Rutherford,

There a couple of things that you could try. Success of these will depend on the style and instruments you are using.


ONE
Try putting a chord with a shot on beat one and then a chord with push and shot on beat two.

The syntax is C..,^C..

It may well be that shots do not work using pushes when Real-instruments are used. I haven't tried this.


TWO
This is more involved. Basically it involves inserting an extra bar and changing time signatures.

Let's say you want the effect in bar 30. Insert a bar after bar 30. We'll be setting the time signatures of Bars 30 and 31 so that these two bars play in the same time as a single bar.

1. Right-click on bar 30, choose bar settings, set the time to double your song speed. (This means that bar 30 will now play four beats in the time of two normal beats. There will now be 4 chords that can be set in the bar but they will effectively play as eighth notes. Use chords with shots on beats 1 and 2.)

2. Right-click on bar 31, choose bar settings, set the time back to normal. Also, set the "Beats per bar" to "2".

3. Lastly, right click on bar 32 and set the "Beats per bar" to 4.

Bars 30 and 31 will now work individually and play in the same time that a single bar at normal speed will play.

As mentioned, success with either of these approaches will depend on the style and instruments. It may or may not work for you but it is worth a shot smile

Regards,
Noel

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