Unwanted decimals in Logic Tempo Track

When I create a nod in the tempo track, I never get a round number. For example, my song's tempo is 120. I want to create a change to 126. I click in the tempo track with the pencil tool to create a nod. Automatically, I get 120.4. When I move the cursor up or down, all the numbers I get have a .4 decimal: 126.4, 128.4, 142.4, etc. Impossible to get a round number. Other times, it will start with 120.8, and all the numbers I get when moving the cursor up or down have the decimal .8: 124.8, 132.8 etc.

That happens while I get round numbers in the tempo list. For example, the tempo track nod shows 120.8, while the list says 120.

I used Loc Pro 9 for years and I never had that problem. I have just started using Logic X (10.4.4)

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 11, 2021 8:42 AM

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Jan 11, 2021 8:53 AM in response to Octalia

It looks like I might have solved my problem. Hopefully it will last. I clicked on the tempo track with the cursor while holding "control" and I got a round number. And now I don't have to hold control and everything works normally! I probably had something activated that needed to be deactivated. If someone knows more about this issue, I would love to understand what happened. Thanks in advance!

Jan 15, 2021 7:44 AM in response to Eriksimon

Thanks Erik. Actually, in the version I have (Logic 10.4.4), I can enter it manually by holding Control/Alt/Command. Yesterday I went to the tempo list and entered a round number for that node and for now when I move it up or down with the cursor in the tempo track, I get round numbers. Maybe I would have got the same result by entering it manually in the tempo track like you suggest. I can't imagine having to do that each time I create a tempo change in the tempo track. Why can't it be round numbers by default like it was in Logic 9? That doesn't make sense. There should be a place in the Preferences where I can ask Logic to not give decimals when adjusting a node. Or maybe it's a bug?

Jan 14, 2021 7:00 AM in response to DaCaptain

Thank you DaCaptain. Actually, the button I used was not Control, as I wrote in my question, but Alt. After reading your answer, I searched the internet for "Logic control modifier"and all I could find was info in Logic Pro support about the Mackie control surface and how its ALT button can be used to fine-tune, independently of the keyboard's ALT button (interesting). I tried searching for "logic automation fine-tuning" and I only found things about fine-tuning faders and volume pan. Do you know where I could read in details about the Control Modifier in Logic?

Jan 14, 2021 12:58 PM in response to Octalia

It's doing it again. I am moving the cursor up and down on a nod that I just created in the tempo track, and I cannot get a round number. I want to go to 160 and I keep getting numbers with the .1 decimal: 160.1, 150.1, 170.1 etc.

I tried holding Alt, Command, Control, Shift, and different combinations of those buttons, to no avail. What's happening? Going nuts!

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