Trouble changing tempo, audio moves around!

[Zookie]

Hi! I’m just starting with using Cakewalk. I decided to put a commercial song on a track, and start overdubbing tracks to it. When I went to do the drums, I went to change the tempo from 120 to 86, to sequence the drum machine. The audio tracks move around all over the place!

I should have checked the tempo first, and moved the song to fit. Right now I’m looking at starting a whole new project, but I may want to import some of the tracks from this one, and try to line them up. Which means they may be slightly out of time.

Is there any way to change the tempo, and continue working on this project ? Thanks!

Loving the Cakewalk!

[scook]

This behavior is controlled by the Time Base setting in the clip inspector

 

[Zookie]

Okay great! I’ll have a look in a bit. Thanks for replying so quickly, scook!

[Zookie]

Awesome! Okay I’ve set the time base to absolute for all tracks. (Control-click saved time there!). Is there any reason I may want to set the time base back to “Musical”? Or do I leave it as ”Absolute”?

Edited November 28, 2020 by Zookie