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4. Setting the tempo of a song

By selecting one of the three options for “TempoSource”you can either play an entire song at the same tempo, change the tempo during the song, or synchronize it with an external MIDI device.

•Manual tempo: The entire song is played at one tempo.

•Tempo map: Tempo changes can be programmed throughout the song.

•Tempo track: MIDI Clock or tap tempo will control the tempo.

Tempo map “001” specifies the tempo at the beginning of the song, and tempo maps “002”–“200” can be used to change the tempo at subsequent measures.

•Select the “Edit” button, and access the “Select TempoMap001 Param” dialog box.

Manual tempo

The settings you specify for “Tempo” (tempo), “Beat” (time signature), and “SelRhythm” (rhythm pattern) will be used, and will not change during the song.

1To select the Manual settings as the tempo source:

•Access the [RHYTHM] “SetUp” tab page.

•Select “TempoSource,” and turn the [VALUE] dial to choose “Manual.”

For more about “Tempo,” “Beat,” and “SelRhythm,” refer to “1. Selecting and playing a rhythm” (→ p.48).

Tempo map

Tempo maps let you change the tempo, time signature, or rhythm pattern at the various specified measures. By using tempo maps to change rhythm patterns, you can create a drum track for the entire song, including an intro, breaks, fill-ins, and an ending.

1Using Tempo Map as the tempo source.

• Access the [RHYTHM] “SetUp” tab page.

•Select “TempoSource,” and turn the [VALUE] dial to choose “TempoMap.”

2Specify tempo map “001” at the beginning of the song.

• Access the [RHYTHM] “TmpMap” tab page.

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•Select “TempoMap,” and turn the [VALUE] dial to choose tempo map “001.”

•Specify the tempo in “Tempo,” the time signature in “Beat,” and the rhythm pattern in “Rhythm.”

•Use the ending measure of “Meas” to specify the number of measures that tempo “001” will continue.

The starting measure of tempo map “001” cannot be changed from measure “001.”

•When you have finished making settings, press the [YES/OK] key.

3Create a new tempo map to change the tempo, time sig- nature, and rhythm pattern during the song.

•Select the “New” button and press the [ENTER] key. The display will read “Select TempoMap002 Param.”

•Specify the“Tempo,” “Beat,” and “Rhythm” settings that you want to use for this new tempo map.

•Use “Meas” to specify the starting measure and end- ing measure at which tempo map “002” will be inserted.

•Press the [YES/OK] key to add the tempo map. When you add a tempo map, any subsequent tempo maps will be renumbered upward, so that they are always numbered consecutively from the beginning of the song to the end of the song.

•By adding tempo maps, you can create drum pat- terns for an entire song, including an intro, breaks, fill-ins, and an ending.

4Listen to the tempo maps you created.

In the [RHYTHM] “SetUp” tab page, set “Tempo- Source” to “TempoMap.” In the [RHYTHM] tab page, set “Rhythm:On.”

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