Yamaha AW 16G Creating a tempo map

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Creating a tempo map

The “tempo map” contains data to change the tempo or

time signature at the beginning of the song or at any

measure or beat within the song. The measure/beat dis-

play counter, the Quick Loop Sampler, the internal met-

ronome, and the MIDI clock data generated within the

AW16G are all based on this tempo map.

The AW16G’s tempo map can also record data to switch

scenes (→ p. 73) or Pad sample banks (→ p. 107). You

can use this to switch scenes as the song progresses, or to

switch the sounds that are played by the Quick Loop

Sampler.

Tip!

•The Start point of the song corresponds to the starting

location of the tempo map.

•The data (“tempo map events”) recorded in the tempo

map will continue to apply until the location at which

the next event of the same type has been input.

Note

If you modify the tempo map after recording on an audio

track, the measure/beat counter display values will be

affected. For this reason if you want to use MIDI clock to

synchronize with an external MIDI device, or if you want

to control the song in measure units, you should create

the tempo map before you record. If you modify the

tempo map after a track has already been recorded, a

popup window will ask you for conﬁrmation.

■Editing a tempo map event

When you create a new song, the following tempo map

event will be input at the beginning of the tempo map

(the ﬁrst beat of the ﬁrst measure).

•Time signature: 4/4

•Tempo: 120.0

•Pad sample bank: Pad 1=A, Pad 2=A,

Pad 3=A, Pad 4=A

• Scene number: not assigned

Here’s how to edit the values of this tempo map event.

1In the Work Navigate section, press the

[SONG] key.

The SONG screen will appear.

2Repeatedly press the [SONG] key or hold

down the [SONG] key and use the CURSOR

[ ]/[ ] keys to access the TEMPO page.

In this page you can input or edit tempo map events

for the current song.

This page contains the following items.

1List

This area lists the tempo map events that have been

input for the current song. The line enclosed by a

dotted frame is the currently selected tempo map

event.

BLOCATE button

By moving the cursor to this button and pressing the

[ENTER] key, you can move the song to the location

of the tempo map event currently selected in the

list.

CDELETE button

To delete the tempo map event currently selected in

the list, move the cursor to this button and press the

[ENTER] key.

DINSERT button

To insert a blank event at the step preceding the

tempo map event currently selected in the list,

move the cursor to this button and press the

[ENTER] key.

ENEW button

To create an event at the beginning of the measure

following the last step, move the cursor to this but-

ton and press the [ENTER] key.

FSTEP

Indicates the step number of the tempo map event.

GMEAS

Indicates the location (measure/beat) at which the

tempo map event is input.

HMETER

ITEMPO

JPAD BANK 1–4

KSCENE

These ﬁelds show the time signature, tempo, pad

sample bank, and scene number of each tempo

map event.

5 1

2 6 7 8 9 K