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Working with the Tempo track
Operations
Zooming
Changing the magnification is done using any of the fol-
lowing methods:
• By using the zoom sliders in the lower right corner of the
window.
• By using the Magnifying Glass tool.
This works according to the standard procedures.
• By using the Zoom submenu on the Edit menu.
The options on the menu work as in other windows.
Editing the tempo curve
Adding tempo curve points
1. Use the “insert curve” pop-up menu in the toolbar to
select whether you want the tempo to change gradually
from the previous curve point to the new one (“Ramp”) or
change instantly to the new value (“Jump”).
2. Select the Pencil tool.
3. Click at the desired time position in the tempo curve
display, and keep the mouse button pressed.
If Snap is activated on the toolbar, this determines at which time posi-
tions you can insert tempo curve points, see “Snap” on page 401.
When you click, the tempo display in the toolbar shows the tempo value.
4. Drag the curve point to the desired tempo value (indi-
cated in the tempo display), and release the mouse button.
The tempo curve point is inserted. The result depends on whether you
selected “Ramp” or “Jump” in step 1 above:
• You can also just click and draw a tempo curve with the
Pencil tool, so that curve points are inserted while you draw.
For this, the “Ramp” Insert Curve mode is useful.
• Instead of using the Pencil tool, you can press [Alt]/[Op-
tion] and use the Arrow tool.
This will only insert a single point (i.e. you cannot draw a curve with the
Arrow tool).
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This section assumes that you are working in Tempo
track mode, i.e. the Tempo button must be activated
on the Transport panel.
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You can also have tempo values automatically in-
serted by the Beat Calculator, see “The Beat Calcu-
lator” on page 401.
Insert curve set to “Ramp”:
Insert curve set to “Jump”: