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Editing tempo and signature
The Beat Calculator
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Calculating the tempo of a recording
PROCEDURE
1. In the Project window, make a selection that covers an exact number of beats
of the recording.
2. Select “Beat Calculator…” from the Project menu.
The Beat Calculator window appears.
3. In the Beats field, enter the number of beats that the selection encompasses.
The corresponding tempo is calculated and displayed in the BPM field.
If you need to adjust the selection, you can go back to the Project window, leaving
the Beat Calculator open.
To re-calculate the tempo after adjusting the selection, click Refresh.
4. You can also insert the calculated tempo into the tempo track by clicking one
of the buttons in the lower left corner of the Beat Calculator window.
Clicking “At Tempo Track Start” will adjust the first tempo curve point, while “At
Selection Start” will add a new tempo curve point at the selection’s start position,
using the “Jump” curve type.
IMPORTANT
If fixed tempo mode is selected when you insert the calculated tempo, the fixed tempo
will be adjusted, regardless of which button you click.
RELATED LINKS
Adding tempo curve points on page 545
Using Tap Tempo
The Tap Tempo function allows you to specify a tempo by tapping:
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Beat Calculator.
2. If you want to tap the tempo to some recorded material, activate playback.
3. Click the Tap Tempo button.
The Tap Tempo window appears.
4. Tap the tempo on the Spacebar of the computer keyboard or with the mouse
button.
The tempo display will update the calculated tempo between each tap.