Graphic Tempo Editor - DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual

Alternate Playlists
Alternate playlists on Elastic Audio-enabled,
tick-based tracks are only affected by tempo
changes. Otherwise, alternate playlists are not
affected by editing Warp or Event markers in the
main playlist.

Graphic Tempo Editor

The Tempo Editor, a resizeable window beneath
the Tempo ruler in the Edit Window, lets you
view and edit tempo information graphically.
Tempo Editor
The Tempo Editor is an expansion of the Tempo
ruler, opening in the rulers section of the Edit
Window.
Tempo Editor expand/collapse triangle
Tempo Resolution
Tempo Density
Add Tempo Change
Tempo Editor
To display the Tempo Editor, do one of the
following:
Select View > Rulers > Tempo, then select
View > Rulers > Tempo > Tempo Editor.
– or –
Click the Tempo Editor expand/collapse
triangle.
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Tempo events
Zooming and Scrolling in the Tempo
Editor
To zoom in vertically in the Tempo Editor:
Click the Tempo Editor Zoom In button ("+").
To zoom out vertically in the Tempo Editor:
Click the Tempo Editor Zoom Out button
("–").
Tempo Editor Zoom buttons and scroll bar
To scroll vertically in the Tempo Editor, do any of
the following:
Click the Scroll Up Arrow to scroll up.
Click the Scroll Down Arrow to scroll down.
Drag the Scroll bar up or down.
Editing Tempo Events in the Tempo
Editor
Tempo events in the Tempo Editor can be edited
with any of the following methods:
Individual tempo events can be dragged with
any of the Grabber tools to adjust their location
or value.
A group of selected tempos can be scaled up or
down with the Trimmer tool.
New tempo events can be drawn in with the
Pencil tool to replace existing ones.
Tempo events can be copied and pasted,
nudged, and shifted.
Scroll bar
Zoom In and Out
buttons