Changing The Tempo - Roland Fantom Xa Features Manual

4. Press 4 to move the underline to the next character's
position, and then turn the VALUE dial to select the name's
second character.
5. Repeat Step 4 to finish naming the song file.
As you name the song, you can press F2 (TYPE) repeatedly to jump
between letters and numbers. Press F3 (DELETE) to remove the character
at the underline's current location. Press F4 (INSERT) to create a space for
selecting a new character at the underline's current location.
F1 (CAPS LOCK) is always turned on when naming a song file, since
Fantom-Xa disk files are always comprised only of capital letters.
6. When you've finished naming the song file, press F6
(WRITE)—the SAVE SONG window appears.
7. Press F1 (USER) or F2 (CARD) to select the memory area in
which the song file is to be saved.
8. Press F6 (SAVE).
9. The Fantom-Xa asks if you're sure you want to proceed—
press F6 (EXEC) to finish storing the song file.

Changing the Tempo

To change the song's tempo, press the TEMPO
button in the SEQUENCER area to display the
Tempo window.
Tempo in the Fantom-Xa is measured in beats per minute, or
"BPM, " and that's the number you see in the Tempo window.
You can set the song's tempo in either of two ways. You can:
• perform the desired tempo—by tapping it on the F4 (TAP)
button when the Tempo window's visible.
• enter the desired tempo—using the VALUE dial or the INC/
DEC button when the Tempo window's visible.
To move more quickly through the BPM values when using the VALUE dial,
hold down SHIFT as you turn the dial—each tick of the dial changes the
Tempo setting by 10 BPM.
When you adjust the Tempo value, your new setting is automatically
written into the SMF's Tempo track. When you save the song, this new
Tempo value is stored along with the song's other data.
Type 0 or Type 1—Extracting Tracks
If you've loaded a Type 0 SMF, all of your arrangement's
elements are squooshed together on Track 1. While you can
edit the sequence this way, you'll find everything much easier
if each MIDI channel's data is on its own track. In most SMFs,
this'll result in your having one instrument per track, a much
easier way to work.
In some SMFs, a MIDI channel uses different instruments in different
areas of the song. In this case, your tracks will still involve more than one
instrument. Still, this is a far easier thing to deal with than having the
whole shebang on one track.
Here's how to extract all of the MIDI channels in an SMF to their
own tracks in one operation:
1. Press the SONG EDIT↔LIST button once or twice to display
the SONG EDIT (TRK) screen.
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