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Editing tempo and signature
Exporting and importing tempo tracks
(Cubase only)
You can export the current tempo track for use in other
projects by selecting “Tempo Track” from the “Export”
submenu of 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 tempo track, select “Tempo Track” from the
Import submenu of the File menu. Note that this replaces
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 automati
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cally set a tempo that will fit the range in the specified time.
Proceed as follows:
1. Specify a region or range that you wish to process by
setting the left and right locators, either in the Tempo
Track Editor or in the Project window.
2. Click on the Process Tempo button (either in the
Tempo Track Editor or on the tempo track).
The Process Tempo dialog opens.
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 menu.
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.
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 menu.
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 (opened from the Tempo Track
Editor or the signature track) uses the global “Insert
Silence” and “Delete Time” functions from the Range sub
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menu of the Edit menu. However, the necessary ranges (or
parameters) are calculated using a musical “bars+beats-
based” environment. The function also ensures that the
time signatures stay “in sync” after these operations. This
allows for a much more intuitive approach when inserting,
deleting or replacing “time” while working with a project set
to the Bars+Beats time type.
The dialog contains the following elements:
Option Description
Bar Range The Bar Range display shows the bar range within the
project as well as its length. Click on the right edge of the
green indicator and drag it to the right to enlarge the range.
You can also use the Start and Length value fields (see
below).
The arrow pair in this section marks the length of the cur-
rent 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 start position for the bar
range. Click on the arrows to raise/lower the value or
click directly in the value field to enter the value manually.
Bar Range –
Length
This is where you specify the length of the bar range.
Click on the arrows to raise/lower the value or click di
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rectly in the value field to enter the value manually.