A fixed tempo is fine when working with most “electronic” music, but what if you’re trying to do a timeline show to a piece of music where the tempo may change - typically classical music, but some “pop” tracks (eg. “Come on Eileen”) can have parts that slow down or speed up. Is there a way to deal…

Hi Alex! There’s a tempo map feature in the timeline! Click the TEMPO MAP button to enable it and you’ll see an extra row appear at the top of the timeline. Right-click anywhere on that row to add a tempo change, then right-click the marker again to open the panel and adjust the tempo. You can ad…

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Alex_Lake (Alex Lake) 3 February 2026 12:47 21

Oh yeah… Strange - I’m sure it wasn’t doing it earlier. Probably something else selected… Thanks

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