From 088c7aebd6dbfbce4af7e41bd815d30b37ed9b93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nick_m In PROGRAM_NAME, tempo can be adjusted in several ways:
- by double clicking on a tempo marker.
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- by using the constraint modifier (which is set in Preferences->User Interaction) to drag the beat/bars in the BBT ruler or the tempo/meter lines. -this is the preferred way to match the tempo to previously recorded material. -
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NOTE - When dragging the BBT ruler, musical snap has no effect, however be warned that non-musical snap is in effect if enabled. Snapping to a minute while dragging a beat may result in some verly slow tempos. Snapping a beat to a video frame however is an incredibly useful way to ensure your soundtrack is punchy and synchronised to the sample.
-by holding down the constaint modifier while dragging a tempo vertically. +
Tempo may be locked to audio or musical time. You may change this by right-clicking on a tempo. If a tempo is locked to music, an entry will be available to lock it to audio. Similarly an audio-locked tempo may be locked to music by right clicking it an selecting the "Lock to Music" entry. @@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ We now locate the earliest position where the click doesn't match, and place a n Two bars later, place another new tempo.
Now while dragging any beat *after* the second new tempo, watch the drum audio and tempo lines until they align. -+
Notice what is happeneing here: the tempo previous to your mouse pointer is being changed so that the beat you grabbed
aligns with the pointer.
Notice that the tempo lines previous to the changed one also move. This is because the previous tempo is ramping *to* the tempo you are changing.
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ you dragged the BBT ruler, making the second tempo provide enough pulses over th
General note:
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Audio locked meters can be very useful when composing, as they allow a continuous piece of music to be worked on in +
Audio locked meters can be useful when composing, as they allow a continuous piece of music to be worked on in isolated segments, preventing the listening fatigue of a fixed form. Reassembly is left as an excercise for the reader.