MIDI doesn't respond to tempo track changes and is off grid

Hi all,

I’ve come across a problem which I’ve never encountered before.

I imported an old midi drum track from a previous project but it doesn’t seem to respond to tempo changes in track mode. Usually I can see the parts expand or contract when I change tempo but it doesn’t do anything and only the time bar (the line that shows you where you are in the song) moves.

I tried swinging to ‘Fixed’ tempo and that does work but I can’t change individual parts and besides all the notes are messed up and off their grid points and the parts don’t seem to lock to the grid either.

Sorry for such a noob question and it’s embarrassing as I’ve been using Cubase for nearly 20 years but I’ve never come across this issue before nor can I find an obvious way to sort it.

Thank you.

PS, I’m using Cubase 5.

I found this old post which seems to be the same problem I’m having but didn’t find an answer. I’m using Cubase Artist 14. I’ve laid down a piano track as the basis for a multitrack project but played it at a much slower speed because I wanted to increase the accuracy of the rhythm before adding other parts. I’ve got a signature track with several changes of time signature.

Well, now when I try to change the tempo nothing happens except that the notes of the score shift position. I need them to stay put because of the signature changes. I’ve seen similar sounding problems involving musical and time base but these seemed to be about audio track… I’ve uploaded the file - any help appreciated.

Stefan

Most likely, you have the track set to Linear Time Base.

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Steinberg

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Steve

Actually I found your earlier post about exactly this here: Changing BPM does not change tempo - #6 by steve

which has solved it!

Many thanks for rescuing us who’ve fallen foul of this.

Please use one of the linked topics, this one is closed.