tempo changes in between songs

shazzy · Post by **shazzy** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:39 am

i want to use Live for performance... u know the usual acid jazz stuff... what i wanna know is, how do set the tempo changes in between songs.. i wanna put the songss all in 1 live set (if possible...)

please help... i'm here in Malaysia, haven't found anyone who uses Live for live situations here...

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:34 am

you can name a scene "XXXBPM" and it will automatically change the tempo when it plays

shazzy · Post by **shazzy** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:56 am

seriously? let's the song has 5 scenes, do i rename all 5? ok, will try it now... thanks!

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:04 am

no, just name the first one and it should stay at that tempo until you fire another one with a BPM name

shazzy · Post by **shazzy** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:04 am

dude, thanks man. you dont know how you've affected my musical journey.. heheheheheh

Ishico · Post by **Ishico** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:19 pm

Can you explain it one more time?
I tried to name different clips and scenes but it doesn't worked...

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:07 pm

Not clips, just scenes. That's all the way to the right, in the Master column.

Just rename a scene to XXXBPM (i.e. "120BPM")

Ishico · Post by **Ishico** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:53 pm

ok thanks man!!!

(so it was in the master column from the session mode, i tried it in the arrangement mode)

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:39 am

Yeah, in the Arrange screen, the Master column is just the _track_ names, not the _scene_ names

Ishico · Post by **Ishico** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:52 pm

Sorry longjohns, but when I rename the track name in the arrangement screen it doesn't work!

What can be the mistake?

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:14 pm

You can't do it in Arrangement!!!! Only Session!

You're not understanding the difference between Tracks and Scenes, and where each can be seen on the Live screens.

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:16 pm

I probably should not bring this up and further confuse the matter, but

If you want to automate the tempo in the Arrangement screen, you do it in the tempo envelope of the Master Track.

Ishico · Post by **Ishico** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:57 am

Ok longjohns. I get it!!!

And you take my dumb questions with a

so good.
I tried several times to make a tempo change in the Arrangement screen (with the same technique you said -> in the Mater Track) but I wasn't sattisfied about the "120,125BPM" I get with the pencil tool. So I hoped there would be another way to do it when I saw this topic in the forum.

For the future I will cut my Tracks in Arrangement screen and take them to the Session one.

(Sure I know the difference between Tracks and Scenes in the 2 modi, but sometimes it is not so easy to find the right words

)

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:11 pm

Q: How do I set exact tempos with a MIDI controller?

Generally speaking, a MIDI controller will output 128 values over it's range of travel, from 0-127. By assigning a tempo range spanning 128 values, you can have your tempo changes be in whole numbers. By dividing or multiplying this range by powers of two, you will get tempo changes in increments of .25, .5, 2, 4, etc.

Other methods of setting exact tempos:

Temporarily define the range of the Master Tempo Envelope so that either the maximum or minimum value is your target tempo. Then by dragging a breakpoint to the max or min, it will end up exactly at that value.

Use recording punch-ins and the tempo value box to set tempo points and values. When you are in record mode, a tempo entered into the field will result in a tempo change breakpoint on the Master Tempo Envelope at the moment you hit 'enter'. After you have the breakpoints you need, you can delete any extra points.

bug nasty · Post by **bug nasty** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 9:49 am

Whoa!!! Now thats a trick!!!