Fostex DMT-8VL - Setting the Time Signature (BAR;)

DMT-8VL Owner's Manual (SETUP mode)
2. Setting the time signature ("BAR J")
Setup item 'BAR J* sets a time signature for a measure.
For example, the first and second measures could have a time signature of 4/4. and the third
and subsequent measures could have a time of 2/4. You can set up 64 points In any time
signature for each measure.
This setting is available for each program, and will be maintained after the power is turned
Off,
1. Press the DtSP SEL key to select "SETUP*, then press the EXECUTE/YES key.
(The "SETUP* indicator will light up.)
Use the JOG dial to select ’BAR J " (blinking), then press the EXECUTE/YES key. (The "BAR
J * indicator will tight up.) (In the initial setting, the first measure has a lime signature of
4/4. This means that the following measures will be played with a time signature of 4/4
unless you set a different time signature after the first measure.)
In this case, turning the JOG dial wiU allow you to check the current lime signatures one
by one.
2 Press the EXECUTE/YES key again.
"BAR" on che display will blink, and you Hitt be able to edit the BAR (measure) parameter.
Use the JOG dial to enter a desired measure number, then use the NOUV> key or the
SHUTTLE dial so that V Is blinking, enabling you to edit a time signature.
Turn the JOG dial to enter a time signature value for the specified measure.
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3. Each time you enter bar and time signatures, press the EXECUTE/YES key to
store the setting.
Repeat this step to set the necessary time signature for the bar.
f • You cannot assign - B to measure 001.
• To cancel edit or quit Setup mode, press the STOP button or the EXIT/NO key.
Pressing the STOP Dutton or the EXIT WO key repeated^ win step back through the
previous settings, then qut Setup mode.
Follow the procedure below t o modify (delete) a stored time signature
I. While the "BAR* indicator Is blinking, turn the JOQ dial to enter the number of
the measure you wish to modify.
The measure number and rime signature you set writ be displayed.
2 Use the HOLD*, key or the SHUTTLE dial to move the cursor to the blinking - J • field.
3. Use the JOG dial to enter a new time signature value.
Assigning *—* deletes the stored value.
4. After modifying the value, press the EXECUTE/YES key.
• If the baf.tieal position of the tempo data (stored by the tempo setting procedure
explained later) <s lost when you modify or delete the stored beat data, the tempo data
wN be automatically erased tor ever. (For example, if you change the tme signature to
3/4 tor BAR 001. the existing tempo data at BAR 001 41 wll be automabcaly deleted)
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