Setting The Tempo - Akai MPC 2000XL Operator's Manual

Chapter 5: Song Mode

Setting the Tempo

This sets the tempo of the song.
Song:01-Song01
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TEMPO:MAS
LOOP:OFF
•
TEMPO:
This sets the sequence to either be played in the tempo it was recorded in or the Master
tempo.
Move the cursor to the TEMPO: field and set the tempo source by rotating the DATA
wheel.
SEQ
MAS
:
•
Set the tempo of the song, if MAS is selected in the TEMPO: field.
Move the cursor to the : field and set the tempo by rotating the DATA wheel.
Enter 4 digits if you are using the numeric pad to enter. For example, to set the value to
120.5, enter "1205" and press ENTER. To set the value to 88.5, enter "885" and press
ENTER.
When SEQ is selected in the TEMPO: field, you can not change the tempo. The current
tempo of the sequence is displayed in this field.
To open the Tempo Change window, select the TEMPO: or : field and press the OPEN WIN-
DOW key.
Specify whether the tempo change recorded within the sequence should be ignored.
If YES is selected, the tempo change in the sequence will be ignored. If NO is selected, the
tempo change in the sequence becomes valid and the tempo of the song will change according to
the data.
Step
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™:120.0
1 01-Sequence01
2 02-Sequence02
The song will be played at the tempo specified in the sequence. In this
case it is not necessary to change the tempo in the : field.
All the sequences in the song will be played at the Master tempo specified
in the : field.
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Tempo change Tempo change
Ignore tempo change events Ignore tempo change events
in sequence:
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Sequence
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YES
CLOSE
Reps
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