Setting the tempo – Akai MPC 2000xl User Manual

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Chapter 5: Song Mode

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Setting the Tempo

This sets the tempo of the song.

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Song:01-Song01

Now:001.01.00

INSERT

CONVRT DELETE

TEMPO:

MAS

™:120.0

LOOP:OFF

Step

Sequence

Reps

01-Sequence01

02-Sequence02

•

TEMPO:

This sets the sequence to either be played in the tempo it was recorded in or the Master
tempo.
Move the cursor to the

TEMPO:

field and set the tempo source by rotating the DATA

wheel.

SEQ

The song will be played at the tempo specified in the sequence. In this
case it is not necessary to change the tempo in the

field.

MAS

All the sequences in the song will be played at the Master tempo specified
in the

field.

•

Set the tempo of the song, if

MAS

is selected in the

TEMPO:

field.

Move the cursor to the

field and set the tempo by rotating the DATA wheel.

Enter 4 digits if you are using the numeric pad to enter. For example, to set the value to
120.5, enter “1205” and press ENTER. To set the value to 88.5, enter “885” and press
ENTER.
When

SEQ

is selected in the

TEMPO:

field, you can not change the tempo. The current

tempo of the sequence is displayed in this field.

To open the Tempo Change window, select the

TEMPO:

field and press the OPEN WIN-

DOW key.

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Tempo change

Ignore tempo change events

in sequence:

Specify whether the tempo change recorded within the sequence should be ignored.
If

is selected, the tempo change in the sequence will be ignored. If

OFF

is selected, the

tempo change in the sequence becomes valid and the tempo of the song will change according to
the data.