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Editing Tempo and Time Signature
You can set up a tempo and time signature for your project. By default, the tempo is set to 120 bpm, and the time signature to 4/4.
Setting up a Fixed Project Tempo
If your music does not contain tempo changes, and the tempo track is deactivated, you can set up a fixed tempo for your project.
Setting the Project Tempo by Tapping
You can set the tempo of freely recorded audio or MIDI material by tapping.

Setting the Project Tempo by Tapping

You can set the tempo of freely recorded audio or MIDI material by tapping.

Prerequisite

The tempo track is deactivated, that is, tempo mode is set to Fixed.

Activate playback.
Select Project > Beat Calculator.
Click Tap Tempo.
The Tap Tempo window opens.
Use Space to tap the tempo of the recording that is played back.
In the BPM field, the calculated tempo is updated each time you tap.
Click OK to close the window.
The tapped tempo is shown in the BPM field of the Beat Calculator.
Click one of the buttons in the Insert Tempo into Tempo Track section to insert the calculated tempo into the tempo track.

The project tempo is set to the tapped tempo.