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648 TEMPO MENU
Tempo menu
Tempo/time signature
Tempo and bar switches are an important expression medium of your music and can be
manipulated in Samplitude with a vast range of possibilities.
The definition of tempo and bar measure changes is achieved completely using markers
inside the project window. Continual speed progressions or abrupt tempo / bar measure
changes can be defined with special tempo and bar markers. Resulting tempo
progressions are automatically calculated. The display in the transport window provides
optical control of the tempo and bar measures, showing current values during playback
and repositioning.
You can move the musical grid using data points to certain time position or adapt it to
existing audio and MIDI events, for example, a reference drum track.
Three marker types are available for grid definition:
• Tempo
• Beat count measure (musical signature)
• Bar position
You can also transfer tempo information ("tempo maps") from the MIDI file to your project
during import. Here Samplitude automatically creates the tempo markers necessary for
this. "Tempo maps" can be exported as MIDI files.
In addition, MIDI and audio objects can be coupled to the musical grid and then modified
depending on the position during tempo changes.
Set new tempo marker
Tempo markers
A new project first has a single “Master” tempo which can be defined in the transport
console or in the project settings (keyboard shortcut: “I”).
You can define unlimited tempo changes directly in the project window at anytime. The
tempo marker is the most important tool, since it can be used to define a tempo change at
a precise position, which in turn can also be interpolated linearly to a previous tempo
definition.
The tempo markers are snapped to the next raster point when the raster is active. By
dragging the tempo markers and holding down "Alt", you temporarily deactive the raster
function.