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The Tempo track records tempo changes of a song over time. It can 
be used for tempo changes during a song. If a song has the same 
tempo from beginning to end, the Tempo track can be ignored.

When a song is first recorded on the Fantom, a tempo setting at the 
time of recording will be stored at the beginning of the Tempo track. 
Therefore when song playback starts from the beginning, the song 
will always play back at this initial tempo.

Thus playback tempo is determined by the Tempo track setting. If 
you modify the tempo during playback, the overall tempo of the 
song will be controlled by the setting you make.

The Beat track records the time signature of each measure of a song. 
Set the Beat track when recording a new song, or when you want to 
change time signature during a song.

You can also use the Pattern track to record musical passages, 
separately from the Phrase tracks. Musical data in the Pattern track is 
regarded as separate Patterns. Up to 100 Patterns can be created, and 
each Pattern can contain data for 16 MIDI channels, as with Phrase 
tracks.

Patterns can be assigned to a Phrase track, so if you are using 
repetitive phrases such as drums and bass, it is convenient to record 
each musical phrase in a pattern, and then use the MICROSCOPE 
screen to assign the pattern to the track (p. 134). In this case, the 
Phrase track contains only the Pattern Call numbers that refer to the 
desired Pattern, and not the actual Pattern data. Therefore the same 
Pattern can be used any number of times with a negligible increase 
in memory used.

The RPS function (p. 159) for immediate playback also applies to 
Patterns. Patterns are therefore convenient for live performance, if 
you’ve recorded necessary sequencer data as Patterns and take them 
to the gig.

Patterns also make fine scratch-pads for musical ideas.

The Fantom’s sequencer can be used at any time, regardless of the 
mode of the sound generator (Patch/Multitimbre/Performance).

Normally, when recording or playing back a song, you will put the 
sound generator in Multitimbre mode. The reason for this is that in 
this mode, only the sound of the specified MIDI channel will be 
heard when you record while playing the keyboard of the Fantom, 
and that when the song is played back, the parts can independently 
play up to 16 different sounds. Thus, this mode is suitable for 
recording and playing back a song that uses an ensemble of multiple 
instruments, such as drums, bass, and piano.

If you wish to record your playing using a layered/split 
performance, set the sound generator to Performance mode.

If you wish to record your playing using a single sound, you can set 
the sound generator to Patch mode.

When the sound generator is in Multitimbre mode, you will need to 
be aware of how the phrase tracks, parts, and MIDI channels 
correspond to one another. Otherwise, you may not hear the sounds 
you expect, or song editing may be more difficult than it should be.

For this reason, we recommend that you always maintain the direct 
numerical correspondence between Phrase tracks 1–16, parts 1–16, 
and MIDI channels 1–16. These are the settings that will be in effect 
when the power is turned on, or after you perform the Song 
Initialize operation (p. 127).

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