Yamaha EL-400 Owner's Manual - Page 89

Changing the Tempo, Pressing TEMPO + causes the song faster and TEMPO - slower.

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5) Changing the Tempo You can change the tempo of the song as the song is playing back. While holding down the SHIFT button, press the TEMPO + or TEMPO button. Each press of the button slows down or speeds up the tempo by a small amount (not affecting the pitch). Pressing TEMPO + causes the song faster and TEMPO - slower. (The Tempo dial on the Electone panel cannot be used to change the tempo on the Music Disk Recorder.) To restore the original recording tempo of a song, hold down the SHIFT button and simultaneously press both TEMPO buttons. Indicates faster tempo RECORD PLAY UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO FORMAT NOTE: When tempo is changed, the LED display indicates the change as a percentage of the original recorded tempo (100). Values less than 100 indicate a slower tempo; values greater than 100 indicate a faster tempo. RECORD PLAY UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL UPPER LOWER PEDAL CONTROL SHIFT SONG REPEAT FROM TO SONG COPY SONG DEL. Indicates original tempo PAUSE STOP PLAY SONG SELECT RECORD CUSTOM PLAY MUSIC DISK RECORDER TEMPO FORMAT Indicates slower tempo NOTE: Tempo change remains in effect even when you change songs. If you have changed the tempo in one song, you should perform above step to restore the original tempo before playing another song. Turning the power switch off and on again also restores the original tempo. 6 Music Disk Recorder 89

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Music Disk Recorder
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MUSIC
DISK
RECORDER
PAUSE
STOP
PLAY
SONG
SELECT
RECORD
CUSTOM
PLAY
FORMAT
TEMPO
CONTROL
PEDAL
LOWER
UPPER
CONTROL
PEDAL
LOWER
UPPER
RECORD
PLAY
SHIFT
SONG
DEL.
TO
FROM
SONG
REPEAT
SONG
COPY
MUSIC
DISK
RECORDER
PAUSE
STOP
PLAY
SONG
SELECT
RECORD
CUSTOM
PLAY
FORMAT
TEMPO
CONTROL
PEDAL
LOWER
UPPER
CONTROL
PEDAL
LOWER
UPPER
RECORD
PLAY
SHIFT
SONG
DEL.
TO
FROM
SONG
REPEAT
SONG
COPY
5) Changing the Tempo
You can change the tempo of the song as the song is playing back.
While holding down the SHIFT button, press the TEMPO + or TEMPO -
button.
Each press of the button slows down or speeds up the tempo by a small
amount (not affecting the pitch).
Pressing TEMPO + causes the song faster and TEMPO – slower.
(The Tempo dial on the Electone panel cannot be used to change the
tempo on the Music Disk Recorder.)
To restore the original recording tempo of a song, hold down the SHIFT
button and simultaneously press both TEMPO buttons.
Indicates faster tempo
Indicates original tempo
Indicates slower tempo
NOTE:
When tempo is changed, the LED display indicates
the change as a percentage of the original recorded
tempo (100).
Values less than 100 indicate a
slower tempo; values greater than 100 indicate a
faster tempo.
NOTE:
Tempo change remains in effect even when you
change songs. If you have changed the tempo in
one song, you should perform above step to restore
the original tempo before playing another song.
Turning the power switch off and on again also
restores the original tempo.