User`s guide

Chapter 17: Conductor Tracks and Memory Locations 229
If the beginning of the selection includes a
tempo event, press Command (Macintosh)
or Control (Windows) so the Selector ap-
pears.
✽ Press Command+Option (Macintosh) or
Alt+Control (Windows) while dragging to select
across all Conductor tracks.
3 Choose Edit > Copy.
4 Click in the Tempo Ruler at the point
where you want to paste the tempo events.
5 Choose Edit > Paste. The contents of the
Clipboard are pasted from the insertion
point, replacing any existing tempo events.
To extend an Edit selection in a track to the
Tempo Ruler:
1 Using either the Selector or Grabber, se-
lect a track range.
2 Shift-click in the Tempo Ruler.
Shift-click again in the Tempo Ruler to re-
move it from the selection.
To select all tempo events:
■ Double-click with the Selector in the
Tempo Ruler.
To clear a range of selected tempo events:
1 If desired, set the Edit mode to Grid to
constrain the selection to the current Grid
value.
2 Drag in the Tempo Ruler to select the
tempo events you want to remove.
3 Choose Edit > Clear to delete the selected
tempo events.
Tempo and MIDI and Audio
When editing or moving tempo events, the
Bars:Beats Ruler expands or shrinks, as nec-
essary, to accurately reflect the placement
of audio regions (which remain constant in
terms of sample location). This, in turn, af-
fects the relative placement of MIDI notes,
and ensures that the visual relationship be-
tween MIDI and audio is accurate.
Figure 17 illustrates how MIDI notes shift
and expand in relation to audio after the
tempo is reduced.
After editing or moving a tempo event:
◆ Bar and beat locations for audio regions
(which are sample-based) are adjusted for
the new tempo. The audio region’s sample
and SMPTE locations remain unchanged.
◆ MIDI notes (which are tick-based) re-
main at the same bar and beat location. In
relation to audio, however, the notes
shrink or expand based on the new tempo,
and result in new sample and SMPTE loca-
tions for the note start and end times.
Figure 17. Before and after change in tempo
Ruler and MIDI
events expand
after tempo
change