Tempo Map Envelope

[Actium]

Hiya, I'm trying to use the tempo map envelope thing on the master track to get the time signature changes in a project. I can't seem to find some documentation on how the information is encoded in the rpp chunk, however. For example:

PT 16.800000000000 100.0000000000 1 524294
PT 27.600000000000 140.0000000000 1 262148
PT 39.600000000000 140.0000000000 1 262148

I made 3 tempo markers, the first changes the bpm to 100 and the time signature to 6/8, the last two change the bpm to 140 and the TS to 4/4. It appears that the last parameter, therefore, is the time signature, but I'm not really sure how 262148 = 4/4.

Sorry if this is already documented and I'm just missing it -- it should be on
http://www.cockos.com/wiki/index.php...tEnvelopeState
this page, however (I started the section on TEMPOENVEX ).

Thanks in advance.

[EvilDragon]

I think that it could be connected to MIDI PPQ resolution in some way, the timesig encoding. I could be wrong, though.

The format is xxxyyy.

xxx -> time signature denominator (4/x)
yyy -> time signature numerator (y/4)

xxx = 65 => whole note (y/1)
xxx = 131 => half note (y/2)
xxx = 262 => quarter note (y/4)
xxx = 524 => 8th note (y/8)
xxx = 1024 => 16th note (y/16)
xxx = 2049 => 32nd note (y/32)
xxx = 4194 => 64th note (y/64)
xxx = 8388 => 128th note (y/128)

IT doesn't go further than 128th note. yyy is a bit strange. It starts from a different value depending on xxx, and then increments by one on each next value.

Whole note:
xx537 => 1/1
xx538 => 2/1
etc.

Half note:
xxx073 => 1/2
xxx074 => 2/2
etc.

Quarter note:
xxx145 => 1/4
xxx146 => 2/4
etc.

8th note:
xxx289 => 1/8
xxx290 => 2/8
etc.

16th note:
xxx577 => 1/16
xxx578 => 2/16
etc.

32nd note:
xxx153 => 1/32
xxx154 => 2/32
etc.

64th note:
xxx305 => 1/64
xxx306 => 2/64
etc.

128th note:
xxx609 => 1/128
xxx610 => 2/128
etc.


On a closer look, no, it has no relation to MIDI PPQ.

[Actium]

Originally Posted by EvilDragon

On a closer look, no, it has no relation to MIDI PPQ.

I think you're right, actually, you just switched the terminology in some places .. maybe

xxxyyy; xxx = numerator, yyy = denominator

262148 should equal 4/4.

as you said:

Originally Posted by EvilDragon

xxx = 262 => quarter note (y/4)

except 262 would indicate a 4 in the numerator. For the denominator:

Originally Posted by EvilDragon

Quarter note:
xxx145 => 1/4
xxx146 => 2/4
etc.

Again, you switched the numerator and denominator here. xxx145 => x/1, xxx146 => x/2 then xxx148 => x/4, therefore 262 148 => 4/4.

Of course, this is assuming that the PPQ is always 262, which may change depending on project settings (??).

edit: wait, disregard all of that, I think you were right originally and I was just confused by your terminology.

[EvilDragon]

Hehe, I double-checked! It's really denominator first, then numerator!

Odd Reaper ways!