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2 – Advanced techniques
Setting the repeat interval
You can set the time between repeats up to 9.9 seconds.
Press and hold the SHIFT key, and press the INTERVAL key. The screen shows:
Use the DATA dial to set the repeat interval from 0.5 seconds to 9.9 seconds in 0.1 second steps.
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This repeat interval allows you to reposition your hands for a guitar lick, take a breath for a vocal phrase, etc., when you are rehearsing.
Press NO/EXIT to exit the interval setting mode.
Working in bars & beats
Besides working in minutes and seconds (as explained in detail in “Direct location” on page 29), the unit can work in musical bars and beats. This is especially useful when working with external MIDI devices (see “Working with MIDI” on page 37).
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“Bars” are also sometimes referred to as “measures”.
Tempo setting
For the bars/beats function to be useful, you must set up a tempo and time signature. These allow the unit to calculate where the bar and beat divisions fall, based on the tempo of your song.
1.With playback stopped, press MENU and select the MIDImenu.
2.Select the TEMPO/T.SIG(tempo and time signature) action and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER key:
3.There are two parameters here, the tempo and the time signature. Use the cursor and DATA dial to set these.
The tempo is measured in beats per minute (bpm) and can be set from 20 to 250.
The time signature can be set with the number of beats to the bar (1 through 12) and the number of beats per whole note (1, 2, 4, or 8).
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Most rock and pop music is in 4/4 (with a few famous exceptions). Some country and folk songs, as well as waltzes, are in 3/4.
Selecting the time mode
Once the time signature and tempo are set, the unit can map the bar and beat divisions to the time.
To display bars and beats: On the “home” screen, move the cursor to the ABSfield:
Turn the DATA dial clockwise. ABSchanges to BARand the current position in bars and beats is shown, with the tempo shown on the right of the screen:
With the cursor at BAR, turn the DATA dial counterclockwise to return to the
Location is performed in the same way as described in “Location” on page 29, except that there are only two fields now, bars and beats.
Track editing is also performed in the same way as described in “About track editing” on page 47, but because the editing points are now set to a bars and
Location mark and Point editing Even when the screen shows positions in bars and beats, location points are edited in minutes and seconds (“To edit a location mark” on page 29 and “IN, OUT and TO marks” on page 48 ), except that the bars and beats equivalent is also shown.
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