8 – MIDI78 TASCAM 2488 User’s GuideTempo mapCreating a tempo map is essential for working withbeats and bars rather than minutes and seconds. Ifthere is no tempo assigned to a song, the 2488 willhave no way of “thinking” in bars and beats(see“Markers” on page 42 for details of how this isused), if it is not playing an SMF or patterns.1 From the SYNC/MIDI menu item, select TEMPO MAPand press ENTER.You can input up to 9999 tempo changes inone song. Tempos can be set between 20.0 and250.0 beats per minute.2 Use the cursor keys to navigate around thescreen, and the wheel to change values.3 Use the INSERT key to add a new line (tempochange) to the map, and the DELETE key todelete lines.Tapping the tempoIn addition to setting numerical values for tempos,you can also tap along to the music in order to set thetempo.1 With the transport stopped at the start, fromthe SYNC/MIDI screen, select TAP, and pressENTER.2 Set the tap DIVISION to either quarter notes(crochets) or eighth notes (quavers) and thelower parameter to either 2, 3 or 4 to tell the2488 how many taps to expect when workingout the tempo.3 Press the PLAY key to start playback.4 Press the TAP key to start entering the tempoto the map and tap. The time between taps isaveraged out (either between two taps or fourtaps, as specified above) and added to thetempo maps for as long as you keep tappingand the transport is moving.5 Press STOP to stop the transport. The tappedtempos are now added to the map, which canbe edited as described above.
