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Working with the Tempo track
4. Enter the desired End or Length in the corresponding
fields of the New Range section.
You can select a time format for the new range in the Time Display For-
mat pop-up.
5. Click Process.
Now the tempo track is automatically adjusted, and the range will have
the specified duration.
The Process Bars dialog
(Cubase only)
The Process Bars dialog, which can be opened from the
Tempo Track Editor, uses the global “Insert Silence” and
“Delete Time” functions from the Edit menu – Range sub-
menu, but uses a musical “bars+beats-based” environ-
ment for calculating the necessary ranges (or parameters).
It also ensures that the time signatures stay “in sync” after
these operations. This allows for a much more intuitive ap-
proach when inserting, deleting or replacing “time” while
working with a project set to the Bars+Beats time type.
The Process Bars dialog is opened by clicking on the re-
spective button on the Tempo Track toolbar (next to the
Process Tempo button).
The dialog contains the following elements:
… to open the Process Bars dialog.
Click this button…
Option Description
Bar Range The Bar Range display gives you a graphical overview of
the position of the bar range within the project as well as
its length. You can change the setting here by dragging
the green rectangle; however this is accomplished much
easier by using the Start and Length value fields (see be-
low).
The small arrow pair in this section mark the length of the
current project. The area to the right marks the bar range
that can be added (500 bars max.).
Bar Range –
Start
This is where you specify the desired start position for the
bar range. Click on the small arrows to raise/lower the
value by one step or click directly in the value field and
enter the desired number manually.
Bar Range –
Length
This is where you specify the desired length of the bar
range. Click on the small arrows to raise/lower the value
by one step or click directly in the value field and enter
the desired number manually.
Action –
Insert Bars
When you select this action, clicking the Process button
will insert the specified number of empty bars with the set
time signature at the desired start position in the project.
Action – Delete
Bars
When you select this action, clicking the Process button
will delete the specified number of bars beginning at the
set start position.
Action –
Reinterpret
Bars
When you select this action, clicking the Process button
will reinterpret the bar range to fit the specified time sig-
nature. This is very special in the sense that both
bars+beats positions of the notes and the tempo are be-
ing changed to fit the new time signature, but the play-
back of the notes will stay just the same.
If you want to reinterpret e.g. a bar with the time signature
3/4 so that it gets the time signature 4/4, quarter notes
will become half note triplets. If you reinterpret a bar with
the time signature 4/4 to attain 3/4, you will get quadru-
plets.
Action –
Replace Bars
When you select this action, clicking the Process button
will cause the time signature of the specified bar range to
be replaced by the one you specify in this dialog.
Action –
Signature
This lets you specify the desired time signature for the
action you select in the Action pop-up menu (except for
the Delete Bars action).
Process Click this button to apply your changes to the desired bar
range.
Close Clicking this button closes the Process Bars dialog.
Please note that you have to click the Process button first
to apply your settings. Clicking this button without click-
ing on “Process” first will close the dialog without apply-
ing your settings.