Tascam 2488neo Owner's Manual

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TASCAM 2488neo 9312 − Tempo and MIDITime signature settingYou must set the time signature setting for a song to dis-play bars and beats accurately during playback.Music in the 4/4 time signature is common worldwide, butmusic in triple meter (e.g. 3/4), duple meter (e.g. 2/4), andodd-meters (e.g. 5/4) are also frequent. Time signaturesmay even change in the middle of a piece of music.The 2488neo can display bars and beats for all of thesetypes of music.The setting procedures are explained below. Adding timesignature changes works the same way as adding changesin the tempo map.1 Select TIME SIGNATURE from the SYNC/MIDImenu and press the YES/ENTER key to open theTIME SIGNATURE screen. This screen shows timesignature changes in the song as a list.The first line is the time signature setting at thestart of the song.The following lines show time signature changes,with the point of change (bar) and new time signa-ture setting.If the time signature in a song never changes, onlyone line appears.Tempo mapCreation of a tempo map is necessary to change tempo ortime signature in the middle of a song.NOTESet the metronome to any mode other than FREE andturn the SMF player OFF when using a tempo map.1 From the SYNC/MIDI menu item, select TEMPOMAP and press YES/ENTER.The TEMPO MAP screen will open. This screenshows a list of tempo change points in the song.The first line shows the tempo at the start of the song.The second and following lines show each tempochange in the song, with the change point (bar and beat)and the new tempo. These settings can be changed.If the tempo of a song never changes, there will onlybe one line.At the bottom of the screen, the time signature ofthe line currently selected by the cursor is shown(please see the next section, “Time signature” fordetails about how to set this).You can input up to 9999 tempo changes in onesong. Tempos can be set between 20.0 and 250.0beats per minute.2 Use the cursor keys to navigate around the screen,and the dial to change values.3 Use the INSERT key to add a new line (tempo change)to the map, and the DELETE key to delete lines.Setting the tempo