Tascam 2488MKII - Manual (Page 88)

TASCAM 2488MKII
12 − Tempo and MIDI
Time signature setting
You must set the time signature setting for a song to dis-
play 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.
1 Select 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 signa-
ture setting.
If the time signature in a song never changes, only
one line appears.
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.
1 From 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.
2 Use the cursor keys to navigate around the screen,
and the dial to change values.
3 Use the INSERT key to add a new line (tempo change)
to the map, and the DELETE key to delete lines.
Setting the tempo
2 Set the tempo with the TEMPO item between 20 and
250 BPM.
3 Set 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).
In REC mode or REC&PLAY mode
During recording in REC mode, or during recording or
playback in REC&PLAY mode, a click is output accord-
ing 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.
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