SETUP mode (VF80EX)

Setting a Tempo [“Tempo Set”]

Using the "Tempo Set" menu item, you can manage the tempo in a song. You can not only specify the tempo at the beginning of a song, but also change the tempo at desired points within a song by inserting "tempo events". For example, you can start a song by 120 bpm and change to 150 bpm from the third beat of bar 12. A "tempo map" can be created by making time signature setting (described above) and tempo setting. Accord- ing to a tempo map, the VF80EX can manage a song by BAR/BEAT/CLK time base, as well as can use the metronome function. Also, when the VF80EX feeds MIDI clock and song position pointer to an external se- quencer, the time signature and tempo setting must be made.

<Note>

The tempo set figure setup here is an approximate figure and thus not accurate. Therefore, although the tempo map be matched with a personal computer, they will gradually drift apart. In order to prevent this drift, the personal computer side can be set to either MIDI clock sync or, the MIDI sync output signal temporarily set to “MIDI Clock” the figure reset to make it possible for the computer to read the accurate tempo, and the return it again to MTC sync.

• Default setting:

bar 001, beat 1:120

Selectable bar numbers:according to the time signature setting

Available beat numbers: according to the time signature setting

Available tempo:

 

=30~250, or "DEL" ("DEL" is used for

 

 

 

deleting a tempo.)

Maximum setting points : 64

*The setting is applicable program by program.

*You can save the setting as a part of the song data.

*The setting remains effective even after you power off and then on.

1Select a program to which to you want to set the tempo.

2On the Select Menu screen of the SETUP mode, se- lect "Tempo Set" and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The display shows the primary "Tempo Set" screen. By default, the screen is as shown below, on which the initial tempo at "bar 001, beat 1" is set to "120".

You can set a different tempo from a desired musical point by selecting "Insert New Event" using the [JOG] dial.

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Changing the tempo in the middle of a song

1On the primary "Tempo Set" screen, highlight "Insert New Event" and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

2Use the [JOG] dial to select the desired bar number from which the new tempo setting is effective, and

press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The bar number is set and the beat field (on the left of the first "") starts flashing. The available bar number depends on the time signature setting described ear- lier.

3Use the [JOG] dial to select the desired beat number from which the new tempo setting is effective, and

press the [ENTER/YES] key.

The beat number is set and the tempo field (on the right of "=") starts flashing. The available beat num- ber depends on the time signature setting described earlier.

4Use the [JOG] dial to select the desired tempo in BPM, and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

You can enter a desired value between 30 and 250. Pressing the [ENTER/YES] key fixes the entered value and the display returns to the primary Tempo Set screen.

5To insert another tempo event, repeat steps 1 through 4.

6When completing time signature setting, press the [EXIT/NO] key (or the [STOP] key) repeatedly until the

VF80EX exits the SETUP mode.

Let's explain how to make tempo setting for the music example shown below, which has two time signature events; "001BAR 4/4 " and "005BAR 3/4 ".

4 4

On the screen, "Insert New Event" is replaced with the new tempo setting event. In the bar field of this event, the next bar number to the one on the previous event flashes, while the same tempo as the previous event is shown. If you carry out the above operation from the default condition, "002BAR1 =120" is shown.

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Tempo = 120Tempo = 90

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Tempo = 60

Tempo = 120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tempo Map

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time signature setting

Tempo setting

001 BAR 4/4

 

001 BAR 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= 120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

003 BAR 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= 90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

005 BAR 3/4

 

 

005 BAR 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= 60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

007 BAR 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

= 120

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fostex VF80EX owner manual Setting a Tempo Tempo Set, To insert another tempo event, repeat steps 1 through

VF80EX specifications

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