Changing The Tempo During A Song; Changing The Time Signature During A Song - Roland XP-60 Owner's Manual

Sys.Excl(Default) (System exclusive message): [SHIFT]
+ [5]
Inserts the default value of the Exclusive message.
Sys.Excl(GM ON) (GM on message)
Insert this message when you want to initialize the sound
source for GM system basic settings.
Sys.Excl(GM OFF) (GM off message)
Insert this message when you want to cancel sound source's
GM system basic settings.
<Procedure>
Make sure that the Microscope display (SEQ/Micro) is
up.
Select the Phrase track or Pattern into which you want
to insert data.
If you wish to select a Phrase track, press TRACK/PART
[1]–[16].
To select a Pattern, press [PATTERN] to open the Pattern
Select window and specify the Pattern number.
Press [u ] or [d ] to move ">" to the Song position
where you want to insert data.
If the Song position for data insertion is not showing on the
display, move the cursor to an appropriate Song position
(measure-beat-clock) and specify that location using the
numeric keys.
Press [F1] (Create) to call up the Create Event display
(SEQ/Micro).
Move the cursor to select the data to be inserted.
You can also select the data using the numeric keys.
Press [F6] (Execute) to insert the data.
The Microscope display (SEQ/Micro) will appear.
The inserted data will contain the default parameter
value. Change the value as desired.
If you don't like the change you've made, you can
undo the most recent. Press [UNDO/REDO] to restore
it to its pre-modified state.

Changing the tempo during a song

To change the tempo during a song, insert a Tempo Change
into the Tempo track. From that Song position on, the song
will play back with the new tempo.
To speed up or slow down the overall tempo of the
entire song, modify the playback tempo on the Play
display (SEQ(Song)).
<Procedure>
Make sure that the Microscope display (SEQ/Micro) is
up.
Press [TEMPO/BEAT] to select the Tempo track.
Each time [TEMPO/BEAT] is pressed, the selection will
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cycle through the Tempo track, Beat track, and Phrase track,
back to the Tempo track, and so on.
The Tempo Change has been inserted.
Changing the time signature during a
song
To change the time signature during a song, insert Beat
Change into the Beat track. Starting from the Beat Change
insertion position, the song will play back with the new time
signature.
<Procedure>
Each time [TEMPO/BEAT] is pressed, the selection will
cycle through the Tempo track, Beat track, and Phrase track,
back to the Tempo track, and so on.
The Microscope display (SEQ/Micro) will appear.
Chapter 5. Editing a song
[SEQUENCER] [F4] (Micro)
Move the cursor to an appropriate position (measure-
beat-clock) and specify the Song position at which
Tempo Change will be inserted, using the numeric
keys.
Press [F1] (Create).
The inserted Tempo Change contains the default value.
Change the value as desired.
If you don't like the Tempo Change you've created,
you can undo the most recent. Press [UNDO/REDO]
to restore it to its pre-modified state.
If the time signature recorded on the Beat track differs
from the Pattern Beat setting, the Beat track's time sig-
nature will be used. For example, if a Pattern in 3/4
has been assigned to the middle of a song in 4/4, play-
back of that Pattern will be go off from the Phrase
track. To play the song correctly, insert the Beat
Change of 3/4 into the Beat track. To return the time
signature back to 4/4, insert the Beat Change of 4/4 to
the measure next to the last measure of the Pattern.
Make sure that the Microscope display (SEQ/Micro) is
up.
Press [TEMPO/BEAT] to select the Beat track.
Move the cursor to an appropriate Song position (mea-
sure-beat-clock) and specify the Song position at which
Beat Change will be inserted using the numeric keys.
Press [F1] (Create) to call up the Create Event display
(SEQ/Micro).
Move the cursor to "Beat."
If you move the cursor to "Key Signature" here, you
can insert a desired key signature.
Press [F6] (Execute) to insert the Beat Change.
The inserted Beat Change will contain the default
value. Change the value as desired.
If you don't like the Beat Change you've created, you
can undo the most recent. Press [UNDO/REDO] to
restore it to its pre-modified state.