Setting Meter (Time Signature) - E-Mu XL-7 Command Station Owner's Manual

Setting Meter
(Time Signature)
To Set the Pattern Length from the Main Pattern Screen:
Select the pattern in Pattern mode.
1.
Move the cursor to the Length (Ln) field using the cursor keys.
2.
T
01 STOP
0
000 Start of IT
Set the Length of the pattern using the data entry control.
3.
XL-7 allows you to set almost any conceivable time signature. The
numerator (indicating number of beats in a measure) can be set from 1 to
99. The denominator (indicating the rhythmic value of each beat) can be
set to 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64. The time signature can be changed at any
time before or after recording.
The meter setting affects the bar:beat display, the pattern length,
metronome accent, and the grid recording display.
For background information about Time Signatures, see page 335.
To Set the Time Signature
Select the pattern in which you want to record.
1.
Press the Pattern Edit button. The Pattern Edit menu screen displays
2.
the menu page most recently selected since powering up XL-7.
Scroll to the Meter screen using the data entry control. The meter
3.
setting will probably show the 04/4 default time signature.
METER
04 / 4
Press the right cursor button once to move the cursor underneath the
4.
numerator field.
Set the time signature numerator value using the data entry control.
5.
Press the right cursor button again to move the cursor underneath the
6.
denominator field.
Set the time signature denominator value using the data entry
7.
control.
Press the Pattern Edit button again to exit pattern edit mode.
8.
Ln: 02 Bar: 01 . 1
METRONOME
off
Sequencer
Pattern Edit Menu
VALUE
1/8
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