Basic Operations — Organizing Your Data

Tap Tempo

This useful feature lets you tap out the tempo for a song or an accompaniment style. Simply tap the [TAP TEMPO] button at the desired speed, and the tempo of the song or the accompaniment style changes to match your tapping.

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(page 59, 76).

 

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Tap the [TAP TEMPO] button twice to change the tempo.

Tempo Indications — MAIN Display

There are three different tempo indications in the Main display, as shown below.

Indicates the default (initial) tempo setting for the currently selected song.

Indicates the current tempo for the selected song, accompaniment style or the metronome which is now playing back. When nothing is playing back (stopped), this indicates the tempo for the selected style. When the song and style are played back simultaneously, the tempo of the style is automatically changed to match the tempo of the song, and is displayed here. This tempo is used for recording when recording a song or accompaniment style.

Indicates the default (initial) tempo setting for the currently selected accompaniment style.

Hitting the [TAP TEMPO] button produces a tapping sound. You can change this sound, if desired (page 149).

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You can also use Tap Tempo to automatically start the song or accompaniment style at the desired tempo. While both the song and accompaniment style are stopped, tap the [TAP TEMPO] button several times, and the selected accompaniment style starts automatically at the tempo you tapped. While a song is set to Sync. Start stand-by (page 60, 76), tapping the [TAP TEMPO] button starts the song playback in the same manner. For songs and styles in 2/4 and 4/4 time, tap four times; for 3/4 time, tap three times; for 5/4 time, tap five times.

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