8–Miscellaneous Functions

When the metronome is operating, you can adjust the LEVEL, but other items on the METRONOME screen cannot be changed.

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You can use the metronome like a click track to help keep time when recording the first tracks (rhythm guitar, bass, etc.) in a song.

If you want to use the metronome when practicing, you can either turn the MASTER LEVEL knob all the way down during playback or play a song that does not have any recordings.

4Turn the DATA wheel to select TUNERand press the F4 (¥) key to open the TUNERscreen.

The value of the Calibration item (standard frequency) is selected.

Tuner

Use the built-in guitar/bass tuner to tune your instruments.

1Connect a guitar or bass to INPUT A. INPUT B cannot be used for tuning.

2On the INPUT SETTINGscreen, set the INPUT A input source to GUITAR/LINE (see “Selecting the input source” on page 54).

3When the transport is stopped and the Home Screen is open, press MENU to open the MENUscreen.

5Turn the DATA wheel to set the standard frequency of the A note between 435 and 445 Hz. The default setting is 440 Hz.

6Play a guitar or bass string. The pitch name closest to the string appears above the meters. Tune the string roughly until the sound name that you want appears. Then, fine tune the string until the rectangle at the middle of the meter darkens, showing that the string is in tune. If the pitch is too low, a bar extends to the left of the middle and if it is too high it extends to the right. The longer the bar is the more out of tune the string is. For example, in the following screen, the desired tuning is D but the string pitch is too low.

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