Yamaha AW1600 Owner's Manual - Page 149

Creating a tempo map Creating a tempo map The "tempo map" contains data to change the tempo or time signature at the beginning of the song or at any measure or beat within the song. The measure/beat display counter, the Quick Loop Sampler, the internal metronome, and the MIDI clock data generated within the AW1600 are all based on this tempo map. The AW1600's tempo map can also record data to switch scenes (→ p. 73) or Pad sample banks (→ p. 111). You can use this to switch scenes as the song progresses, or to switch the sounds that are played by the Quick Loop Sampler. HINT • The Start point of the song corresponds to the starting location of the tempo map. • The data ("tempo map events") recorded in the tempo map will continue to apply until the location at which the next event of the same type has been input. NOTE • If you modify the tempo map after recording on an audio track, the measure/beat counter display values will be affected. For this reason if you want to use MIDI clock to synchronize with an external MIDI device, or if you want to control the song in measure units, you should create the tempo map before you record. If you modify the tempo map after a track has already been recorded, a popup window will ask you for confirmation. ■ Editing a tempo map event When you create a new song, the following tempo map event will be input at the beginning of the tempo map (the first beat of the first measure). • Time signature: 4/4 • Tempo: 120.0 • Pad sample bank: Pad 1=A, Pad 2=A, Pad 3=A, Pad 4=A • Scene number: not assigned Here's how to edit the values of this tempo map event. 1 In the Work Navigate section, press the [SONG] key. The SONG screen will appear. 2 Repeatedly press the [SONG] key or hold down the [SONG] key and use the CURSOR [ ]/[ ] keys to access the TEMPO page. In this page you can input or edit tempo map events for the current song. 2 67 8 9 J K 34 5 1 This page contains the following items. 1 List This area lists the tempo map events that have been input for the current song. The line enclosed by a dotted frame is the currently selected tempo map event. B LOCATE button By moving the cursor to this button and pressing the [ENTER] key, you can move the song to the location of the tempo map event currently selected in the list. C DELETE button To delete the tempo map event currently selected in the list, move the cursor to this button and press the [ENTER] key. D INSERT button To insert a blank event at the step preceding the tempo map event currently selected in the list, move the cur- sor to this button and press the [ENTER] key. 13 E NEW button To create an event at the beginning of the measure fol- lowing the last step, move the cursor to this button and press the [ENTER] key. Song management F STEP Indicates the step number of the tempo map event. G MEAS Indicates the location (measure/beat) at which the tempo map event is input. H METER I TEMPO J PAD BANK 1-4 K SCENE These fields show the time signature, tempo, pad sam- ple bank, and scene number of each tempo map event. AW1600 Owner's Manual 149