Yamaha LS9 - Manual (Page 172)

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About the internal effects
LS9-16/32 Owner’s Manual
“Tap tempo” is a function that lets you specify the delay
time of a delay effect or the modulation speed of a modu-
lation effect by striking a key at the desired interval. To
use the Tap function, you must first assign Tap Tempo to a
user-defined key, and then operate that user-defined key.
1
In the DISPLAY ACCESS section, press the
[SETUP] key repeatedly to access the USER
SETUP screen within the SETUP screens.
1 USER DEFINED KEYS popup button
2
Move the cursor to the USER DEFINED
KEYS popup button and press the [ENTER]
key to access the USER DEFINED KEYS
popup window.
The USER DEFINED KEYS popup window lets you
assign functions to user defined keys [1]–[12].
1 User defined keys popup buttons
3
Move the cursor to the popup button for the
user-defined key to which you want to
assign the Tap Tempo function, and press
the [ENTER] key.
The USER DEFINED KEY SETUP popup window
will appear.
4
Select “TAP TEMPO” in the FUNCTION col-
umn, select “CURRENT PAGE” in the
PARAMETER 1 column, move the cursor to
the OK button, and press the [ENTER] key.
To select an item in each column, move the cursor to
the desired column and use the dial or the [DEC]/
[INC] keys. Move the cursor to the OK button and
press the [ENTER] key; the Tap Tempo function will
be assigned to the user-defined key you selected in
step 3, and you will return to the USER DEFINED
KEY SETUP page.
5
Repeatedly press the [RACK 5-8] key to
access the RACK screen for the rack in
which the effect you want to control is
mounted.
6
Select an effect type that includes a BPM
parameter.
For details on selecting the effect type, refer to step 3
of “Editing the internal effect parameters” (
→ p. 170).
The BPM parameter is shown in the special parameter
field. It is included in delay-type and modulation-type
effects, and can be used to specify the delay time or
modulation speed.
1 BPM parameter
Using the Tap Tempo function
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• If you specify “CURRENT PAGE” in the PARAMETER 1 col-
umn, the Tap Tempo function can be used for the currently-
shown effect (rack).
• If you specify “RACK x” (x=5–8) in the PARAMETER 1 col-
umn, the Tap Tempo function can be used only for a specific
effect (rack).
• For more about user-defined keys, refer to “User-defined
keys” ( → p. 196).
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