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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow if you select the track and hold down the shift key and the left mouse button while dragging up to the topmost bar (it will change color when you have done it), then release, Cakewalk will calculate the tempo map from the file.\u00a0 It may take a while to complete.\u00a0 Often it is not perfect.\u00a0 You can go into the tempo map to edit it as much as you want.\u00a0 This is the time consuming part, but it is worth it if you want to record and line up other tracks with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click on Views->Tempo to open up a graphic of the tempo map. Then you can use the mouse to move the numbers pane to the right and expose the chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use the + and – horizontal and vertical magnifying glasses to size the chart appropriately. Beats per minute is to the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is where the time consuming part comes in. I turn on the metronome and look at the audio waveform to find out where the major beats are. Here the audio is slightly after the beat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To correct something like this, you can actually hold the mouse button down and pull the tempo map line down before the cursor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like I say, it takes some time to get it right, but if you do it a few times, you get used to it.\u00a0 Once you adjust it, you can use all of the midi tools to line things up close to the grid for any other midi tracks you will add, and you can also adjust the audio on any tracks where needed.<\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n