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Jun 28, 2009 1:27 PM

Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Hello

I am getting to know my JM4, Lets say a I Pre record a Loop with my JM4 Prior to my performance,

First question, Where do I store the loop? and How do I retrieve it? I may want to use more than one during a performance.

Second question Say  I play a fairly clean and dry tone for the Loop, But I want a dirty tone for my lead, Can I assign

that patch or Amp model to the footswitch? so I don't have to bend down and turn the knob, How do I assign My Favorite

tones to the far right footswitch?  Next Level Control I notice there are a Two Channels out, Can I send Rhtyhm ( my Loop) to one channes say right,

and my Lead to another say left so the Board can control my volume of each channel or does my Mix go out just in one channel? I hope some one

can answer these questions, Regardless this is a great machine I love it so far,

Troy

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1. Jun 29, 2009 1:43 AM in response to: Troy1g
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

I am getting to know my JM4, Lets say a I Pre record a Loop with my JM4 Prior to my performance,

First question, Where do I store the loop? and How do I retrieve it? I may want to use more than one during a performance.

 

The loop is stored in internal memory. You have about 24 minutes of recording time which increases to about 30 minutes if you delete the Demo songs.

 

You can back up your recordings to SD card but you can't stream directly from the card, you have to reload the songs into memory. It takes a minute or so to reload the contents of an SD card into internal memory depending on the speed of your SD card. Faster SD card cost a little more than regular ones but don't be tempted to go for one over 2Gig as it won't work. A 2Gig card will hold many hours of songs.

 

Second question Say  I play a fairly clean and dry tone for the Loop, But I want a dirty tone for my lead, Can I assign

that patch or Amp model to the footswitch? so I don't have to bend down and turn the knob, How do I assign My Favorite

tones to the far right footswitch? 

 

You don't say which footswitch you have?

What you have to do is save your tones as a custom presets. You can access custom tones from the footswiches on an FBV Express (only four at a time) or FBV Shortboard (all)

 

Next Level Control I notice there are a Two Channels out, Can I send Rhtyhm ( my Loop) to one channes say right,

and my Lead to another say left so the Board can control my volume of each channel or does my Mix go out just in one channel?

 

 

The JM4 only works in MONO so both channels have the same signal.

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2. Jun 29, 2009 6:47 AM in response to: joegillespie
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Ok

Thanks for taking the time to reply,

A little more basic, The four footswitches on m JM4 l think the far right one can be assigned to a guitar tone?

Again If I want to swith between Guitar Tones, how do I do that on the fly,

Thanks so much!

Troy

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3. Jun 29, 2009 11:29 AM in response to: Troy1g
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

The far right switch allows you to toggle the footswitch assignments to different modes of function.

 

1. Loop FX Mode

2. Record Select Mode

3. Guitar Preset Mode (this assigns A & B to go up/down between Preset Tones)

4. Guitar Amp/FX Mode

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4. Jul 2, 2009 6:41 AM in response to: Line6Perry
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Hello

Still a little unclear, Say I have a recorded loop I like,

I want to jam to it,  But I want to Switch between Pre-sets, Say Green Twang to Blues Red, on the fly,

Is there a way for the Floor Switch to do this? Or do I have to bend down and turn the amp dial.

Thanks again

Troy

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5. Jul 2, 2009 9:24 AM in response to: Troy1g
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Troy,

 

Using the info that Perry provided above, you will need to press the far right footswitch until it displays Guitar Preset Mode, in which the A & b buttons allow you to navigate up and down the preset you have stored.

 

So, save the presets you want to use next to each other, go into Guitar Preset Mode, and use the A and B buttons to select the next patch.

 

Regards,

 

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6. Jul 3, 2009 8:26 AM in response to: Line6Hugo
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Hey

Thanks so much for your help.

OK almost there, I see how we can scroll while my loop is playing and change Pre-sets.

You say to save my favorite  side by side, We have the pre-sets with given names, Such as Sultans of Swing,

But We also have presets Named by Style and level and Color, Can I save save Metal Red? to  The

A or B switch? either way can you walk me through how to save two different Pre-sets side by side ?

Thanks to you guys for the help I am a neewbie at this,

Troy

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7. Jul 6, 2009 9:21 AM in response to: Troy1g
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Troy,

 

You can only bank up and down through the USER presets on the JM4 looper. I pulled this directly from the manual:

 

You can store your current settings to one of the 36 User preset locations as follows:

Press the • Save button.

Turn the • Select knob to highlight Save Guitar Tone.

Press • Right on the 4-way button. If you’ve modified a User preset, you’ll be taken to that User preset location. If you’ve modified any other preset, you’ll go to User preset location 1A.

Turn the • Select knob to select the User preset location you want to store to.

Press • Right on the 4-way button.

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If you want to rename the new preset, use • Left/Right on the 4-way button to pick a character and the Select knob to change that character.

Press • Down on the 4-way button to save, or press the Song, Level, or Tone buttons to cancel.

The settings of all the knobs in the amp/effects control panel will be saved, as well • as the current tapped delay tempo.

 

This was in page 3.2 and 3.3 of the JM4 Looper's manual. Please go over the manual to get further acquainted with the features of the pedal.

 

Regards,

 

Line6Hugo

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8. Jul 6, 2009 12:11 PM in response to: Line6Hugo
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Hello

Thanks again! yes I have been going over the manual pretty diligently.

Sounds Like your saying a Song setting would be more usefull, Rather

than a user setting, I will give it a try. I really appreciate your help, I am still a little confused

as to the Knob that controls presets for example Metal Red, are these the same as we find in Artist or Style presets?

Say I have an Artist pre-set, Then I turn that know to Blues Green. Does it cancell out the artist pre-set, or does it color

That one too?

Big thanks as usual

Troy

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9. Jul 7, 2009 8:13 AM in response to: Troy1g
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Troy,

 

Try saving a preset like it is described in my post above. It will take a snapshot of your knob settings for the amp model, drive, EQ, volume, and the effects you choose and save them in a USER preset location that you choose.

 

Create a preset, save it, and look for it in the USER location. It is the only location you can save your presets to. All of the other presets (song, artist, etc.) are made up of different combinations of the same knob settings, but when you save a preset, it will ONLY be saved in the USER banks.

 

Regards,

 

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10. Nov 1, 2009 9:03 AM in response to: Line6Hugo
Re: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Hello

Still haging in there hoping to bring this to open mic,

Another area where I am still unclear are the Artist pre-sets bulit from the amp modles that are listed on the dial Clean Crunch and so on,?

or are they there own creations?

Getting there

Thank

Troy

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11. Nov 2, 2009 11:36 AM in response to: Troy1g
RE: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Troy,

 

  The Artist presets are sounds that are made up of the amp models and effects that are built into the JM4 Looper and dialed in by the artists themselves.

 

  Regards,

 

  Line6Hugo

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12. Nov 6, 2009 9:11 AM in response to: Troy1g
RE: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Hello,

 

  It's been a few days since we've heard from you. We're going to assume your question has been answered and close this thread. If you still have questions please feel free to open a new question with us and we will answer your questions accordingly. Thanks!

 

  Regards,

 

  Line6Hugo

 

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13. Nov 6, 2009 2:24 PM in response to: Line6Hugo
Re: RE: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic,

Thanks

for all your responses To my questions. I wonder if there is a blog or more online communties

of artists that are actively using the JM4 looper live. I have yet to use mine live yet But still intend to bring it to our open mic. shared Live expierence would be helpful.

Troy

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14. Jan 10, 2010 8:56 AM in response to: Troy1g
Re: RE: Jaming to a pre-recorde loop at open mic, NEW QUESTION

Actually this is a new post,.

I still have not played live with this yet.

At anyrate my question today is, When I just use the Amp Model Dail, Why does my screen flash to the artist or pre-set tone,

Rather than just staying on say " Blues Red"

Thanks to all

Troy

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