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MR-8 Owner’s Manual
Using the rhythm guide function
The MR-8 provides the metronome function which can output the guide click for recording.
To output the guide click, create the signature/tempo map using the "Signature Map" and
"Tempo Map" items and set the click level using the "Click level" item in the menu mode. The
rhythm guide click is output together with the stereo output signals during recording/play-
back.
Creating the signature/tempo map
Setting the signature map
First, set the signature for each bar in the internal
programmable signature/tempo map.
For example, you can set the signature to 4/4 for
bars 1 and 2, and set to 2/4 from bar 3, etc.
The signature map specifies the signature at the
signature changing point. Each signature specified
in the signature map is effective until another sig-
nature is specified.
To output the guide click or feed the MIDI clock
and song position pointer to an external MIDI de-
vice, you have to set the signature map, as well as
the tempo map which will be described later.
1) While the recorder is stopped, press the [MENU]
key to enter the menu mode.
The display shows the menu selection screen, in
which "System" is highlighted initially.
2) Use the [CURSOR ] key to highlight "Song", then
press the [ENTER] key.
The display now shows the song edit menu screen,
in which "Select Song" is highlighted initially.
3) Use the [CURSOR ] key to highlight "Signature
Map", then press the [ENTER] key.
The display shows the current signature map.
By default, "1bar -> 4/4" and "---bar -> ---" are shown.
In this condition, the signature is set to "4/4" from
the beginning to the end of a song.
If you want to change the signature from the middle
of a song, use the "---bar -> ---" line.
Let's assume to specify the signatures as below.
from bar 1 to bar 3 -> 4/4
from bar 4 to bar 7 -> 3/4
from bar 8 to bar 11 -> 4/4
from bar 12 to bar 15 -> 5/8
from bar 16 to the last bar -> 3/4
4) Use the [CURSOR
] key to highlight "---bar -> ---",
then press the [ENTER] key.
The display shows the screen for new signature
setting. "2" for bar number entry flashes. You can
enter a numeric value between 1 and 999.