Time/Tempo Management; Vga Control; Accent; Non Accent - Tascam SX-1 Reference Manual

Part VII–MIDI Sequencing

TIME/TEMPO Management

The SX-1 sequencer has screens for setting your
project's meter, tempo, and click track. These set-
tings are saved with your project.

VGA Control

Most of your project's click track settings are made
in the tab (described here).
Time/Tempo
In order to record the initial tracks for a project, you
often need some sort of click track to follow along
with the project's selected tempo. The SX-1 can gen-
Check this box to enable
Metronome Enable
the metronome/click.
Choose the output port and channel that the

Accent

accented click (a bar's first downbeat) is sent to.
Note Select the MIDI note for the accented click.
Octave Choose an octave for the accented click's
note.
TIP
Many popular units put a click sound on C# 1 for a drum
instrument.
Choose a velocity value for the accented
Velocity
click's note.
Select a duration (given in note values) for
Length
the accented click's note.
Choose the output port and channel

Non Accent

that the non-accented click (all beats following a
bar's first downbeat) is sent to.
Select the MIDI note for the non-accented
Note
click.
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erate its own MIDI click track for just this purpose.
The MIDI click track's operation is determined by
the settings in the
Time/Tempo
the VGA screen.
Track
Choose an octave for the non-accented
Octave
click's note.
Choose a velocity value for the non-
Velocity
accented click's note.
Select a duration (given in note values) for
Length
the non-accented click's note.
When enabled, the metronome
Accent First Note
will play a bar's first note (or click) with the
metronome settings. All of the bar's following met-
ronome notes are played with the
When disabled, the
Accent
only the settings are used for the metro-
Non-Accent
nome notes.
Check this box to have the metro-
Countdown
nome perform a countdown. When enabled, the
countdown plays before entering record or play.
NOTE
The transport will move during the countdown.
Select the number of beats you want for the
Beats
countdown.
Check this box to have the
Countdown Only
metronome play only during the countdown. Then,
tab. This tab is part of
Accent
settings.
Non Accent
settings do not apply and