Chapter 9 Use with MIDI Devices
Delaying Sync Track and Tempo Map Start Times
Usually, a sync track or tempo map is created with “00h00m00s00f00” as the beginning of the song. However, recording usually doesn’t actually start from “00h00m00s00f00.” In this kind of situation, you can determine how much later recording begins after the start of the song. This time is referred to as offset. For example, if you want recording to begin ten sec- onds after the start of the song (with time to spare), set the offset time to “00h00m10s00f00.”
*During recording or playback, when the beginning of a sync track or tempo map is reached, the start message is sent from the MIDI OUT connector. This is convenient when you wish to synchronize operation with an external MIDI sequencer.
1.Press [SYSTEM] several times until “SYS Sync/Tempo?” appears in the display.
2.Press [YES].
3.Press PARAMETER [ 
] several times until “SYS Ofs=” appears in the display.
4.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Ofs (Offset)
Specify the time at which the sync track/tempo map will begin.
Using [NUMERICS]
[NUMERICS] allows you to use the ten LOCA- TOR buttons as numeric keys to input numbers directly. Refer to “Directly Inputting Numeric Characters” (p. 153).
5.Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)]. Return to Play condition.
Use with a MIDI Controller
The
Switching Track Status
Switching Track Status
You can use MIDI control change messages to switch the status of each track (track status). MIDI channels
Depending on the value of controller number 3, the track status changes as shown below.
When stopped
VALUE |
STATUS MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
→OFF → PLAY → REC → SOURCE
PLAY | PLAY | PLAY | PLAY | ||||
→ | MUTE | → | PLAY | → | REC | → | SOURCE |
REC | REC | REC | REC | ||||
→ | MUTE | → | PLAY | → | REC | → | SOURCE |
SOURCE | SOURCE | SOURCE | SOURCE | ||||
→ | MUTE | → | PLAY | → | REC | → | SOURCE |
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During playback or recording
VALUE | ||||
STATUS | – (*1) | MUTE | – (*1) | – (*1) |
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| PLAY | PLAY | – (*1) | – (*1) |
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| – (*1) | – (*1) | REC | REC |
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| SOURCE | – (*1) | SOURCE | SOURCE |
| → MUTE |
| → REC (*2) | → SOURCE |
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(*1) Ignored.
(*2) Cannot be switched while recording. Also, “SOURCE” here indicates “the status in which the track indicator blinks alternately red and orange,” and is valid only when Record Monitor is set to “AUTO” (p. 168).
