Lesson 2

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Setting the Tempo and Cues

If you count along with the beats of the music, you’ll notice that the bar lines in the timeline don’t align with what you’re hearing. Just as you did in the Explore music in the last lesson, you must manually set the tempo within the Wwise object to match the tempo of the music. You can see that the information provided in the filename indicates that all of the files play at a tempo of 138 bpm. Since everything you imported plays at 138 bpm, and they’re all contained within the same Music Segment, you only need to adjust the Tempo property for the Combat-A Music Segment.

  1. In the Combat-A Music Segment Property Editor, change the tempo to 138 bpm.

    With the proper tempo set, the music should now accurately match the timeline. If you scroll through them, you’ll see that there are 15 tracks with varying lengths. Notice that the Bass1 and Bass2 clips end exactly at bar 9. This is because those parts had no post-exit content. You may see other clips, like the Gtr1 clip, that end before bar 9. This means that the part played in that section ended before the end of the 8 bar segment, while others like the Arpeggio clip have post-exit decay.

    Regardless of where the various clips end, you still need to properly set the entry and exit cues. None of the imported audio files indicate that there is any pre-entry content, so the Entry Cue can stay where it is at bar 1. Because the Musical Segment is 8 bars long, the Exit Cue should be moved to the beginning of bar 9.

  2. Drag the Exit Cue icon to the beginning of bar 9.

    [Tip]

    You can use the zoom buttons in the lower-right corner of the Music Segment Editor to get an overall picture of the music you imported. If you hold the Z key while clicking anywhere on a track, the zoom setting automatically adjusts so that clips fit the display.

    The new position of the Exit Cue is in place and will be referenced by all of the child Music Track objects.

  3. Play the Combat-A Music Segment and listen to verify that the bar lines and cues are properly aligning.


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