Using Metronome; Sounding The Metronome - Roland DP-970 Owner's Manual

Using Metronome

■ Sounding the Metronome

The DP-970 features a built-in metronome.
While a song plays back, the metronome will sound at the tempo and time signature
(Beat) of that song.
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Sounding the metronome
1
Press the [Metronome/Count In] button.
The metronome will sound.
The button flashes in red and green in time with the beat selected at that time. The
button lights in red on the downbeats, and in green on weak beats.
Changing the tempo
2
Press the [Song/Tempo] button; the button's indicator lights in green.
3
Press the [-] or [+] button to adjust the tempo.
Changing the beat of metronome
4
Hold down the [Song/Tempo] button, and press the [-] or [+] button.
The currently selected beat will be displayed.
If you hold down the [Song/Tempo] button and press the [-] or [+] button, the beat
will change.
If you hold down the [Song/Tempo] button and press the [-] and [+] buttons
simultaneously, the beat will go back to what it was before you changed it.
fig.disp-beat
Display
2.2
0.4
2.4
3.4
4.4
5.4
beat Display
2/2 6.4
Only weak beats 7.4
2/4
3.8
3/4 6.8
4/4 9.8
5/4
12.8
Chapter 2. Performance
3, 4 2, 4
beat
6/4
7/4
3/8
6/8
9/8
12/8
1, 5
NOTE
It is not possible to change the
beat during song playback or
recording.
When you hold down the
[Song/Tempo] button, the
currently specified metronome
beat will be displayed.
Correspondence between
beat and tempo display
Beat Tempo Value
2/2 =10–125
x/4 =20–250
x /8 =40–500
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