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by JohnnyRobe
Sun May 17, 2009 9:59 pm
Forum: SP-404(SX) Tips 'n Tricks
Topic: Can I change the amount of beats per measure in a pattern?
Replies: 11
Views: 5423

Re: Can I change the amount of beats per measure in a pattern?

Yeah, that was also a strategy I'd fooled around with. I found that doing that has a bunch of significant drawbacks, though. Among the many drawbacks for me is that this technique makes metric variation really difficult and sometimes impossible. In a song of mine (written before I had the sp), I ...
by JohnnyRobe
Sat May 16, 2009 8:12 pm
Forum: SP-404(SX) Tips 'n Tricks
Topic: Can I change the amount of beats per measure in a pattern?
Replies: 11
Views: 5423

Re: Can I change the amount of beats per measure in a pattern?

Right, I had tried that before. It's of course really frustrating to do and, beyond that, that solution only makes it so I can record a 3/4 pattern (and this 3/4 pattern will be at a different tempo than any other 4/4 pattern in the same bank because of the way the measure is being divided). But I ...
by JohnnyRobe
Sat May 16, 2009 6:47 am
Forum: SP-404(SX) Tips 'n Tricks
Topic: Can I change the amount of beats per measure in a pattern?
Replies: 11
Views: 5423

Can I change the amount of beats per measure in a pattern?

Hello All,
So. I just purchased an SP 404 and am pretty hype on it so far. But. One concern I have is about recording patterns in an odd meter. It seems to me that I can adjust the amount of measures a pattern will be by pressing the length button. But then it will always be four beats per measure ...