Stretching The Music - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

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Stretching the Music

First, letÕs speed the music to Þt within 20 seconds.
There are two ways the music can be made to Þt: by increasing the
tempo or by keeping the tempo and changing the note start times and
durations. It is usually advantageous when compressing or stretching
music to change the tempo rather than the notes, because this will keep
the relationship of notes to measures intact and let you edit the music
more easily later. In the present case we'll change the tempo
Do the following:
1. In the Track view, select the area between the markers labeled
Start and End.
2. Select all the MIDI tracks (1 through 6), by dragging over the
track numbers.
3. Choose Edit-Fit to Time to open the Fit to Time dialog box.
4. For New Thru, enter 00:00:20:00. If this field is displayed as
Measures:Beats:Ticks, click the Format button.
5. For Modify by Changing, select Tempo Map.
6. Click OK.
Play the project again and note the difference. You'll see that the tempo
in the Tempo toolbar has changed from the original 90.00 beats per
minute to 95.97. You could have entered this number directly,
bypassing the Fit to Time dialog box, but you probably would have had
to experiment with different numbers until the MIDI tracks ended up at
just the right length. Fit to Time calculated the correct tempo value for
you.