300 bpm limit on tempo track information

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I have explored the responses to the previous threads on this issue and can see the work arounds without any resolution to the real problem so I would like to reopen the discussion to find more information if there are other work around suggestions or if Steinberg has resolved this issue.

I am presently working on a Beethoven piece that has a time signature of 3/4 @ 116 BPM for a dotted half note. This equals 348 BPM to input the notation directly from the score. It seems I have to transpose the time value for each note. Yes I can change the signature to 3/8 and halve all the note values… and yes it is an inconvenience and it absorbs time.

Beethoven did this 200 years ago so it is not something new.

I am using an old version (4.5) of Cubase primarily due to economic limitations to upgrade computer/audio hardware/etc. Would consider upgrading if the limit was removed.

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hi

i just checked, i can put in tempo max of 360bpm in cubase pro 13

kind regards

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What’s the piece?

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Maybe Cubase 4.5 doesn’t allow this.
And 360 BPM is pretty damn fast!

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Just curious to know, what difference does it make for typing music into the score whether you can play it back at a given tempo?

Players and/or conductors would count this in 1, and that’s supported in Cubase since Cubase Pro 11, I believe. by way of the Click Pattern Editor.

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It is a matter of notation. Beethoven wrote the score in 3/4 time. If I could transcribe the notation directly from the score and set the tempo to 348 BPM (dotted 1/2 at 116 as written in the score) It would be a straightforward and time efficient method. Now I have to take each note, cut the time value in half, play the piece at 3/8 tempo of 174 to achieve the same result.

It seems like a simple idea to be able to transcribe directly from a score… especially Beethoven ;^) and then spend time using the tools to create an expressive rendition rather than a machine-like reproduction.

The project piece is the Scherzo from the 9th Symphony

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The 9th Symphony Scherzo

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Update to Cubase 13. 360 bpm max.

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Thanks for the input. For me to upgrade I would need a new computer, new audio interface hardware, along with the new cubase and Reason software.

I don’t have the financial resources to keep purchasing the latest and greatest technology.

I was all set up with firewire until new technology made it obsolete.

So I guess I will do it the old fashioned way and cut the note values so I can use the tempo track.

I appreciate your response.