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Smoothing the tempo and style changing in the middle of a song #445330 12/15/17 10:14 AM Beginners Forum
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 21 Canby, Oregon G GT40John OP Enthusiast
OP GT40John Enthusiast G Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 21 Canby, Oregon	I used F5 to change the "Settings For Current Bar" to make a tempo and style change toward the middle of one of my songs. Any tips for smoothing out these changes? I went (example) from a 120 tempo to 105 and it sounded like a drastic cut off from one to the other. I currently have 2017 PRO but will order the Ultra PAK in a few days (if that makes any difference). Thanks, John "I'm still a beginner but further than when I started" Windows 7 BiaB 2018 Ultra PAK Xtra PAK 3

Re: Smoothing the tempo and style changing in the middle of a song GT40John #445348 12/15/17 11:19 AM Beginners Forum
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jford Veteran Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 12,584 Pensacola, Florida	If you want to slow down from 120 to 105, BIAB only supports changing the tempo on a bar-by-bar basis, so I would start a few bars early and change to 115, then 110 in the next bar, then 105 in the target bar. Or if that is still too abrupt, start say five bars early and drop the tempo by 3 every bar (3x5=15; 120-105=15) to get there. John Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 2x2TB, 1x4TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 2x1.5TB, 2x2TB, 1x4TB SATA BB2024/UMC404HD/Casios/Cakewalk/Reaper/Studio One/MixBus/Notion/Finale/Dorico/Noteworthy/NI/Halion/IK http://www.sus4chord.com

Re: Smoothing the tempo and style changing in the middle of a song GT40John #445356 12/15/17 11:47 AM Beginners Forum
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OP GT40John Enthusiast G Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 21 Canby, Oregon	John, Those are great ideas. Next time I work on my songs, I will experiment with that and see if it works. I did try a held chord or a rest but haven't had success with it yet. Thanks so much, John Canby Oregon Windows 7 BiaB 2018 Ultra PAK Xtra PAK 3

Re: Smoothing the tempo and style changing in the middle of a song GT40John #445674 12/17/17 08:07 AM Beginners Forum
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Icelander Veteran Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,781 Iceland	Another trick to make up for the crudeness of that "bar-by-bar" shortcoming, is to fiddle with the number of measures per bar over the slow-down bars (set this inside the Bar Settings dialogue). The theory here is to chop down for example a 4-beat bar into four bars of one beat each, and set a gradually slower tempo on each of these. This can, however, be quite tricky to pull off with a realistic result... I myself have actually never done this Also mind the resolution option for any severe tempo changes (found in Realtrack Preferences). Sometimes if set too high, the jump from one tempo to the next will sound notably worse than otherwise, due to the added strain on the program/computer. There's only one thing to do in crisis like this - Sleep on it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BBox 2022 Audiophile, Mac Pro Intel, OSX 10.6.8, 800x600 (TV VGA)

Re: Smoothing the tempo and style changing in the middle of a song Icelander #445927 12/18/17 02:36 PM Beginners Forum
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OP GT40John Enthusiast G Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 21 Canby, Oregon	Thanks Icelander. I'll try that if I can figure it out. I'm a novice still with BiaB. Windows 7 BiaB 2018 Ultra PAK Xtra PAK 3

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