I have a piece written as dotted quarter = 50 in 6/8 time. I can change the time signature to 6/8, but if I try to change the tempo it sets it to quarter note = 50 which is much slower. Everything I’ve found online from older versions of the program said something about changing the time base in metronome setup but I can’t find that setting. Please help, this is driving me insane. This is so simple in other programs, why can’t I just tell it to see the tempo in dotted quarters instead of quarter notes…?!
It’s MIDI data. I wrote this originally in Sibelius and imported the MIDI into Cubase. In Sibelius I am able to specify tempo as “dotted quarter = 50” but in Cubase I cannot find a way to specify the tempo based on anything except a quarter note.
I want to know how to change what unit is a “beat” for the purposes of writing the BPM for the track.
Yes, it would, but it seems really weird to have to do that at all. It’s a pretty basic musical concept to have tempos based on things that aren’t quarter notes, so I’m confused why this program doesn’t seem to support that.