If the [PAN] knob icon OPAN� is displayed, you can also turn
the rhythm pattern on/off by pressing the [RHYTHM] knob.
Step 8. Rhythm & tempo settings3 Adjust the tempo.
This section explains how to use the rhythm and metro-Press the CURSOR [] key until the display indicate
nome patterns, how to select a time signature, and how to OTempo.�
adjust the songOs tempo setting. Use the [VALUE] dial to adjust the tempo of the song.
If you change the tempo after recording, the measures and 4 Specify the time signature.
beats displayed in the location counter will no longer match Press the CURSOR [] key until the display indicate
the audio in the track. The tempo only controls the playback OBeat.� Use the [VALUE] dial to specify the time sig-
speed of the rhythm patterns, and does not affect the play-nature of the song.
back speed of the recorded tracks.
Changing the time signature will also change the rhythm
you selected in step 2.
1. Playing rhythm and metronome patterns
To store the speciŢed time signature and tempo in the song,
The D4 contains 87 various rhythm patterns, ranging from press the [STOP] key to save the song. If you turn off the
simple metronome patterns to more complex drums power without saving the song, the time signature and
phrases designed for a particular style of music (?p.91).tempo you speciŢed will be discarded. (?p.17)
When you have an idea for a song and want to begin 5 Adjust the volume of the rhythm.
recording, you can play along with the internal rhythm Press the CURSOR [] key until the display indicate
patterns as a guide.ORhythmLv.� Use the [VALUE] dial to adjust the vol-
ume.
Selecting and playing a rhythm pattern
1 Select ORHYTHM� mode.If the [PAN] knob icon OPAN� is displayed, you can also use
Set the [MODE] knob to ORHYTHM.� The name of the the [RHYTHM] knob to adjust the rhythm volume.
currently selected rhythm pattern will be displayed.
2 Select a rhythm pattern.
Use the [VALUE] dial to select the desired rhythm pat-
tern. If you select OOff,� the rhythm will be off. The
ORhythm pattern list� in the appendix lists the avail-
able rhythm patterns.
The rhythm patterns that can be selected will depend on the
time signature setting.
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