> "Will I be able to preserve tempo across
> pattern switches?"
>
The answer is: yes.
The Tempo is stored per *pattern*. If you want to preserve tempo, simply program the same tempo
for each pattern.
Look at the Robert Rich demo at www.sonicstate.com:
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=1014
and during the demo, he shows how the tempo is stored per pattern.
Paul S.