Calculating Tempo from MIDI Events

You can create a complete tempo track by recording MIDI events to the tempo of freely recorded audio or MIDI material.

Prerequisite

You have opened a project with a freely recorded audio or MIDI file. You have added an instrument track and loaded an instrument. You have connected and set up a MIDI keyboard.

Procedure

  1. In the instrument track Inspector, deactivate Switch Time Base between Musical and Linear to set the track time base to linear.
  2. On the instrument track, activate Record Enable.
  3. On the Transport panel, activate Record.
  4. On the MIDI keyboard, tap the tempo by hitting a key to the tempo of your music.
  5. Stop recording, and play back the recorded MIDI notes with the original recording to check if the timing is correct.
  6. Do one of the following:

    • Select the MIDI part in the Project window.

    • Open the MIDI part in the Key Editor, and select the notes that you want to use for the calculation.

  7. Select MIDI > Functions > Calculate Tempo from MIDI Events.
  8. Open the Distance of Notes pop-up menu to specify the distance of the recorded note events.
  9. Optional: To start the calculation of the tempo curve at the beginning of a bar, activate Begin at Bar Start.
  10. Click OK.

Result

The project tempo is set to the tempo of the recorded MIDI events.

After Completing This Task

Open the Tempo Track Editor to verify and edit the new tempo curve.