Yamaha YDP-88II Owner's Manual - Page 12

The Metronome & Tempo Control The YDP-88II built-in metronome is a convenient feature for practice, and it can also provide a solid rhythmic guide when recording using the Recorder feature, described below. METRONOME METRONOME TEMPO 32 120 280 HARPSIANO 1 E. PIANO 2 CHORD ORGAN METRONOME The Metronome The metronome sound is turned on and off via the [METRONOME] button. Press the [METRONOME] button so that its indicator lights to turn the metronome on, then again so the indicator goes out to turn the metronome off. Metronome Volume The volume of the metronome sound can be independently adjusted by using the [TEMPO] control while holding the [METRONOME] button. Sliding the control to the right increases the metronome volume. Metronome Time Signature The time signature of the metronome sound can be set by pressing the appropriate voice selector button while holding the [METRONOME] button, as follows: [METRONOME] + [PIANO] [METRONOME] + [E. PIANO 1] [METRONOME] + [E. PIANO 2] [METRONOME] + [HARPSICHORD] [METRONOME] + [ORGAN] No accent (default) 2 time 3 time 4 time 6 time TEMPO 32 120 280 METRONOME Tempo Control The tempo of the metronome and recorder playback can be controlled in two ways: s Use the panel [TEMPO] control to set the required tempo from 32 to 280 quarter-note beats per minute. s For more precise tempo settings press the appropriate key on the keyboard while holding the [METRONOME] button. Tempo/Key Chart Tempo 44 34 40 54 50 58 68 64 78 74 82 92 88 102 98 106 116 112 126 122 130 140 136 150 146 154 168 160 188 180 196 216 248 208 232 264 Tempo AC C C C C C C C -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 32 38 46 52 60 66 72 80 86 94 100 108 114 120 128 134 142 148 156 164 176 192 204 220 240 272 36 42 48 56 62 70 76 84 90 96 104 110 118 124 132 138 144 152 158 172 184 200 212 224 256 280 10