Specifications

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2 In the Tempo Change window, enter the Lo-
cation and BPM value for the tempo change.
Select the Snap To Bar option to place the in-
serted tempo event cleanly on the first beat of
the nearest measure.
3 To base the BPM value on something other
than the default quarter note, select a different
note value.
4 Click Apply. The new tempo event is inserted
and appears in the Tempo Ruler.
Each tempo event has a small green triangle
next to it that indicates its location. These trian-
gles can be dragged to move the tempo event,
and they can be double-clicked to edit the
tempo event.
Editing and Moving Tempo Events
Existing tempo events can be moved, edited, de-
leted, and copied and pasted.
To move a tempo event by dragging:
■ In the Tempo Ruler, drag the triangle for the
tempo event left or right.
If the Edit mode is set to Grid, the dragged event
snaps to the current Grid value.
To edit a tempo event:
1 In the Tempo Ruler, double-click the tempo
event.
2 In the Change Tempo dialog, enter a new Lo-
cation or BPM value for the tempo event.
3 Click OK.
To delete a tempo event:
■ While pressing Alt (Windows) or Option
(Macintosh), move the cursor over the tempo
event (where the cursor changes to the Grabber
with a “–”) and click to remove it.
To copy and paste several tempo events:
1 If you want to constrain the selection to the
current grid value, set the Edit mode to Grid.
2 Drag in the Tempo Ruler to select the range of
measures that includes the tempo events.
Tempo Change window
Inserted tempo event
Dragging a tempo event
Tempo events selected