Is it possible to have 2 different tempos in a song?

Hello,

I was trying to create a song in BBMO that has a Part 1 and a Part 2 that are at two different tempos. Is this possible?

Yes and no.

If you are able to write both beats using same quarter note length but in a way that they sound like they have different tempo :arrow_right: Yes, this is possible :blush:

If you just want to adjust single tempo value between song parts then that is not possible :thinking: (not with BBMO nor BBM)

More to the yes part:

Say you have a beat of 4/4 where hihat goes every 8th note, bass drum on 1 and 3 and snare on 2 and 4. Lets call this part 1.

To make same beat in half time you can make it 8/4 with hihat on quarter notes, bass drum on 1 and 5 and snare on 3 and 7 :blush:

Extra:
For half time and double time the BB has midi commands so if you have Midi Maestro or any other device that can send midi then you could just launch a fill and send the needed midi command :yum:

For more complex tempo changes you either need to send the tempo with midi commands or use some more difficult math to figure the time signatures and note positions :thinking:

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Bummer that there’s not a simple solution, I get what your saying on changing the beats to get the effect, I’ll try that, thanks!