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Editing tempo and signature
Selecting tempo curve points
Curve points can be selected as follows:
• Using the Arrow tool.
The standard selection techniques apply.
• Using the Select submenu on the Edit menu.
The options are:
• You can also use the left and right arrow keys on the
computer keyboard to go from one curve point to the next.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, you can select several points
at the same time.
Editing tempo curve points
Curve points can be edited in the following ways:
• By clicking and dragging horizontally and/or vertically
with the Arrow tool.
If several points are selected, all of them are moved. If Snap is activated
on the toolbar, this determines to which time positions you can move
curve points, see “The Snap function” on page 40.
• By adjusting the tempo value. You can do this in the
tempo display on the Tempo Track Editor toolbar.
Adjusting the curve type
You can change the curve type of a tempo curve segment
at any time, using the following method:
1. With the Arrow tool, select all curve points within the
segment you want to edit.
2. In the info line, click below the word “Type” to switch
the curve type between “Jump” and “Ramp”.
The curve sections between the selected points are adjusted.
Removing tempo curve points
To remove a curve point, either click on it with the Erase
tool or select it and press [Backspace]. The first tempo
curve point cannot be removed.
Setting the fixed tempo
When the tempo track is deactivated, the tempo track
curve is grayed out (but still visible). Since the tempo is
fixed throughout the whole project, there are no tempo
curve points. Instead, the fixed tempo is displayed as a
horizontal black line in the tempo curve display.
To set the tempo in fixed mode:
• Adjust the value numerically in the tempo display on the
Tempo Track Editor toolbar.
• On the Transport panel, click on the tempo value to se-
lect it, enter a new value and press [Enter].
Option Description
All Selects all curve points on the tempo track.
None Deselects all curve points.
In Loop Selects all curve points between the left and right locator.
From Start
to Cursor
Selects all points to the left of the project cursor.
From Cursor
to End
Selects all points to the right of the project cursor.
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Dragging tempo curve points with a time-based dis-
play format (any other format than “Bars+Beats”) may
lead to confusing results. This is because moving a
point will change the relationship between tempo and
time. Let’s say you move a tempo point to the right and
drop it at a certain time position. When you release
the mouse button, the mapping between tempo and
time will be adjusted (since you have changed the
tempo curve). As a result, the moved point will appear
at another position. For this reason, we recommend
using the Bars+Beats display format when editing
tempo curves.