12 − Tempo and MIDI

2Set the tempo with the TEMPO item between 20 and 250 BPM.
3Set the time signature with the TIME SIG. item.

NOTE

The FREE METRONOME screen does not appear if the metronome mode is set to anything other than FREE or if the SMF player is ON (see "SMF playback" on page 90).

ªIn REC mode or REC&PLAY mode

During recording in REC mode, or during recording or playback in REC&PLAY mode, a click is output according to the tempo and time signature set on the TEMPO MAP screen or based on an SMF. During click output, the CLICK indicator flashes red on the first beat (accent) of each bar, and flashes green on the other beats.

When there is no click output, the CLICK indicator lights orange.

Tempo map

Creation of a tempo map is necessary to change tempo or time signature in the middle of a song.

NOTE

Set the metronome to any mode other than FREE and turn the SMF player OFF when using a tempo map.

Setting the tempo

1From the SYNC/MIDI menu item, select TEMPO MAP and press YES/ENTER.

The TEMPO MAP screen will open. This screen shows a list of tempo change points in the song.

The first line shows the tempo at the start of the song.

The second and following lines show each tempo change in the song, with the change point (bar and beat) and the new tempo. These settings can be changed.

If the tempo of a song never changes, there will only be one line.

At the bottom of the screen, the time signature of the line currently selected by the cursor is shown (please see the next section, “Time signature” for details about how to set this).

You can input up to 9999 tempo changes in one song. Tempos can be set between 20.0 and 250.0 beats per minute.

2Use the cursor keys to navigate around the screen, and the dial to change values.

3Use the INSERT key to add a new line (tempo change) to the map, and the DELETE key to delete lines.

Time signature setting

You must set the time signature setting for a song to display bars and beats accurately during playback.

Music in the 4/4 time signature is common worldwide, but music in triple meter (e.g. 3/4), duple meter (e.g. 2/4), and odd-meters (e.g. 5/4) are also frequent. Time signatures may even change in the middle of a piece of music.

The 2488MKII can display bars and beats for all of these types of music.

The setting procedures are explained below. Adding time signature changes works the same way as adding changes in the tempo map.

1Select TIME SIGNATURE from the SYNC/MIDI menu and press the YES/ENTER key to open the

TIME SIGNATURE screen. This screen shows time signature changes in the song as a list.

The first line is the time signature setting at the start of the song.

The following lines show time signature changes, with the point of change (bar) and new time signature setting.

If the time signature in a song never changes, only one line appears.

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