User guide

670 Chapter 30 Advanced Tempo Operations
Creating Tempo Curves
To create a continuous transition between two tempi, click-hold and drag the tip of the
right angle line (the corner) above or below the second node.
A curve or diagonal line will result (a Move Curve Node help tag is shown), which can
be dragged as desired—horizontally and vertically—to alter the curve shape. You’ll find
that this is quite similar to drawing track automation curves with the mouse.
To make a tempo curve more, or less, precise:
m Choose the desired value from the Resolution pop-up menu in the Tempo track to
define the number of tempo changes that are actually performed when using curves.
When set to 1/16, there will be four tempo changes per quarter note, 1/1 will only
generate one tempo change per bar, which will result in a coarser transition. A different
resolution can be defined for each node.
To delete a tempo curve:
m Click the handling node (at the tip of the right angle) with the Eraser tool, or double-
click on it with the Pointer.
Moving, Altering, and Copying Tempo Changes
To move a tempo change event, grab the node (or the line to the right) and drag it left
or right.
To make finer tempo change movements:
m Hold Shift while dragging the desired node left or right.
To move the selected tempo event to the current playhead position:
m Use the Pickup Clock Position key command.
To change the value of a tempo change event:
m Simply drag the node (or line) up or down. A help tag will display the tempo value.
The display range (the scale shown to the left) of the tempo track is automatically
adjusted when you choose a value that exceeds the current minimum or maximum
value (see below).
Note: To prevent unintentional changes, nodes are restricted to either vertical or
horizontal movement for each operation. Put another way, you can either change the
value or position of a tempo change event, but not both at once.