� Turn the PATCH/VALUE dial to the desired value. � When you’re finished, press EXIT.
The lights on the TAP TEMPO button and TEMPO pedal flash in different colors along with the patch tempo, with red indicating the first beat—or “downbeat”—of each measure, and green indicating all other beats.
Tap Tempo
An alternate way to set the patch tempo is by repeatedly pressing—or “tapping”—the TAP TEMPO button or TEMPO pedal. This allows you to easily set the tempo by tapping a beat with your finger or foot. The patch tempo is determined by the interval between the taps.
Tap the TAP TEMPO button... | ...or the TEMPO pedal. |
The RC-50’s TEMPO pedal—and the UNDO/REDO pedal as well—can be reassigned to control alternate patch functions (see Pages 70-71 in the RC-50 Owner’s Manual). If the TEMPO pedal has been reassigned, it can’t be used to set the tempo.
Adjusting Guide Parameters
� Press GUIDE SELECT.
� Use the PARAMETER buttons to display the desired guide parameter.
� Turn the PATCH/VALUE dial to choose the desired setting.
� Repeat Steps 2-3 to adjust other guide parameters. 5� Press EXIT when you’re done.
Guide Parameters
Here’s an overview of the guide parameters.
•Guide:Pattern—Select the desired guide pattern here. The available patterns vary depending on the Guide:Beat (time signature) setting. For a list of all available patterns, see Page 41 in the RC-50 Owner’s Manual.
You can audition the various patterns from the Guide:Pattern screen by turning the guide level up, starting the guide sound with the GUIDE START/STOP button, and selecting patterns with the PATCH/VALUE dial.
•Guide:Beat—Set the patch’s time signature here. 4/4 is the default, and there are 16 other time signatures available.
After you record a phrase, the RC-50 assigns it a tempo value called its “original tempo.” The Guide:Beat setting has an effect on how the RC-50 determines a phrase’s original tempo, even if the guide is set to OFF. To learn more about the RC-50’s tempo functions, see the RC-50 Workshop booklet Tempos and Tempo Sync.
The Guide:Beat (time signature) setting can’t be changed once audio’s been recorded into any of a patch’s phrases. To change the time signature, clear all the patch’s phrases or initialize the patch.
•Guide:Rec Count—When Guide:Rec Count is set to 1MEAS, a one- measure count-in plays prior to recording when phrase recording is started with the REC/PLAY/OVERDUB pedal. (The OFF setting disables the count-in.) The count-in level is determined by the GUIDE LEVEL knob.
No count-in plays when the RC-50 is started via a MIDI clock command from an external MIDI device, even if Guide:Rec Count is set to 1MEAS.
