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define a tempo change at a precise position, which can also be interpolated
linearly to a previous tempo definition.
Set new beat marker
The time signature marker changes the type of beat after the marker position,
e.g. from a 4/4 beat to a 3/4 beat. A new project first has a uniform 4/4 beat
that can be defined in the transport control or in the project settings (“I”).
Bar markers can only be inserted at the beginning of a bar. If an imported MIDI
file contains bar changes, bar position markers are automatically generated.
Set new beat position marker
Beat position markers assign a specific musical position to a specific time
position. This way, the bar frame/grid and MIDI events can be easily
synchronized with existing audio material.
Bar position markers (Advanced Tempo Mapping)
The tempo of a piece of music is usually defined when it's composed. If you
want to increase the tempo at a certain bar position, simply define a tempo
marker, with tempo interpolation referring to the previous marker.
However, recorded audio material often does not correspond with the project
tempo, e.g. a drummer's reference track to indicate the tempo of further
recordings or additionally composed material with many timing nuances.
Instead of placing tempo makers or even having to adapt the reference
material using time-stretching, you can create the musical grid at certain time
positions in the linear course of playback of the project using support points;
so-called bar position markers. This way you can synchronize the bar grid,
musical grid, and the corresponding MIDI data with available audio material.
Example: The drummer has recorded a track using a metronome, but has
deliberately not hit important beginnings of a bar precisely. The musical grid is
adapted to keep the groove within this performance. By placing a bar position
marker, the project beat of “20”, including the beginning of the chorus, is
moved exactly to the first beat of the 20th bar played by the drummer.
This practical example shows that the bar position markers are used to
combine the audio-based sample/time position (or SMPTE) with the musical
bar position by means of defined support points. This allows for easy editing of
projects with changing musical tempo when the musical grid is edited in the
actual time course (e.g. bar 20 should begin a this point in time!).