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Duplicating Instrument Tracks

By default, duplicating an Instrument Track creates a second Instrument Track that sends its note data to the instrument

on the original track. This comes in handy when you wish to have several Tracks of note data, all addressing the same

Instrument (discrete Tracks for each drum type in an instance of Impact, for example).

If you want to completely duplicate an Instrument Track (including its instrument and effects plug-ins and settings), use the

Duplicate (Complete) command in the Track menu, or Duplicate Track (complete) in the contextual menu reached by

[Right]/[Ctrl]-clicking the control area of the Track in Arrange view.

Tempo Track

Many modern recordings sound mechanical, like a machine playing music. This is often because the recording has a

single, static tempo, whereas the tempo in a natural performance tends to drift slightly. Interesting and musical results can

be achieved by varying the tempo in your recordings. Tempo changes do not affect your ability to sync recordings to the

tempo, as the click track and all other elements in Studio One follow the tempo dynamically as it changes.

Inserting Tempo Changes

To insert a tempo change, open the Tempo Track by clicking on the Tempo Track button above the Track Column. Then

select the Draw tool in the Arrange view. Click at any position in the Tempo Track to insert a tempo change and drag up or

down to adjust the Tempo value at that position.

To change an existing tempo value in the Tempo Track, float the Draw or Arrow tool to the top of the Tempo region and

click-and-drag the tempo value up or down. You can also click-and-drag the beginning of any new Tempo region left or

right across the Timeline to reposition the tempo change in the Tempo Track.

The value set by the tempo change continues for the rest of the Song or until the next tempo change. Also, the tempo

value in the Transport is immediately updated at the appropriate time, according to each tempo change.

If the related Audio Tracks are in Timestretch mode, Audio Events is stretched dynamically to reflect any tempo change on

the fly, with no need to split or otherwise edit the Events.

Time Signature

The time signature is a convention used in Western music notation to specify how many beats are in each bar and what

note value constitutes one beat. The time signature is notated as a fraction, where the numerator (the upper number)

equals the number of beats in the bar, and the denominator (the bottom number) equals the note value for each beat.

By default, the time signature is set to 4/4 for all new Songs. This means there are four quarter-notes per bar. To change

the time signature for your Song, do one of the following:

Click on upper or lower number of the time signature in the Transport and select a new value from the pop-up

menu.

Double-click or [Right]/[Ctrl]-click on the Time Signature Marker to the far left of the Ruler in the Arrange view and

select new values from the pop-up menu.

Metronome behavior is affected by the time signature. The downbeat and other beats determine the sample and level

used for the Accent and Click, respectively.

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