Adjusting The Tempo - Roland SP-404SX Owner's Manual

3. Press.a.pad,.and.the.pattern.will.play .
4. Press.another.pad.to.reserve.the.next.pattern .
5. Press.the.currently.playing.pad,.and.the.pattern.will.stop.playing .
MEMO
For details on how to create a pattern, refer to "Recording a Pattern" (p . 32) .

Adjusting the Tempo

Here's how to change the playback tempo of the pattern .
1. Press.the.[. T IME/BPM].button.so.it's.lit .
2. Turn.the.[CTRL.2].knob .
3. .Once.you've.specifi . ed.the.tempo,.press.the.[TIME/BPM].button.to.turn.it.off . .
What's BPM?
This stands for Beats Per Minute, which is the number of quarter-note beats played in one minute .
The pad will change from blinking to lit, and the
pattern will begin playing .
If you press another pad while a pattern is playing,
the pattern to play next will be reserved, and that
pad will blink . When the currently playing pattern has
fi nished playing, the reserved pattern will play .
If you hold down the [SUB PAD] pad and press a pad,
the pattern will change immediately .
Pattern playback will also
stop if you press the [CANCEL]
button .
MEMO
If the [PATTERN SELECT] button is lit, you'll be changing the pattern's
tempo . If the [PATTERN SELECT] button is extinguished, you'll be
changing the current sample's tempo .
The display will indicate the tempo in terms of the BPM, and the pattern playback
tempo will change .
Permissible values for the BPM range from 40 up to 200 . However, if the BPM is
within the 40–60 or 160–180 ranges, it can be set only in even-numbered values .
If the BPM is above 180, you can set it to either 180, 183, 186, 190, 193, 196, or
200 .
You can also set the tempo by pressing the
[ TAP TEMPO] button several times at quarter note
intervals of the desired tempo .
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