Daniele Scanziani Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) As far as I know it's not documented in the manual, but I understand that the "Fit to improvisation" command assumes the value of every beat referring to the initial meter of the piece. That is: if the initial meter is 4/4 every beat will be a quarter note, if the meter is 2/2 every beat will be a half note and so on. My question is: what about if I want every beat to be a dotted quarter note as in compound meters? Edited February 26, 2020 by Daniele Scanziani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baay Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 A 'beat' is always a quarter note in Cakewalk, regardless of the meter, and that's 'non-negotiable' with Fit Improv. Set Measure/Beat At Now allows more freedom in specifying where you align the timeline to MIDI, and treats notes that cross tempo changes properly where Fit Improv has a bit of an issue as discussed in a recent thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Scanziani Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) I just tested: if you set the initial time signature to 2/2, "fit to improv" puts a tempo change every half note. if you set the initial time signature to 4/4, "fit to improv" puts a tempo change every quarter note. 8/8= every eightenth note. 16/16= every 16th note. What if I want a tempo change every dotted quarter note? Edited February 26, 2020 by Daniele Scanziani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David Baay Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 (edited) Hmmm... that's interesting. In most contexts, a beat is always quarter (actual tempo values are always 'quarters/minute', for example). That could actually be useful... But to answer your question, I don't think it will be possible to get tempos on dotted quarters with Fit Improv. SM/BAN is the way to go. What's the actual musical situation you're trying to address? Edited February 26, 2020 by David Baay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Scanziani Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 I have a midi file I want to tempo-align with a real performance. I did this a lot of times before, clicking along the music and then use fit to improv , but this time the midi is in 9/8 meter and i'm not able to get the job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Baay Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 How tight does it need to be? Your observation that Fit Improv honors the beat value in the meter gave me the idea that it would be possible to align the timeline only at measures by temporarily setting the meter to 1/1. This is often all I need to do for my purposes, and possibly would be adequate in your case - or at least give you a starting poiint for using Set Measure/Beat At Now to dial it in more precisely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Scanziani Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 That can be a reasonable solution. Not the perfect one but it can be better then nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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