Changing Tempo In Cubase Studio 4

[Money Shot]

Ok newb question. Let's say you have a track that's 168 BPM. And you wanted to change to tempo to ohhhh let's say 140 at bar 32. How would you go about that so that midi (or audio) was not affected before bar 32 but was affected after bar 32?

[tacman7]

Basically you do your tempo changes prior to recording audio.

There is audio warping and time stretching and stuff but I've never used them.

There are limitations to how much you can change audio, pitch or tempo, without getting artifacts.

Maybe there are places where you need and could use those tools but I wouldn't think it would be under normal operating conditions.

[Money Shot]

Well yea before I start recording I set the tempo. But there is a tempo change like 30 bars into the track. So I need to know how to keep the previous tempo so that midi and audio isn't affected while inserting the new tempo so that everything after bar 30 is affected.

A simple answer will suffice.

Example: click on edit, click this, do this and there you have it.

[Bigduggieface]

In order to change the tempo within Cubase, you'll need to make the change using the Tempo Track.

Use ctrl-T to call up the Tempo Track. You'll now also need to change the tempo on the transport bar from 'fixed' to 'track'. Use the pencil tool to draw your intended tempo changes.

It's usually best (as has already been stated) to set up your tempo BEFORE you start recording. This is especially true when recording audio files. But if you're using only MIDI, the MIDI files will automatically follow the tempo that you specify with the Tempo Track.

Changing the tempo will NOT automatically change the playback speed of previously recorded audio files. Only MIDI files will follow Cubase's tempo.

It is possible to stretch or contract audio files, but that's a whole other discussion, and a messy one at that.

[Money Shot]

Ok Now I get it. I always used fixed tempo. I hit ctrl T and experimented with it using track tempo and now understand how to do what I want to do.

[antoncct]

I need to change tempo track on midi tracks in realtime ! , not with pencil ! by keyboard or other devices. How can I do ?