I downloaded a MIDI file and am working on it in Cakewalk. All the tempos (tempi) are a little slow and there a large number of retards and accelerandos. I would like to preserve the tempo changes but increase all tempi by a certain percentage or beats per minute, even if that means I have to adjust the retards and accelerandos somewhat afterwards. Is there a way to do this? Can't find it in the documentation...
There is no simple, built-in function for doing this, but it can be done. I've posted this workaround a few times over the years. Awkward, I know, but it works. It would be a lot easier if Cakewalk let you enter times in samples - or even minutes and seconds - but it doesn't so you have to do some SMPTE conversions:
1. Enable Auto-stretch (a.k.a. Clip Follows Project in Auto-stretch mode) on all audio clips.
2. Select a MIDI or audio clip that runs the length of the project (or sele