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Tempo Control
Many SoundToys plug-ins can set modulation or delay times in musical
units. When using this feature, the plug-in needs to know what tempo your
song is at so that it can adjust what is needed to keep things all in sync.
Remember when you had to do all that math by hand – eek!
There are three ways to tell our plug-ins what tempo your song is playing
at. “Tapping” it, entering the exact BPM value, or syncing to MIDI tempo.
Tapping the Tempo
Simply place the cursor over the Tempo button and click the mouse in time
with the track. You will notice that the LED readout will change as you tap
the button and display the tapped tempo in BPM. To change the tempo to a
new value, simply tap the button a couple of times and a new value will be
input. Tap tempo is really useful and allows you to adjust the delay time to
be in concert with the tempo of a track. It will not be EXACTLY in sync but
will get you into the ballpark.
Entering a BPM Value
BPM stands for Beats Per Minute, and is the standard way of specifying the
tempo of a piece of music. If you know the BPM of your track, you can enter
it by clicking in the LED tempo display, typing a value between 30 and 300
