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Editing tempo and signature
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 35.
• By adjusting the tempo value 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].
Adding and editing time signature events
• To add a time signature event, click with the Pencil tool
in the time signature area.
This adds a default 4/4 time signature event at the closest bar position.
• To edit the value of a time signature event, select it and
adjust the value on the info line, or double-click the event
and enter a new value.
Note that there are two controls for the signature display; the left one ad-
justs the numerator and the right one adjusts the denominator.
• To move a time signature event, click and drag it with
the Arrow tool.
Note that you can [Shift]-click to select multiple events. Also note that
time signature events can only be positioned at the start of bars. This is
also true if Snap is deactivated.
• To remove a time signature, either click on it with the
Erase tool or select it and press [Backspace] or [Delete].
The first time signature event cannot be removed.
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We recommend using the Bars+Beats display for-
mat when editing tempo curves. Otherwise, you may
get confusing results. This is because moving a point
will change the relationship between tempo and
time. If you move a tempo point to the right and drop
it at a certain time position, the mapping between
tempo and time will be adjusted. Since you have
changed the tempo curve, the moved point will ap
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pear at another position.