Adjusting Current Playback TempoYou can try playing your Section at different tempos by temporarily adjusting the tempo during playback using Metro’s Tempo setting. Metro sets the initial tempo of each Section to 120 BPM. The Tempodisplay is in the lower left corner of the Transport window.To adjust tempo during playback, do one of the following:- In the Transport window (Command-B), click the Tempo setting’s left or right arrows to decrease or increase the tempo by 1/10th of a beatper minute, or hold the mouse button down for larger changes.
- Also in the Transport window, drag the slider below the Tempo setting eitherleft or right.
In addition to adjusting the current playback tempo, you can set a Section toalways play a particular tempo by placing a Tempo event in the Section. Metroautomatically places a Tempo event at a default tempo of 120 at the beginningof each new Section. This tempo is displayed in the Transport in the Temposetting (Tempo = 120). To change initial default tempo of the current Section and any new Sectionsyou create:- Click the door on the Tempo setting to open the Tempo dialog box.
- Within the Tempo dialog box, enter a new initial tempo display and click OK.
The default initial tempo setting affects the current Section and any newSections you subsequently create. You can easily view all Tempo, Time Signature,and Key Signature events within a Section in the Section Event Editor window(Windows menu).See Entering Tempo Events in the Tempo Dialog Box for more details on entering Tempo events. See Tap Tempo for more information on recording Tempo eventsProceed to the next step in this tutorial, Recording Another Track. |
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