can turn the [TEMPO ] knob to ch an g e the t empo o f the currentl y pla y ing song. T urn the knob clockwise t o speed up the tempo , or in the oppo site d irection to slow it do wn. Ad j ust the tempo so y ou can sing c om f or tably .
1 8 P la y back a song as described in “P la y ing back s on g s” (p . 6 –9 o f this application g uide ) . T urn on t h e [ DIGISC ORE ] b utton an d t h e [ VIDEO MONITOR ] button . The musical score will appear on your televi sion an d in t h e VIMA ’ s d isp l a y .
Pl a y ing a l ong wit h a song 1 9 T urn on the [ MUT E] button to eliminat e the m elod y sounds o f the song . want ant w w wa w w w wa n n t t w f y ou don’ t wa w nt nt nt nt the melody sounds .
Application Guide * 04342089 - 01 * Pri nte d in Ja pa n AUG. ’ 06 R AM - 4 1 1 6 04 3 420 89 0 6 - 08 -1 N A ll speci ca tio ns an d app ea ran ces ar e sub je ct to c han ge w ith out n oti ce . A ll tr ade mar k s use d in th is ca tal og a re th e pro pe r ty o f the ir re sp ec tiv e comp ani es .
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