3 Time Operations, Tempo Operations, and Key Signatures
3.1 Introduction
One of the first things you ought to consider when you are working on music in Pro Tools is the tempo. If you are about to record a new piece of music, you will usually want to have the musicians play along to a click to help keep their timing accurate. This will also help to ensure that the music you record lines up with the bar lines in your Pro Tools session so that you can edit using the grid and other editing features. If the musicians don't want to record to a click, there are ways to match the audio you record to the bars and beats in Pro Tools afterwards, but this will inevitably take more time to sort out.
You will often need to use the Identify Beat feature ...
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