Synchronization with MIDI Equipment

3Press ENTER.

The tempo map setting display appears.

0 1 :

- - - -

 

 

- - -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tempo

Tempo change position

Tempo map number (blinking)

Note

If you do not want to change the tempo information, leave the tempo information numbers blank.

4Press ENTER again.

The indication for the tempo change position starts blinking.

Tempo map 1 can only be set to the first bar.

5Turn the jog dial to display 0001.

The units in the display represent bars.

If you hold down SHIFT while turning the jog dial you can specify the tempo change position in 16th note units within the respective bar.

0 1 : 0 0 0 1 1 2 0

Blinking

Note

If you do not want to change the tempo information, leave the tempo information numbers blank.

6Press ENTER.

The indication for the tempo starts to blink.

7Turn the jog dial to display 120.

0 1 : 0 0 0 1 1 2 0

Blinking

8Press ENTER.

The time setting display appears.

9Use the jog dial and ENTER to display 04/04.

11 Turn the jog dial to display 02.

0 2 : - - - -

 

- - -

 

12 Repeat steps 3~9 to create the new tempo map. When the tempo map is complete, the settings are displayed in order automatically starting from the first tempo change position.

To complete construction of the tempo map

Press EXIT repeatedly until the EDIT display disappears from the display.

Notes

The time setting is only possible at the beginning of each bar.

You can assign up to 50 tempo maps to each song. The tempo information can be stored on the disc, but since there is a limited amount of memory on each disc it may not be possible to store 50 tempo maps for each song if there are several songs on a disc. In this case “Tempo Full” will appear in the display when you select the tempo map number.

Due to the nature of the MD system, MIDI clock information cannot be output and tempo information cannot be stored when using standard music MD discs.

Deleting a tempo map

Use the following operations to delete tempo maps which are no longer necessary. The tempo map numbers located after the tempo map which was deleted are brought forward automatically.

EXAMPLE: Erasing tempo map 5.

1Press EDIT.

[EDIT] appears in the display.

2Turn the jog dial so that “Song Tempo” appears in the display.

The name of the edit function starts blinking in the display.

3Press ENTER.

The tempo map setting display appears.

4Turn the jog dial to display tempo map 05.

0 1 : 0 4 / 0 4

0 5 : 0 0 1 8 1 0 0

10 Press ENTER again when finished. The tempo map number blinks.

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Sony MDM-X4 0 0 0 1 1 2, 0 4 / 0 0 0 1 8 1 0, 54EN, Deleting a tempo map, To complete construction of the tempo map

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