Tascam 5 - Manual (Page 18)

8 – Other new functions
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TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Version 2.0 Release Notes
6 Move down to Mode , and set this parameter
to Normal . Now when you move up again
to the mark name and turn the wheel, you
can edit the name by a character at a time, so
it’s easy to change the verse number.
NOTE
Remember that you can only use eight marks per song.
7 Press ENTER to write the new mark settings.
Metronome
When you’re recording with a MIDI pattern or a
MIDI file, you don’t need a metronome—the MIDI
instruments help to keep you in time.
However, when you’re playing with no backing, you
may want a metronome to keep in time (you may also
want a count-in to a pattern—see below). With the
version 2 software, the Pocketstudio 5 provides you
with just that.
To set up and use the metronome with no backing:
1 Press the MENU key and enter the SYSTEM
menu.
2 Set the TgMode to OFF .
3 Move down to the Metro (metronome)
parameter, and press the right cursor pad:
4 Tempo Set the tempo for your song (from
50 through 250 , measured in beats per
minute).
5 TimSig Set the time signature for your
song. Select from the following: 1/1 , 2/1 ,
3/1 , 4/1 , 5/1 , 6/1 , 7/1 , 8/1 , 1/2 ,
2/2 , 3/2 , 4/2 , 5/2 , 6/2 , 7/2 , 8/2 ,
1/4 , 2/4 , 3/4 , 5/4 , 6/4 , 7/4 , 8/4 ,
1/8 , 2/8 , 3/8 , 4/8 , 5/8 , 6/8 , 7/8 ,
8/8 , 1/16 , 2/16 , 3/16 , 4/16 , 5/
16 , 6/16 , 7/16 , 8/16 , 9/16 , 10/
16 , 11/16 , 12/16 , 13/16 , 14/16 ,
15/16 and 16/16 .
6 Level Set the initial level for the metro-
nome ( 0 through 127 ).
7 Press EXIT . Set when you want the metro-
nome to play: RecOnly (only while
recording), RecPlay (while recording and
playing back), or OFF .
8 Now when you play back or record (as set
above), you can hear the metronome. You
can adjust the volume with the
TG fader.
NOTE
Remember to turn the metronome OFF when you are
mixing down, otherwise the metronome sound will be
included in the final mix when you mix down (almost
certainly, you do not want this to happen).
Count-in
When you are playing with one of the tone generator
patterns, you will usually want a count-in to allow
you to adjust to the tempo before you start playing or
singing.
In this version of the Pocketstudio 5 software, you
can do this in the following way:
1 From the SYSTEM menu, set the TgMode
to Pattern .
2 Set up the metronome as above (the tempo
and time signature are determined by the
pattern, of course).
3 Enter the PATTERN menu, scroll down to
Arnge (arrange), use the wheel to select
User or Preset , and press the right cur-
sor pad (the display will show something like
this).
4 Now press the left cursor pad so that only the
1 on the first line is blinking. This is the mea-
sure (bar) at which this section of the song
pattern starts.
5 Use the wheel so that the first section starts
after the beginning of the song. For example,
T e m p o / d = 1 2 0
T i m S i g : 4 / 4
L e v e l : 1 1 9
/ 1 - I n t r o ( 4 )
5 - V e r s e A ( 4 )
9 - F i l l A B ( 1 )
1 0 - V e r s e B ( 4 ) ;