Adjusting the tempo, What’s bpm – Roland SP-404SX User Manual

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3. Press.a.pad,.and.the.pattern.will.play .

The pad will change from blinking to lit, and the

pattern will begin playing .

4. Press.another.pad.to.reserve.the.next.pattern .

If you press another pad while a pattern is playing,

the pattern to play next will be reserved, and that

pad will blink . When the currently playing pattern has

fi nished playing, the reserved pattern will play .

If you hold down the [SUB PAD] pad and press a pad,

the pattern will change immediately .

5. Press.the.currently.playing.pad,.and.the.pattern.will.stop.playing .

Pattern playback will also

stop if you press the [CANCEL]

button .

MEMO

For details on how to create a pattern, refer to “Recording a Pattern” (p . 32) .

Adjusting the Tempo

Here’s how to change the playback tempo of the pattern .

1. Press.the.[.TIME/BPM].button.so.it’s.lit .

MEMO

If the [PATTERN SELECT] button is lit, you’ll be changing the pattern’s

tempo . If the [PATTERN SELECT] button is extinguished, you’ll be

changing the current sample’s tempo .

2. Turn.the.[CTRL.2].knob .

The display will indicate the tempo in terms of the BPM, and the pattern playback

tempo will change .
Permissible values for the BPM range from 40 up to 200 . However, if the BPM is

within the 40–60 or 160–180 ranges, it can be set only in even-numbered values .

If the BPM is above 180, you can set it to either 180, 183, 186, 190, 193, 196, or

200 .

You can also set the tempo by pressing the

[ TAP TEMPO] button several times at quarter note

intervals of the desired tempo .

3. .Once.you’ve.specifi.ed.the.tempo,.press.the.[TIME/BPM].button.to.turn.it.off. .

What’s BPM?

This stands for Beats Per Minute, which is the number of quarter-note beats played in one minute .

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