OT Record tempo changes into Logic (or Ableton)

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Hi!

I have an arrangement with tempo changes. I am recording audio track-by-track into Logic. Is there a way to record tempo changes somehow, for easier postprocessing in DAW? (based on midi clock sent by OT?)

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(Logic is preferred because if the solution is Ableton-only I then have to figure out how to migrate the tempo map from Ableton to Logic… which I prefer by a great margin)

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…sudden tempo changes or fluent ones?

for sudden changes all at same time signature you can just use global tracks to set the changes in the logic arrange after all recordings…

fluent ones will be always a mess if you don’t record in one rush…

you could also predefine a tempo map in logic and do all external recordings in slave mode…

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Quasi-fluent :slight_smile:
Tempo is gradually increasing at some interval, but that’s implemented in the arranger in some 5 rows. So you’re right, I might just set them in Logic after recording, thanks!

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Answering my own question for future reference:

  1. Emit some midi note on regular (say, 1/4th) intervals from the OT.
  2. Record this into Logic.
  3. Make Global tracks ‘Tempo’ and ‘Beat Mapping’ visible.
  4. At ‘Beat Mapping’ popup menu, use the ‘Beats from Region’ item. That’s it, it creates the Tempo Map.

It may also work if you only have audio!