Change music to dotted meter

[Carmelious]

So... I have a whole arrangement in 4/4, but the feel is ternary, and some bits just cry for the meter to be in 12/4 but writing the score from scratch would s*ck!

[MikeLyons]

Select all the bars you feel are in 12/4, but make sure the total number of beats is divisible by 12. Press t and enter the new time signature. If you have selected it correctly, that should insert the 12/4 ts and restore the 4/4 at the end automatically.

[Carmelious]

But the music is in crotchets, it won't simply turn to dotted crotchets

[MikeLyons]

If that's what you want, are you sure you are describing the issue? It sounds more like you are aiming for 12/8, not 12/4.

There is a plugin called "convert simple time to compound time" that might be able to help. It's a shipping plugin, so it should be available to you. It makes a copy of the selection immediately after it., so maybe use a new score temporarily.

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