Fostex VF80EX - Manual (Page 136)

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SETUP mode (VF80EX)
Tempo Map
Time signature setting Tempo setting
001 BAR 4/4
005 BAR 3/4
001 BAR 1 = 120
003 BAR 1 = 90
005 BAR 3 = 60
007 BAR 2 = 120
Tempo = 120 Tempo = 90
Tempo = 60 Tempo = 120
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Use the [JOG] dial to select the desired bar number
from which the new tempo setting is effective, and
press the [ENTER/YES] key.
The bar number is set and the beat field (on the left of
the first " ") starts flashing. The available bar number
depends on the time signature setting described ear-
lier.
Use the [JOG] dial to select the desired beat number
from which the new tempo setting is effective, and
press the [ENTER/YES] key.
The beat number is set and the tempo field (on the
right of " =") starts flashing. The available beat num-
ber depends on the time signature setting described
earlier.
Use the [JOG] dial to select the desired tempo in BPM,
and press the [ENTER/YES] key.
You can enter a desired value between 30 and 250.
Pressing the [ENTER/YES] key fixes the entered value
and the display returns to the primary Tempo Set
screen.
To insert another tempo event, repeat steps 1 through 4.
When completing time signature setting, press the
[EXIT/NO] key (or the [STOP] key) repeatedly until the
VF80EX exits the SETUP mode.
Let's explain how to make tempo setting for the music
example shown below, which has two time signature
events; "001BAR 4/4 " and "005BAR 3/4 ".
Setting a Tempo [“Tempo Set”]
• Changing the tempo in the middle of a song
<Note>
The tempo set figure setup here is an approximate figure and thus not accurate. Therefore, although the tempo map be
matched with a personal computer, they will gradually drift apart. In order to prevent this drift, the personal computer
side can be set to either MIDI clock sync or, the MIDI sync output signal temporarily set to
“MIDI Clock” the figure reset to
make it possible for the computer to read the accurate tempo, and the return it again to MTC sync.
Using the "Tempo Set" menu item, you can manage the tempo in a song. You can not only specify the tempo
at the beginning of a song, but also change the tempo at desired points within a song by inserting "tempo
events". For example, you can start a song by 120 bpm and change to 150 bpm from the third beat of bar 12.
A "tempo map" can be created by making time signature setting (described above) and tempo setting. Accord-
ing 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 se-
quencer, the time signature and tempo setting must be made.
On the primary "Tempo Set" screen, highlight "Insert
New Event" and press the [ENTER/YES] key.
On the screen, "Insert New Event" is replaced with the
new tempo setting event. In the bar field of this event,
the next bar number to the one on the previous event
flashes, while the same tempo as the previous event is
shown. If you carry out the above operation from the
default condition, "002BAR1 =120" is shown.
Select a program to which to you want to set the
tempo.
On the Select Menu screen of the SETUP mode, se-
lect "Tempo Set" and press the [ENTER/YES] key.
The display shows the primary "Tempo Set" screen.
By default, the screen is as shown below, on which the
initial tempo at "bar 001, beat 1" is set to "120".
You can set a different tempo from a desired musical
point by selecting "Insert New Event" using the [JOG]
dial.
• Default setting: bar 001, beat 1:120
• Selectable bar numbers:according to the time signature setting
• Available beat numbers: according to the time signature setting
• Available tempo: =30~250, or "DEL" ("DEL" is used for
deleting a tempo.)
• 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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