Fostex VF80EX - Manual (Page 134)

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SETUP mode (VF80EX)
Setting a time signature [“Signature Set”]
Select a program to which you want to set the time
signature.
On the Select Menu screen of the SETUP mode, select
“Signature Set” and press the [ENTER/YES] key.
The display shows the "Signature Set" screen. By de-
fault, the screen is as shown below, on which the bar
offset is set to "-002BAR", the time signature from the
first bar is set to "4/4". Depending on what you want
to edit, select the appropriate item using the [JOG]
dial. To edit the bar offset, select "-002BAR Offset". To
select the time signature of the first bar, select "001BAR
4/4ÅÙ". To set a different signature from a desired
bar, select "Insert New Event". To clear all signature/
tempo setting, select "All Clear".
To enter the SETUP mode
You can enter the SETUP mode only while the VF80EX is stopped.
Use the [JOG] dial to select a desired menu item and
press the [ENTER/YES] key.
You are now ready for the actual setup procedure.
While the recorder is stopped, press the [SETUP] key on
the panel.
Pressing the [SETUP] key enters the SETUP mode and
the display shows the "Select Menu" screen, the top
menu of the SETUP mode, for selecting the SETUP menu
item. The currently selected menu item is highlighted.
The flashing indicates that invisible menu items exist
below.
<Note>
The first time the VF80EX enters the SETUP mode
after turning on the power, the "Signature Set" menu
item is highlighted. From the second time the VF80EX
enters the SETUP mode after turning on the power,
the menu item previously selected is highlighted.
<Important>
* To exit the SETUP mode or return to the previous
screen layer, press the [EXIT/NO] key (or [STOP]
key).
* You can select a desired SETUP menu item using
the [CURSOR / ] keys, as well as the[JOG] dial.
• Changing the time signature in the middle of a song
On the Signature Set screen, highlight "Insert New
Event" and press the [ENTER/YES] key.
"Insert New Event" is replaced with the new time sig-
nature setting event. In the bar field of this event, the
next bar number to the one on the previous event
flashes, while the same time signature as the previous
event is shown.
If you carry out the above operation from the default
condition, "002BAR 4/4 " is shown.
Use the [JOG] dial to select the desired bar number
from which the new time signature is effective, and
press the [ENTER/YES] key.
The bar number is set and the time signature field
starts flashing.
Use the [JOG] dial to select the desired time signa-
ture, and press the [ENTER/YES] key.
The screen below shows the example of changing the
time signature to "3/4" from the third (003) bar.
Using the "Signature Set" menu item, you can manage time signatures in a song. You can not only specify the
time signature at the beginning of a song, but also change the time signature at desired points within a song
by inserting "time signature events". For example, you can start a song by 4/4 and change to 2/2 from the
third bar. A "tempo map" is created by making time signature and tempo setting. According to a tempo map,
the VF80EX can manage a song by BAR/BEAT/CLK time base, as well as can use the metronome function.
Also, when the VF80EX feeds MIDI clock and song position pointer to an external sequencer, the time signa-
ture and tempo setting must be made.
• Default setting: bar 001, 4/4
• Selectable bar numbers: 001 ~ 999
• Selectable time signature: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 1/8, 3/8, 5/8,
6/8, 7/8, 8/8, DEL
• Maximum setting points: 64
* The setting is applicable program by program.
* You can save the setting as a part of the song data.
* The setting remains effective even after you power off and then
on.
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