User Manual

12
Playing Audio Files (Audio Player)
Audio les saved on a USB ash drive can be assigned to pads [1]–[8] and played
back.
Audio les that can be played
MP3
Format MPEG-1 audio layer 3
Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz
Bit Rate
32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320 kbps, VBR
(Variable Bit Rate)
WAV/AIFF
Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz
Bit 8, 16, 24-bit
NOTE
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Two or more audio les can’t be played simultaneously.
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The tempo of an audio le can’t be changed.
Assigning Audio Files to Pads and Playing Them
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If there are audio les in the root directory of the USB ash drive when you turn
on the power, they will automatically be assigned to the pads.
1.
Format your USB ash drive on the
JUNO-DS (p. 17).
2.
Power-o the JUNO-DS, and
disconnect the USB ash drive.
3.
Using your computer, create a
folder inside the “SONG LIST” folder.
* Use only single-byte alphanumeric
characters in folder names.
4.
Copy the desired audio les into
the folder that you created.
5.
Connect the USB ash drive to the
JUNO-DS, and turn on the power.
6.
Press the [AUDIO] button.
The AUDIO PLAYER screen appears.
7.
Make settings for the audio player.
Parameter Value/Explanation
Song List
Displays the folders that are in the SONG LIST folder of the USB ash drive.
* Move the cursor to this parameter, and press the [ENTER] button to see
the SONG LIST screen which lists the folders.
Audio Level
Species the volume of the audio les.
* The Level setting is lost when you turn o the power. If you want the
setting to be remembered even after the power is turned o, specify
the desired value in the system setting “Audio Level” (p. 16).
0–127
PAD1–8
Name Shows the audio les that are assigned to the pads.
Loop
Turns loop playback on/o.
OFF, ON
Start
Species the start position for loop playback.
0–(available position range)
End
Species the end position for loop playback.
(available position range)–end
NOTE
Loop settings can’t be made for an MP3 le. If you want to make loop settings, use
your computer to convert the le to a WAV or AIFF le before you import it.
8.
Press the [ENTER] button.
The audio les in the selected folder are automatically assigned to the pads in
descending order. For example if you choose the SONG1 folder, the les are
assigned as shown in the illustration.
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The les inside the folder are shown in alpha-numeric order, and the rst eight
les are assigned.
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9.
Press one of the Pad [1]–[8].
The pad you pressed blinks, and the assigned audio le plays.
Press the pad once again to stop playback (the pad is lit).
Audio Player Operations
Action Operation/Explanation
Play back Press one of the Pad [1]–[8].
Stop
Press a currently-playing pad.
To resume playback from the location at which you stopped, hold
down the [AUDIO] button and press the same pad.
Move to the beginning Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press Pad [1].
Rewind Hold down the [SHIFT] button and hold down Pad [2].
Fast-forward Hold down the [SHIFT] button and hold down Pad [3].
Loop settings (*1)
Press the [LOOP] button.
Looping is enabled for the currently selected pad.
The [LOOP] button lights.
Loop a region of the
le
Setting the Start point:
While the le plays, hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the
[LOOP] button.
Setting the End point:
Once again, hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [LOOP]
button.
Audio le
Start point
End point
Loop region
When the End Point is set, playback repeats over the Start–End region
that you specied.
If a le with a specied loop region is played from the beginning,
it will play until the End point and then start looping over the loop
region.
* If, after specifying the loop region, you want to change the setting
so that the entire le loops, hold down the [LOOP] button and
press the pad whose setting you want to change.
Adjusting the Start
point or End point (*1)
Move the cursor to “Start” or “End,” and use the value dial to change
the setting.
Playing the next pad
To switch immediately:
Press one of the Pad [1]–[8].
To switch after playback has ended:
Hold down the currently-playing pad, and press the pad that you
want to play next.
Adjusting the volume
of the Audio Player
Move the [PHRASE PAD] LEVEL slider.
*1: Loop settings for each audio le are automatically saved in the SONG LIST folder. If you
move an audio le to a dierent folder, the loop settings will be preserved by moving the
settings le (.bin) as well.
SONG LIST folder
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SONG1
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001.mp3
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SONG2