Tascam DP-02 - Manual (Page 35)

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF

2 – Advanced techniques
You can set the time between repeats up to 9.9 seconds.
Press and hold the SHIFT key, and press the INTERVAL
key. The screen shows:
Use the DATA dial to set the repeat interval from 0.5
seconds to 9.9 seconds in 0.1 second steps.
T I P
This repeat interval allows you to reposition your
hands for a guitar lick, take a breath for a vocal phrase,
etc., when you are rehearsing.
Press NO/EXIT to exit the interval setting mode.
Setting the repeat interval
Tempo setting
For the bars/beats function to be useful, you must set up a
tempo and time signature. These allow the unit to calculate
where the bar and beat divisions fall, based on the tempo of
your song.
1. With playback stopped, press MENU and select the
MIDI menu.
2. Select the
TEMPO/T.SIG
(tempo and time signature)
action and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER key:
3. There are two parameters here, the tempo and the
time signature. Use the cursor and DATA dial to set
these.
The tempo is measured in beats per minute (bpm) and can
be set from 20 to 250.
The time signature can be set with the number of beats to
the bar (
1 through 12 ) and the number of beats per whole
note ( 1 , 2 , 4 , or 8 ).
T I P
Most rock and pop music is in 4/4 (with a few famous
exceptions). Some country and folk songs, as well as
waltzes, are in 3/4.
Working in bars & beats
Besides working in minutes and seconds (as explained in
detail in “Direct location” on page 29), the unit can work
in musical bars and beats. This is especially useful when
working with external MIDI devices (see “Working with
MIDI” on page 37). T I P
“Bars” are also sometimes referred to as “measures”.
Selecting the time mode
Once the time signature and tempo are set, the unit can
map the bar and beat divisions to the time.
To display bars and beats: On the “home” screen,
move the cursor to the
ABS
field:
Turn the DATA dial clockwise.
ABS
changes to
BAR
and the
current position in bars and beats is shown, with the tempo
shown on the right of the screen:
With the cursor at
BAR
, turn the DATA dial counterclock-
wise to return to the time-based display.
Location is performed in the same way as described in
“Location” on page 29, except that there are only two fields
now, bars and beats.
Track editing is also performed in the same way as
described in “About track editing” on page 47, but because
the editing points are now set to a bars and beats-based
position, the editing can be more “musical”.
Location mark and Point editing Even when the
screen shows positions in bars and beats, location points are
edited in minutes and seconds (“To edit a location mark” on
page 29 and “IN, OUT and TO marks” on page 48 ), except
that the bars and beats equivalent is also shown.