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    Owner's Manual Bedienungsanleitung Mode d'emploi Manuale dell'utente Manual de instrucciones Manual do Proprietário Gebruikershandleiding G6027134R0 Nederla nds P ortuguês Español Ital iano F rança is Deutsch Engl is h For EU Countries For China G6027134-01 G6027134-01[...]

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    IMPORTANT: THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE. BLUE: BROWN: As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is [...]

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    Owner's Manual 201a Before using this unit, car efully read the sections entitled: “USING THE UNIT SAFEL Y” (p. 42) and “Important Notes” (p . 43). These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. A dditionally , in or der to feel assur ed that you hav e gained a good grasp of every feature pr o[...]

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    2 Chapter 1 Bas ic S tru cture of the JS- 8 Main F eatures Ba s ic Ro ut i ng o f So u nd s Rec or d in g P er form a nc es Y ou can easily play along with your favorit e songs. ”Playing Songs” (p. 8) The JS-8 combines the functions of an audio playback device with a variety of popular BOSS guitar effects, all in a single unit. Just plug in you[...]

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    3 Main Fea tures Nederla nds P ortuguês Español Ital iano F rançai s Deutsch Engl ish Bas ic S tructure of the JS- 8 Sou nd P at h When U sed wi th C on nec t ed De vic es Y ou can use the JS-8 with digital audio players, comput ers, and other devices to play sounds and more. T ypes of Memory Suppo rted by t he JS-8 and Th eir Appli cation s Y o[...]

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    4 Chapter 2 AC A daptor (PSB-1U) Electric Guitar Microphone T op Electric Guitar Microphone Front side Bas ic setup for th e JS - 8 Setting Up the JS -8 “ Adjusting the Guitar and Mic I nput Sensitivity ” (p. 31) “ T ur ning Off the I nternal Speakers” (p. 31) 921 T o prevent malfunction and/or damage to speakers or other devices, alway s t[...]

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    5 Setting Up the JS-8 Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Bas ic oper atio n of the JS- 8 Abo ut th e T op Sc ree n Number and name of the cur- rently selected effect patch Song playback time (Min:Sec) REMAIN: Remaining time available for recor ding REC: Elapsed recording time (displayed while rec ording) Song pl[...]

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    6 Setting Up the JS-8 USB Memory Security Slot SD Card SD Card Connector USB Memory Connector Ground T erminal USB Cable (C ommercially available) SD Card Connector USB Memory Connector Ground T erminal USB Cable (C ommercially available) Expression Pedal (EV-5, etc.) Footswitch (BOSS FS-6, etc.) Computer USB Memory SD Card SD Card T op Cover Holde[...]

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    7 Setting Up the JS-8 Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish CD Player , Digital Audio Play er , or other device Stereo Headphones Red (Right channel) White (Left channel) Electric Guitar Microphone Component ster eo system or other device LINE OUT jacks A UX IN jacks LINE OUT jacks A UX IN jacks (Right channel) Whi[...]

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    8 Chapter 3 Electric G uitar CD Play er , Digital Audio Pla yer , or other device Use a commer cially available cable that's appropriate f or the device to which you are c onnec ting. T o A UX IN Stereo miniatur e phone type Electric G uitar P la ying So ngs Pla y Y our Guitar with Songs as Y our Back ing While stopped, pr essing [o](STOP) wil[...]

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    9 Play Y our Guitar with Songs as Y our Backing Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Rec ordin g Performa nces With t he MENU button... Y ou can do the following by pressing the MENU button. MEN U Catego r y Descri ption BEST 30 ED IT Add the current song to the BEST 30. ”Ranking Y our F avorite Songs (BEST 30)?[...]

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    10 Play Y our Guitar with Songs as Y our Backing Select the song you want to hear or the rhythm you w ant played . Y ou can narrow the number of songs displayed by specifying certain conditions ( SEARCH Function). 981b Use of the demo song and rhythm data supplied with this product for any purpose other than private , personal enjoyment without the[...]

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    11 Play Y our Guitar with Songs as Y our Backing Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish With t he MENU button... Pressing [SONG LIST ] and then [MENU] allows you to carry out the following proc edures. Y ou can ch oose f rom the f ollowin g t yp es of sea rches . SEARCH T ype Descri ption ALL SONGS All songs include[...]

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    12 Play Y our Guitar with Songs as Y our Backing S witch ing Back a nd Forth Between T wo E ects Different JS-8 eff ec t numbers are stored depending on whether SOL O is on or off. The JS-8 will assign a differ ent effect patch number depending on whether the SOL O button is on or off. Thus, you can instantly switch between two differ ent effect[...]

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    13 Play Y our Guitar with Songs as Y our Backing Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Y ou can create sounds by choosing song genres and using in tuitive sound-shaping grids that adjust multiple parameters with a single control . S witch ing E ec ts Y ou can create sounds by choosing song genres and using in tu[...]

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    14 Play Y our Guitar with Songs as Y our Backing Use this featur e to tune your instruments. Displ ay Descrip tion  T oo low   T uned  T oo high Standard T uning 7th 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1 s t Guit ar B E A D G B E Bass B E A D G Play along with the metronome to learn how to perform at a steady tempo . C on ven ient P ractice F unctions [...]

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    15 Play Y our Guitar with Songs as Y our Backing Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish C on ven ient P ractice F unctions This lets you slow do wn the song tempo to practice faster passages and remove the c enter sound from songs so you can use them for backing as you perform. Depending on the recorded audio , it m[...]

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    16 CD player , Digital Audio P layer , or other equipment To AUX IN Stereo miniature phone type Use a commercially a vailable cable that's appropriate f or the device to which you are connecting . Chapter 4 • Audio inp ut fro m the GUI T AR /MI C IN jack (gui tar, vocals, etc .) are not re corde d durin g captu res. • Captur ed dat a (song[...]

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    17 Importing S ongs Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish • U nautho rize d recor ding, dis trib utio n, sal e, len ding, p ublic p er f orma nce, broa dcas t- ing, or t he like, in wh ole or i n par t , of any work (musical comp ositi on, v ide o, broad cas t, publi c per forman ce, etc.) copyr ighted by a t hir[...]

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    18 Chapter 5 1 . Co nn ec ti ng to t he C omp ut er 2. I n stal li ng t he So ng Li st E dit or 3 . St ar ti ng up t he S ong Li st E dit or U sing the JS -8 S ong List Editor Computer JS-8 USB USB 1. Connect the computer t o the JS-8's USB por t by a USB cable. 2. When the USB SELECT screen appears in the JS-8, selec t JS-8 SONG LIST EDI- T O[...]

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    19 Using the JS-8 Song List Editor Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Disp la ying Song Na mes wi th Non- Al- phabe tic C hara c ters Y ou can use the Song List Editor to name songs using not only letters of the alphabet, numerals, and symbols , but also double -byte characters (such as Japanese "kanji"[...]

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    20 Chapter 6 1. Press [EFFECTS]. T o Cop y an E ec t Pa tch Call up the effect patch you w ant to copy , then merely save that eff ec t patch as it is to the desired effect patch number . Switching effects with P A TCH SELECT before you sav e an edited effect will cause the edited conten t to be lost. A dvanc ed Editin g of E ect P aram eters[...]

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    21 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish A dvanc ed Editin g of E ect P aram eters Abo ut th e E ect Men u Pressing [EFFECT ] and then [MENU] allows y ou to carr y out a variet y of different pr ocedures. MEN U Catego r y Descri ption Scree n WRITE Saves the effect patch currently being[...]

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    22 Con venient F unctions The trademarks listed in this document ar e trademarks of their respective owners, which ar e separate companies from Roland/BOSS. Those companies are not affiliated with Roland/BOSS and have not lic ensed or author ized BOSS’ s JS -8. Their marks are used solely to identify the equipment whose sound is simula ted. With [...]

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    23 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Abo ut the JS- 8's In tern al E ec ts T YPE Parem eter CRUNCH BOSS CRUNCH This is a crunch sound that faithfully repr oduces picking nuances. BLUES This is a sound suited to blues. WILD CRUN CH This is a crunch sound with wild dist or tion. ST [...]

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    24 Con venient F unctions Parameter F r eq ue nc y T h es e ad ju st t h e v o lu me o f th e r e sp ec t i v e E Q b a n d s . BASS MIDDLE PRESENCE TREBLE When you set the T YPE parameter to VO DRIVE, VO LEAD, VO CLEAN, MA TCH DRIVE, F A T MA TCH, or MA TCH LEAD , the PRESENCE parameter functions as the high cut filter found in the original amps. [...]

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    25 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Parameter OFF /ON T ur ns FX OFF/ON. F X SELEC T Parame ter O D/DS This effect distorts the sound to create long sustain. Select the type of distor tion with TYPE, then use DRIVE to adjust the amount of distortion. ”OD/DS paramet er list ” (p. 26) [...]

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    26 Con venient F unctions W AH para meter li st Parameter MODE Selects the wah mode. MANU AL An expre ssion pedal co nnected to the EXP/CTL PEDAL jack will control wah. T .UP This produces a wah eff ec t matched to the intensity of picking. T .DOWN T YPE (*1 ) Selects the type of wah. CRY W AH This models the sound of the CRY BABY w ah pedal popula[...]

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    27 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish CO MP paramet er list LIMITER pa ramete r lis t Parameter SUST AIN This sets the sustain for the sound. A T T ACK This sets the attack (onset) of the sound . LEVE L This sets the volume level of the eff ect. Parameter THR ESHO LD When the input signal [...]

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    28 Con venient F unctions EQ para met er li st P AN para mete r lis t ROT AR Y param eter l ist UNI - V parame ter l ist Parameter OFF /ON T ur ns the EQ OFF/ON. F r eq ue nc y LO G LO MID GAIN HI G HI MID GAIN LO MID FREQ HI MID FREQ T h es e ad ju st t h e v o lu me o f th e r e sp ec t i v e E Q b a n d s . Specify the center frequency of the mi[...]

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    29 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Parameter OFF /ON T ur ns the DELA Y OFF/ON. T YPE Use this to choose the type of delay . SINGLE This is a simple monaural delay . P AN This delay is s pecifically for st ereo output. This provides a tap dela y effect that divides the delay time betwee[...]

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    30 Con venient F unctions Parameter OFF /ON T ur ns the REVERB OFF/ON. T YPE Use this to choose the type of reverb . AMBI. Simulates an ambience mic (off-mic, plac ed at a distance from the sound sour ce) used in recording and other applica tions. Rather than emphasizing the reverberation, this r everb is used to produce a sense of openness and dep[...]

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    31 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish A djus ting the Gu itar and Mi c Input Sen sitivi t y T urni ng O t he In terna l Spea kers Ca lling U p the E ect S tored in a So ng (P at ch S ync ) Y ou can output audio from the JS-8's OUTPUT jacks to an external playback device (Ex. com[...]

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    32 Con venient F unctions U sin g Foot S witches a nd E xpres sio n Peda ls Never connect or disconnect the expression pedal or the footswitch while this unit’ s power is on. Y ou can connect an optional footswitch and use your f oot to control the follo wing operations. The function controlled with the footswitch is assigned with PEDAL SET TING [...]

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    33 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Us ing U SB A udio In terface s Exchanging audio data between a c omputer and the JS-8 via USB requires installation of a USB driv er on the computer you ar e using. F ollow the instructions below to install the USB driver . • It is only n ecess ar y[...]

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    34 Con venient F unctions Via USB , you can use the JS-8 as an audio interface for commercially a vailable DA W software. Record audio from a c onnected guitar or mic into the DA W , either dry or with the JS -8's effects applied. Play back audio from the DA W for monitoring purpos- es, or through the JS-8's eff ects to "re-amp"[...]

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    35 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish 1. Press [POWER] to turn off the JS-8. 2. Push SD card in ward, and then release your finger . Remove an SD card only while the JS-8's pow er is switched off. Removing an SD card with the JS-8 turned on may result in corruption of data recor ded o[...]

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    36 Con venient F unctions Bac k ing Up Bac king U p E  ec ts to SD C ard s ( P A T CH B A C KUP ) Bac king U p S D Ca rd s 1. Press [MENU]. 2. Selec t SY STEM, and then press [ENTER]. 3. Selec t P A TCH BA CKUP , and then press [ENTER]. 4. Selec t BA CKUP , and then press [ENTER]. 5. When the message " Are you sure?" appears , press [E[...]

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    37 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Rec ov eri ng Ba cked U p Da ta ( REC O VER) Rec o ve ring B ack ed Up D a ta t o S D Car ds ( RE C O VE RY) Use this procedur e to restore JS-8 data previously backed up on a comput er to SD cards. Y ou can restore the JS-8 to its status at the time t[...]

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    38 Con venient F unctions Son g Set ting s ( Song Inf ormati on/ P rotect / E ec ts/ Son g Name ) 1. T urn the dial to selec t the desired song. 2. Press [MENU]. 3. Selec t SONG INFO , then press [ENTER]. F or songs in USB memory, only Screen 1 can be viewed . C on verting so ngs and tr ansfer ring them b etween medi a Here's how you can c [...]

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    39 Con venient F unctions Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish V ari ous S yst em Settings 1. Press [MENU]. 2. Use the dial to select SY STEM, and then press [ENTER]. Y ou can make a variety of settings for the JS-8 in the SYSTEM screen. SYSTEM Cate gor y De scrip tion SYSTEM SET TING Allows you t o turn the inter[...]

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    40 Chapter 7 Erro r Message s Appendic es Can not Edit So ng Name! It is not possible to edit the song name. Use Song List Editor to edit the name. The song name edited by Song List Editor can be view ed but not edited on the JS-8. Card F ull! There is no free spac e on the SD card. Either delete unwant ed songs from this card (p. 9), or use a diff[...]

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    41 Appendices Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish T ro ubleshoo ting Po wer not t urnin g on Can ’t run th e unit No soun d Rec orded sound i s disto rted Can ’t reco rd/ can’ t import songs Can ’t pla y MP 3/ W A V  le Pro blems wit h SD cards Can ’t set AB REP E A T segment t imes co rrec tly Pro b[...]

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    42 Appendices U SING THE UNIT S AF EL Y Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used improperly. * Material damage refers to damage or other adverse effects caused with re sp ec t to the ho me and al l its furnishings, as well to domestic animals or pets. Used for instructions int[...]

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    43 Appendices Deutsch F rança is Ital iano P ortuguês Español Nederla nds Eng lish Impo r tant Not es 204 Microsoft and Windo ws are registered trademarks of Micro- soft Corporation. 206e The screen shots in this document are used in complianc e with the guidelines of the Microsoft Corporation. 206j Windows® is known officially as: "Micros[...]

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    44 Appendices Index A AB REPEA T ..................................... 9, 15, 41 AC.PROCESSOR................................ 25, 27 ALL DELETE ....................................... 21, 38 AMP ................................ 20, 22, 23, 24, 34 Audio Interface ....................................... 33 A UDIO ROUTING .............................[...]

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    IMPORTANT: THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE. BLUE: BROWN: As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is [...]