Just wondering, as I have been previewing ableton demo, if it is possible to automate tempo change in sonar ? think led zeps "gallows pole" ( which btw, i think is the best track of their entire catalog )
TIA 

I don't know the track you are referring to, but you can use a tempo map to change tempo automatically.

I play with a guy who uses an old-school drum machine and he twists the nob to change tempo quite often to shake things up. It works great!
 
i'd love to tie tempo to one of my pedals so that I could alter it.
 
I often plug in and play to a drum-loop for an hour easy.
 
So much better if I could pick it up and slow it down during recording.

cool ! never saw that before
 
but now I've a pencil and a blocky map as a result- anyway I can create a smooth linear progression, or maybe smooth curved ?

I haven't played with the tempo map function much, but I am pretty sure you can input tempos numerically which could smooth it out.

hmmmm....I'm trying, (also found "tempo" section in "help"- why didn't I think to look there before ?)
buhhht, it seems to change tempo in immediate series of steps
 
I'll get it- thanks for your time

Right-click on the Draw button in the toolbar, then choose "line." Click at the start of the tempo change, drag to the end of the tempo change, then release the mouse button. You'll end up drawing a line.

Anderton
Right-click on the Draw button in the toolbar, then choose "line." Click at the start of the tempo change, drag to the end of the tempo change, then release the mouse button. You'll end up drawing a line.

WOW ! That's it ! Thanks so much Mr Anderton.

LaszloZoltan
cool ! never saw that before
 
but now I've a pencil and a blocky map as a result- anyway I can create a smooth linear progression, or maybe smooth curved ?

If you turn off Snap the "blocky map" draws smoothly.  If you go to draw line mode while entering tempo changes, you can do a smooth linear tempo progression.

promidi

If you turn off Snap the "blocky map" draws smoothly.  If you go to draw line mode while entering tempo changes, you can do a smooth linear tempo progression.

ok thank you too- that's helpful. I guess this demonstrates how useful it is to ask sometimes....