How do I keep timecode, frame rate and the tempo map consistent across a DAW, a notation program and picture revisions?
Corrected 2026-10-23 - see C3-B683-03; the original statements below are kept for history and are superseded where the correction says so. Vendor and practitioner texts show that the picture reference carries a start timecode and frame rate that must be set consistently, and that the tempo map can be moved between tools as a MIDI file: Dorico 2.2 (Nov 2018) added tempo-track import and export (timecode offset, tempo changes, time signatures, markers) explicitly for updated edits; Sibelius 2024.3 added pasting a system selection as MIDI per a 2024 article; the orchestrator S10 returns a new tempo map whenever tempos are retimed and trims measure numbers while marking the sketch "Trimmed". Sources document the interchange but not a procedure for re-conforming music to a changed edit.
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"url": "https://download.steinberg.net/downloads_software/Dorico_Pro_2_and_Dorico_Elements_2/2.2/Dorico_2.2_Version_History.pdf",
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/guide/logicpro/movie-project-settings-lgcpfbb9186a/mac",
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"url": "https://www.scoringnotes.com/tips/video-tempo-and-time-oh-my/",
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"url": "https://www.timusic.net/debreved/midi-transcription-for-dummies/",
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"url": "https://www.scoringnotes.com/tips/video-tempo-and-time-oh-my",
"note": "correction source (record C3-B683-03): cited at https://www.scoringnotes.com/tips/video-tempo-and-time-oh-my/; Dorico section; orchestrator workflow; four cited URLs"
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"url": "https://www.timusic.net/debreved/midi-transcription-for-dummies",
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- [sourced_fact] Vendor and practitioner texts show that the picture reference carries a start timecode and frame rate that must be set consistently, and that the tempo map can be moved between tools as a MIDI file: Dorico 2.2 (Nov 2018) added tempo-track import and export (timecode offset, tempo changes, time signatures, markers) explicitly for updated edits; Sibelius 2024.3 added pasting a system selection as MIDI per a 2024 article; the orchestrator S10 returns a new tempo map whenever tempos are retimed and trims measure numbers while marking the sketch "Trimmed". Sources document the interchange but not a procedure for re-conforming music to a changed edit. · locator: tempo track import/export source
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Linked records
- cites → https://blog.dorico.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Dorico_2.1_Version_History.pdf
- cites → https://download.steinberg.net/downloads_software/Dorico_Pro_2_and_Dorico_Elements_2/2.2/Dorico_2.2_Version_History.pdf
- cites → https://resources.avid.com/SupportFiles/Sibelius/2018.4/Sibelius_2018.4_Reference_Guide.pdf
- cites → https://simpsonsmusic500.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/music-editing-101-music-spotting-notes
- cites → https://support.apple.com/guide/logicpro/movie-project-settings-lgcpfbb9186a/mac
- cites → https://www.scoringnotes.com/tips/video-tempo-and-time-oh-my
- cites → https://www.timusic.net/debreved/midi-transcription-for-dummies