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By thedvs01 Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:02 am
I downloaded up a .mid off the internet and loaded it into the MPC as a sequence in order for it to be replayed by the MPC in conjunction with a VST on my computer

It's the Tetris theme, by the way, downloaded from here

http://www.hamienet.com/midi26735_Theme-A.html

Anyways, when I load it up and press play the tempo should be 155, but as its playing during some portions a second tempo indicator will pop up below the regular one and the tempo will fluctuate from around 148-153 briefly, then revert back to 155.

Has anyone ever had anything like this happen, and do you know what the cause of it is? It's pretty annoying too, because any track you layer over the midi track will also be affected by the tempo change during those portions and it makes it sound off.

Download that midi file and check it out, see if the the same thing happens to you. I'm using JJ 4.6
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By thedvs01 Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:36 pm
Nobody wants to check that out for me? :cry:
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By rinseout Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:16 pm
Just loaded the file into cubase, looked at it in the list editor. There are midi messages to control the tempo in it. Go to step esit and change the data type shown to "tempo", there it is. Just delete.
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By thedvs01 Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:33 pm
oh sweet, thanks man.

i really need to start looking in step edit more often
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By Lampdog Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:05 pm
Sounds like the creator of the file did that on purpose and sounds like it's driving you crazy. lol.

Go into step edit and view all events on that track, delete any tempo changes that are not = 155.
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By thedvs01 Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:35 pm
Lampdog wrote:Sounds like the creator of the file did that on purpose and sounds like it's driving you crazy. lol.

Go into step edit and view all events on that track, delete any tempo changes that are not = 155.


Yup, they had. I don't know why they did though, it made it sound like ass. But I got it all worked out, why isn't there a 'Delete All' in the step edit screen though - it kind of sucked going through 40 something bars of tempo changes and deleting them one by one.

Thanks for the help though
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By Lampdog Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:43 pm
They did it because it fit their needs when they made the file, it was for them and not you, lol. Now u know what to do with it, you can make it your own by getting creative with it.
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By rinseout Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:26 pm
Press "erase" and select "tempo", that should do the trick.