Using The Tempo Toolbar - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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with Groove Clips" on page 260. 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 on stretch-enabling clips, see "Enable
Stretching" on page 252.
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 Chapter 18,
Synchronizing Your Gear.

Using the Tempo Toolbar

The Tempo toolbar displays the current tempo and lets you change the tempo as
shown below:
Click to insert a tempo change
Click to enter a new Tempo ratio
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 speed), and 2.00 (double
speed). You can change the tempo ratios that are associated with each button.
Note: Tempo ratios can only be used in projects that contain no audio tracks and
cannot be used when using any form of synchronization. For more information, see
Chapter 18, Synchronizing Your Gear.