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Editing tempo and signature
Adjusting the audio to the project
tempo
If you want freely recorded audio to follow a fixed tempo or
a different project tempo, you can use the Set Definition
From Tempo dialog to save the tempo information from
the tempo track in the corresponding audio clips.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the audio events that you want to have follow
the project tempo.
For example, this could be the individual tracks in a multi-track drum
session.
2. On the Audio menu, open the Advanced submenu and
select the “Set Definition From Tempo…” option.
The Set Definition From Tempo dialog opens.
3. Select whether you want to save the tempo informa-
tion in the project file only or in the selected audio clips.
Writing the definition into the audio files allows you to use these in other
projects, complete with tempo information.
4. Select if you want to set all tracks to musical timebase.
If you do not activate this option, only the tracks containing the selected
events are set to musical timebase.
5. Click OK.
The tempo information is now copied into the selected audio clips and
the tracks are set to musical timebase. Furthermore, Musical Mode is ac
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tivated for the audio events.
The audio tracks will now follow any tempo changes in the
project. Therefore, you can disable the tempo track and
set a fixed tempo for your project or edit the tempo track
for a new tempo map. Warping is applied to the events to
match the tempo. By default, the “élastique Pro Time” time
shifting algorithm is applied, which should lead to the
best-quality results (see
“About time stretch and pitch
shift algorithms” on page 259).
!
If you have placed audio events referring to the same
audio clip at different positions on the timeline and
you apply the “Set Definition From Tempo” function
simultaneously to these events, new audio files are
written for all the events except the first.