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Working with the Tempo track
Setting the Fixed tempo
When the Tempo track button is deactivated, the Tempo
track curve is grayed out (but still visible). Since the Fixed
tempo is constant throughout the whole project, there are
no tempo curve points. Instead, the Fixed tempo is dis-
played as a horizontal black line in the tempo curve display.
There are three ways to set the tempo in Fixed mode:
• Drag the tempo line up or down with the Arrow tool.
• Adjust the value numerically in the tempo display on the
toolbar.
• On the Transport panel, in Fixed tempo mode, click on
the Tempo value to select it, enter a new value and press
[Enter].
Adding and editing time signature events
• To add a time signature event, click in the time signature
area with the Pencil tool.
This adds a default 4/4 time signature event at the closest bar position.
You can also do this by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and clicking with the Ar-
row tool.
• To edit the value of a time signature event, select it and
adjust the value in the signature display on the toolbar.
Note that there are two controls for the signature display; the left one ad-
justs the numerator and the right one adjusts the denominator.
• You can move a time signature event by clicking and
dragging it with the Arrow tool.
Again, note that time signature events can only be positioned at the start
of bars.
• To remove a time signature, either click on it with the
Eraser tool or select it and press [Backspace].
The first time signature event cannot be removed.
Exporting and importing Tempo tracks
You can export the current tempo track for use in other
projects by selecting “Tempo Track” from the “Export”
submenu on the File menu. This allows you to save the
tempo track information (including time signature events)
as a special xml file (file extension “.smt”).
To import a saved tempo track, select “Tempo Track” from
the Import submenu on the File menu. Note that this re-
places all tempo track data in the current project (although
the operation can be undone if needed).
Process Tempo (Cubase only)
Process Tempo allows you to define a specific length or
end time for a set range, and the Tempo track will automat-
ically set a tempo that will fit the range in the specified time.
It works as follows:
1. Open the Tempo Track Editor and specify a region or
range that you wish to process by setting the left and right
locators.
2. Click on the Process Tempo button on the Tempo
Track toolbar.
The Process Tempo dialog appears.
3. In the Process Range fields, the specified range is
shown, in Bars and Beats (PPQ) and in a time format, which
can be selected from the Time Display Format pop-up.
The range defined in step 1 will already be set, but you can edit the range
by adjusting the values in the Process Range fields if you wish.
Now you can either specify a new range length or a new
range end time. What to choose depends on whether the
range should have a specific length or whether it should
end at a specific time position.