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Beat
Refers to a single rhythmic subdivision of a measure, in recording or playback of MIDI sequence data. For example, in a measure of 4/4 time, there are four beats.

The sequencer determines the playback position of the Song or Pattern (MIDI sequence data) by using the following three parameters.
- Measure
- Beat
- Clock
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Measure
Clock
 

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