Reference Guide

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Tempo View
To set the Start and Trim times
See Also:
Optimizing video performance
Tempo View
Open the Tempo view by using the Views > Tempo command, or by clicking the Tempo View
button in the Views toolbar.
The Tempo view shows the tempo of your project. You can use the mouse to draw tempo changes
directly onto the graph.
The Tempo view provides both a graphic display of the tempo and a list of all tempo changes in your
project. In the graphical display you can use your mouse to draw tempo changes directly onto the
graph. In the tempo list, you can insert, edit, and delete individual tempo changes. Click the Tempo
List button to display or hide the Tempo list.
If an entire project has a single tempo, the Tempo view shows a straight horizontal line, and a single
tempo in the list.
If you want audio clips to stretch with any tempo changes you introduce, you need to enable Groove
clip looping on any audio clips that you want to follow the tempo changes. Do this by selecting one or
more clips, right-clicking a selected clip, and choosing Groove > Clip Looping from the pop-up
menu. Each clip that has Groove clip looping enabled has beveled edges instead of sharp corners.
The same command disables Groove clip looping on any selected clip that has Groove clip looping
enabled.
The graph has several tools you can use to add or modify tempo changes:
If you make a mistake using any of these tools, you can use Undo to correct the error. When you
use the Draw tool, the speed with which you drag the mouse determines the density of tempo
Tool Name What It’s for
Select Drag the Select tool in either the graphic display or the tempo list to select
tempos for editing.
Draw Draw a custom curve indicating changes in tempo.
Line Draw a straight line indicating a steady increase or decrease in tempo.
Erase Eliminate tempo changes already in place for some portion of a project.
Snap to Grid When the Snap to Grid button is depressed, any new tempo changes will only
be entered as often as the duration value in the tempo view’s Snap to Grid
dialog box (open by Right-clicking the Snap to Grid button).
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