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• The TEMPO SOURCE SELECT field:

There are two tempo settings, SEQUENCE and MASTER, only one of

which may be active at a time. This field is used to select which one is

active:

SEQUENCE:

The SEQUENCE tempo is the tempo setting which is stored

within each sequence. If SEQUENCE mode is currently active,

then whenever the sequence number is changed, the newly selected

sequence's tempo will become active. This is useful when playing

sequences, for example, if you want each newly selected sequence

to play at its own preset tempo. Also, only the SEQUENCE tempo

is saved to disk when a sequence is saved.

MASTER:

The MASTER tempo is a single tempo setting for all

sequences which is not stored within any sequence, that applies

to all sequences. This is useful when playing sequences, for

example, if you want each newly selected sequence to always

play at the same tempo.

• The SEQUENCE TEMPO field:

This is the current value of the sequence tempo, described above.

• The MASTER TEMPO field:

This is the current value of the master tempo, described above.

• The BPM/FPB field:

This field selects one of two display methods for the tempo readouts:

BPM (Beats Per Minute):

This is the most common method in use to specify a tempo

setting. Using BPM, the range of tempo settings in the MPC60 is

from 30 BPM to 300 BPM. Beats Per Minute is also sometimes

referred to as "metronome marking" or "MM".

FPB (Frames Per Beat):

This is another way of specifying tempo settings and is often used in

the making of music for film or video sound tracks, because the

tempo is referenced to the number of film or video frames which

pass for every beat of music. Frames Per Beat is also sometimes

referred to as "click". If the FPB setting is in use, the digit to the

right of the decimal point in any of the numeric tempo settings

indicates 1/8s- its range is from 0 to 7. There are four different

types of FPB tempo, described in the FRAMES/SEC field below.

This field has the same function as the "tempo display method" field in the

PLAY/RECORD screen.

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Akai MPC Operator's Manual Page 62