Yamaha DGX 670-> Time Signature problem

[MiddleC]

I"m starting work on learning At Last. It has some of it at 12/8 time signature. I can set the TS to that, and it works at the default BPM of 120. But if I change the BPM to a correct one for the song, it no longer ticks at 12/8. It reverts to 4/4.

Of course, New Song is sitting there the whole time indicating 4/4 on the main display. I suspect that has something to do with it.

Anyone know how I can rectify this?

OOPS, no it's beating 8 times. So it's not 4/4, but it's not 12/8 either.

 

[Shaggy]

I"m starting work on learning At Last. It has some of it at 12/8 time signature. I can set the TS to that, and it works at the default BPM of 120. But if I change the BPM to a correct one for the song, it no longer ticks at 12/8. It reverts to 4/4.

Of course, New Song is sitting there the whole time indicating 4/4 on the main display. I suspect that has something to do with it.

Anyone know how I can rectify this?

OOPS, no it's beating 8 times. So it's not 4/4, but it's not 12/8 either.

Sounds like a weird limitation. From what I’ve seen, the DGX-670 only applies time signature changes when you're actually recording, not just playing around. If you're just using the metronome outside of recording, it seems to default back to 4/4 no matter what. Kinda annoying, but apparently that’s how Yamaha designed it.

Maybe someone’s found a workaround?

 

[MiddleC]

...I guess they think a person doesn't need to practice and learn a song before recording it.

 

[Donald Brown]

I checked it out on my DGX 640. I changed the time signature to 12/8. When I exited out of that, the main screen still indicates 4/4 and Tempo 80 which I had set. When I press the buttons to record, the screen then showed the 12/8 time signature and still showed a tempo of 80. I guess the only way to practice in a different time signature is to be in record mode. Another problem is that the set time signature doesn't remain at 12/8 until changed in the settings. After I tested it, I went back to the settings and it had changed back to 4/4.

 

[MiddleC]

I checked it out on my DGX 640. I changed the time signature to 12/8. When I exited out of that, the main screen still indicates 4/4 and Tempo 80 which I had set. When I press the buttons to record, the screen then showed the 12/8 time signature and still showed a tempo of 80. I guess the only way to practice in a different time signature is to be in record mode. Another problem is that the set time signature doesn't remain at 12/8 until changed in the settings. After I tested it, I went back to the settings and it had changed back to 4/4.

I've found the same thing. It's really annoying and short sighted that they did it that way.

So if you make a recording and make a mistake, you have to remember to set it up all over again. Learned that the hard way.