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Recording Songs
Specify the Time Signature
Before you record a new song, you must specify the time signature.
However, a time signature of 4/4 is automatically specified when
you perform the Song Initialize operation or when the power is
turned on, so you will need to make this setting only if you want to
record a new song in a different time signature.
1. Access the Song Edit screen (p. 136).
2. Press [7 (Micro Edit)].
The Microscope window appears.
3. Move the cursor to “Track,” and select “BEAT” (beat track).
The Microscope window for the beat track appears.
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4. Move the cursor to “Beat Change,” and specify the time
signature.
If you want to change time signatures midway through the song,
refer to “Changing the Time Signature Midway Through the
Song” (p. 158).
When you are recording a pattern and want the pattern to have a
time signature other than 4/4, you will need to set the time
signature of the pattern separately from the time signature of the
song. Refer to “Specifying the time signature of a pattern,”
below.
Specifying the Time Signature of a
Pattern
Each pattern has a Pattern Beat setting that manages the time
signature of that pattern. The pattern beat acts as a guide when the
pattern is played or recorded, and is handled independently of the
time signature of the song (i.e., the time signature recorded in the
beat track).
The pattern beat is normally set to a time signature of 4/4, but you
can change this setting when the song has a time signature other
than 4/4, or when you want to record a pattern with a time signature
different than that of the song.
Only one pattern beat setting can be specified at the beginning of
each pattern. This means that it is not possible to change time
signatures midway through a pattern. Nor is it possible to delete the
pattern beat, or move or copy it.
1. Press [MENU] to access the Menu window.
2. Use or to select “Pattern Edit,” and then press [8
(Select)].
The Pattern Edit screen appears.
3. Press [7 (Micro Edit)].
The Microscope window appears.
4. Move the cursor to “Track,” and select the pattern whose
time signature you want to specify.
fig.10-03_50
5. Move the cursor to “Pattern Beat,” and set the time
signature.