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674 Chapter 30 Advanced Tempo Operations
Creating and Editing Events in the Tempo List
The layout, and way you use the Tempo List, are very similar to the Event List. The
following section only outlines the most important Tempo List operations. For more
information on general (and identical) Event List operations, see Chapter 18, “Editing
MIDI Events in the Event List,” on page 459.
To create a tempo event in the Tempo List:
1 Move the playhead to the desired project position.
2 Click the Create button, or click below the bottom tempo event with the Pencil tool.
A tempo event (which uses the current project tempo value) appears. You can alter the
value in the Tempo column.
To delete a tempo event in the Tempo List, do one of the following:
m Click the tempo event with the Eraser tool.
m Select the tempo event, then choose Edit > Delete (or press Backspace).
To change the position of a tempo change event:
m Use the mouse as a slider, or double-click and directly type in the desired values in the
Position or SMPTE columns.
To move any selected tempo event to the current playhead position:
m Use the Pickup Clock Position key command.
To copy tempo changes from a passage:
1 Set the locators to the passage containing the correct tempo change.
2 Choose Edit > Select Inside Locators.
3 Copy the tempo events to the Clipboard (Command-C).
4 Deselect all tempo events (by clicking the background).
5 Paste the tempo events from the Clipboard (Command-V).
6 The paste position will default to the current playhead position, but this can be
changed. A position input box appears alongside the first of the pasted tempo events,
allowing you to alter the bar position. If the first tempo change is not at the start of the
bar in the passage, be sure to alter the bar number, and leave the beat, sub beat, and
frame or tick values unaltered.
7 Press Return. The copied tempo changes will be selected, and you can undo the
operation if necessary.