Reference Guide

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Arranging and editing

Changing Tempos

while the audio tracks will play at the same speed. For more information about Groove clips, see

“Working Groove Clip audio” on page 419. Audio clips that are not Groove clips change in size when

moved to a part of your project that has a different tempo.

Sometimes you don’t want to adjust the speed of your audio. Here are some examples:

• If your project contains background music and a voice-over, you might want to change the tempo

of the background music without altering the voice-over.

• If you’re trying to modify the speed of some MIDI tracks to match a sampled drum groove, you

want to leave the audio unchanged.

When you change the tempo of your project, clips having stretching enabled change tempo along

with the project, while those that do not have stretching enabled do not. For more information about

stretch-enabling clips, see “Enable Stretching” on page 413.

Tempos set when the clock source is set to MIDI Sync do not have any effect, because SONAR

follows the external tempo. For more information, see “Synchronizing Your Gear” on page 819.

See:

Using the Tempo Toolbar

Using the Tempo Commands

Using the Tempo View

Using the Tempo Toolbar

The Tempo toolbar displays the current tempo and lets you change the tempo as shown below:

Figure 56. The Tempo toolbar

A. Click to insert a tempo change B. Tempo ratio buttons C. Click to enter a new tempo

When you enter a new tempo directly in the toolbar, you change the most recent tempo setting in the

project.

The tempo ratio buttons temporarily change the speed of playback, without affecting the actual

tempo that is stored with your project (see Note, below). During playback, the tempo is multiplied by

the current tempo ratio. By default, the three tempo ratios are 0.50 (half speed), 1.00 (normal