Roland VS-880EX - Manual (Page 122)

4. Tempo Map 1 (the song’s initial tempo) is dis-
played. The measure appearing in the display and
its beat, metronome sound, and MIDI Clock trans-
mitted from the VS-880EX follow the tempo map
settings. The following example indicates that a
tempo map with time signature of 4/4 and quar-
ter note=120 begins at measure 1.
5. Press CURSOR [ ].
The cursor will move to the tempo display.
6. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
(Tempo)
Sets the tempo map tempo (25.0–250.0).
7. Press CURSOR [ ].
The cursor will move to the measure display (“MEA-
SURE” field).
8. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Measure (Measure)
Selects the beginning measure (1–999) for each tempo
map.
* Tempo Map 1 is the song’s initial tempo. You cannot be
changed or deleted the beginning measure setting of “1.”
9. Press CURSOR [ ].
The cursor will move to the time signature display
(“BEAT” field).
10. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Beat
This sets the tempo map time signature (1/1–8/1,
1/2–8/2, 1/4–8/4, 1/8–8/8).
11. If you wish to change the tempo during the song,
press CURSOR [ ].
The cursor will move to the tempo map number dis-
play.
12. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial clockwise.
“<New>” appears in the display.
13. Press [YES].
14. Repeat steps 4–13 to specify the tempo map. By
rotating the TIME/VALUE dial counterclockwise
in step 12, you can modify a previously-specified
tempo/starting measure/time signature.
15. When you are finished making tempo map set-
tings, press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].
Return to Play condition.
Synchronized Operation
1. Connect the VS-880EX and the MIDI sequencer as
shown below.
CONDITION MARKER#
MASTER INPUT TRACK AUX
TIME
48
24
4
0
dB
12
Tempo Map Number Begining Measure
Beat Tempo
Limitations on changing the starting mea-
sure
Tempo maps are numbered from the beginning of
the song as tempo map 1, tempo map 2, tempo
map 3, etc. This means that it is not possible to
modify the starting measure of a tempo map to
make it earlier than the starting measure of the
previous tempo map, or later than the starting
measure of the following tempo map. For exam-
ple if tempo map 2 has a starting measure of “8”
and tempo map 4 has a starting measure of “16,”
the starting measure of tempo map 3 can be modi-
fied only in the range of “9–15.”
MIDI IN
MIDI Sequencer
Chapter 9 Use with MIDI Devices
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