How do you do you tempo maps?

[centerstage]

I do a lot of bands that have varied tempos. Usually I sit with a guitar player and chart out the tune..changing bpm as need. Trying to increase it over a series of beats to make the best transitions. Are there any easier techniques? Thanks,
Tim

[NuBus]

I still use Studio Vision Pro an now Nuendo on a PC then import the MIDI file!!!

I have given up on any MIDI work on Protools!!!!

[snoopy]

I used to do this a lot, but haven't in a while so I may have it wrong. I believe you can just click on any bar (or beat or whatever) and select tempo change from the MIDI menu. Or you can use Identify Beat. I seem to recall that when you do this you can only put bar information, but when you double-click on the marker you can then put in a tempo change. You need to make sure that tempo is displayed in the ruler. Same thing goes for meter changes, but with the meter display in the ruler. I don't think (but maybe its been added) that you can make the tempo ramp up or down so you have to use a series of tempo changes (like one every bar or beat until you reach the destination tempo. I usually just use it when the chorus speeds up a bpm or somthing like that. If I am remembering this wrong I am sure someone will correct me.

[Steve MacMillan]

Set your counter to bars & beats.

Usually I cue off the drums as long as the drums don't sound really wrong. I will zoom in on the downbeat of every major section of the song and place the cursor at the head of the kick and identify beat for that bar. As you play count the bars and itentify the bar number for the next section. Example: Intro, V1, 2nd half of V1, B1, C1, etc. Then I listen to a click generated from ProTools, whenever a bar sounds bad against the click, I will go in and identify the top of the bars around it and go for the internal beats if need be until the kit and the click match. You can go for high definition right off the bat, but I find that working from loose to tight keeps the tempo map from reacting too closely to short term timing problems, that I would just as soon midi averaged out. You can waste a lot of time marking every 8th note and your midi won't sound as good as a looser map.

STeve