Time/tempo management, Vga control, Part vii–midi sequencing – Teac SX-1 Reference Manual User Manual

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Part VII–MIDI Sequencing

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TASCAM SX-1

Reference Manual

TIME/TEMPO Management

The SX-1 sequencer has screens for setting your
project’s meter, tempo, and click track. These set-
tings are saved with your project.

VGA Control

Most of your project’s click track settings are made
in the

Time/Tempo

tab (described here).

In order to record the initial tracks for a project, you
often need some sort of click track to follow along
with the project’s selected tempo. The SX-1 can gen-

erate its own MIDI click track for just this purpose.
The MIDI click track’s operation is determined by
the settings in the

Time/Tempo

tab. This tab is part of

the VGA

Track

screen.

Metronome Enable

Check this box to enable

the metronome/click.

Accent

Choose the output port and channel that the

accented click (a bar’s first downbeat) is sent to.

Note

Select the MIDI note for the accented click.

Octave

Choose an octave for the accented click’s

note.

TIP

Many popular units put a click sound on C# 1 for a drum
instrument.

Velocity

Choose a velocity value for the accented

click’s note.

Length

Select a duration (given in note values) for

the accented click’s note.

Non Accent

Choose the output port and channel

that the non-accented click (all beats following a
bar’s first downbeat) is sent to.

Note

Select the MIDI note for the non-accented

click.

Octave

Choose an octave for the non-accented

click’s note.

Velocity

Choose a velocity value for the non-

accented click’s note.

Length

Select a duration (given in note values) for

the non-accented click’s note.

Accent First Note

When enabled, the metronome

will play a bar’s first note (or click) with the

Accent

metronome settings. All of the bar’s following met-
ronome notes are played with the

Non Accent

settings.

When disabled, the

Accent

settings do not apply and

only the

Non-Accent

settings are used for the metro-

nome notes.

Countdown

Check this box to have the metro-

nome perform a countdown. When enabled, the
countdown plays before entering record or play.

NOTE

The transport will move during the countdown.

Beats

Select the number of beats you want for the

countdown.

Countdown Only

Check this box to have the

metronome play only during the countdown. Then,

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