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I have recently started using Cubase to create a score from a free-time improvisation. I capture the midi from my keyboard and record audio from that (see my screenshot). Then I edit the hitpoints so that I have one for each eighth note (bottom left of the screen). Next I apply Tempo Detection, which gives me a tempo and signature track. But tempo doesn’t align exactly to hitpoints, and when I start to do a rit. in 17, it goes completely off. Is there a way to lock the tempo in with the hitpoints? Cubase would need to understand that each hitpoint is an eighth note.
My final goal is the Dorico file that you can see on the bottom right (made quickly with my usual keyboard/mouse process). Cubase Score editor ( top right) is already pretty close (after I quantized to the eighth note and removed triplets), but after bar 17 Cubase starts to stretch the rhythms, instead of sticking to the steady eighth note that you can see in bar 4 of the Dorico file.
Switching out of 1/4 and fixing enharmonic spelling is easily done in Dorico, as is the addition of tempo, dynamics, and articulation.
I have also tried using a tapping track instead of audio/hitpoints, but have a similar problem with Tempo Detection not aligning to taps. I understand that I can fix these with the warp tool, but that seems an overly manual solution.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Hi,
You can use the Tempe Detection to get the tempo of the Audio Event. If the MIDI/Instrument track is in the Musical Mode, it will follow the tempo.
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Can I match tempo to hitpoints or tapping track?
Yes.
- Record all eighth/quarter notes and make sure that the first tapped note and the first note in your song are perfectly quantized (make sure these two notes start exactly at the start of the measure).
VERY IMPORTANT: Make sure you don’t skip tap notes!
- Set the time base of the tapping track to LINEAR (in the Left Zone, click on the small quarter note; it will switch to a little clock icon).
- Double-click the MIDI part that contains the tapped notes (to see these notes in the Key Editor).
- Select all tapped notes, then go to:
MIDI > Functions > Merge Tempo from Tapping
- Set the tap value (
1/4 if you recorded quarter notes, 1/8 if you recorded eighth notes). Make sure “Begin at Bar Start” is selected and you should be good to go!
P.S. Tempo detection works only with steady tempos.
If you set your song’s MIDI track to Linear, the warp tool (combined with the habit of deleting not maching tempo points—shift+click on the small triangles in Key Editor) will do wonders for you. Believe me!
Thanks for your solution with clear detailed steps. I’ve tried this approach in several different pieces, and it works perfectly.
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In Cubase 13, this is called Calculate tempo from MIDI events!
