Fostex MR-8HD owner manual Tempo Tempo setting, Rhythm Guide On/off selection of the rhythm guide

MR-8HD Owner’s Manual (Rhythm guide function)

3)Rotate the [MENU/ENTER] knob to select the desired item, and press the [MENU/ENTER] knob.

The current setting of the selected item starts flashing. On the screen examples below, the "Rhythm Guide" item is highlighted (see the upper screen) and the [MENU/ENTER] knob is pressed (see the lower screen).

4.Tempo: Tempo setting

The default is "120bpm". You can select between 30 and 250 bpm. The setting here is effective from the beginning to the end of the song when the "Conductor Map" item is set to "Off" (i.e. the same tempo all through the song).

When the "Conductor Map" item is set to "On", the setting here is ineffective. See the table on the below for details.

4)Rotate the [MENU/ENTER] knob to select the desired option, and press the [MENU/ENTER] knob.

The selected option (in the example above, "On" or "Off") is confirmed and the display returns to the previous screen.

You can make setting for each item similarly.

The rhythm guide setting screen has the following items.

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1.Rhythm Guide: On/off selection of the rhythm guide

The setting you make here is reflected to the [RHYTHM GUIDE] key (the key is lit when ON, while it is unlit when OFF). Conversely, when you turn on or off the rhythm guide using the [RHYTHM GUIDE] key, the status is reflected to this screen. See the table on the right for details.

2.Conductor Map: On/off selection of the conductor map

This item enables or disables the conductor map (see "Conductor map" described later).

The default is "Off". See the table on the right for details.

3.Signature: Time signature setting

The default is "4/4". You can select from among 1/4 through 5/4 and 1/8 through 8/8.

The setting here is effective from the beginning to the end of the song when the "Conductor Map" item is set to "Off" (i.e. the same time signature all through the song). When the "Conductor Map" item is set to "On", the setting here is ineffective. See the table on the right for details.

5.Int ClickLevel: Internal click output level

The default is "80". You can set it between 0 and 99.

To exit the menu mode, press the [STOP] key, or se- lect "<< Back" and press the [MENU/ENTER] knob repeatedly.

The table below shows how the "Rhythm Guide" and "Conductor Map" item settings affect the conditions of rhythm guide output and bar/beat indication.

On/off conditions	Rhythm guide	Bar/beat
		indication
Rhythm Guide: Off		The "Signature"
	No output	and "Tempo"
		item settings are
Conductor Map: Off
		effective.
Rhythm Guide: Off		The conductor
	No output
		map is effective.
Conductor Map: On
Rhythm Guide: On	Output:
	The tempo and	The "Signature"
Conductor Map: Off	time signature	and "Tempo"
	setting on this	item settings are
	screen is effec-	effective.
	tive.
Rhythm Guide: On	Output:
	The conductor	The conductor
Conductor Map: On	map setting is	map is effective.
	effective.

<Note>: When “Conductor Map” is set to “On”, the “Signature” and “Tempo” fields show “- - -” as below. This indicates that the signature and tempo values set on this screen are ineffective, while the conductor map setting is effective.

See the next page for details about how to set the conductor map.

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