Insert a few bars of 3/4 time into a 4/4-time project? – Tracktion Forum

Here’s how to insert a measure, which Waveform has made weirdly complicated.

1. Find the measure where you want to insert the new measure.
2. Put an in marker on the start of it and an out marker on the end of that measure. For example, if you want a new measure put between measure 115 and 116, put your in marker on 115 and out on 116. To set these, just type I (in) and O (out) on your keyboard, making sure the cursor is in the right spot!
3. Make sure no clips overlap your in point, or Waveform will split them in the next steps!
4. Select all the tracks that get this new measure: this could be ALL your tracks, so be prepared to shift click Track 1 all the way down to the end! You don’t need to bother with return tracks or anything that doesn’t have an audio or MIDI clip on it.
5. From the useful menu (the one across the bottom of your screen that usually hides itself), look for “Insert Into Tracks.”
6. From that button, select “Insert space in the marked region.”

Waveform will shift all those tracks over by one measure.

Here’s how to change that measure to 3/4 time.

1. At the measure in question, right-click on the Beat/Bar scale on the top of the screen: this is the one that lists the bars and beats at the top of the screen, from left to right. (You can do this in the Tempo track, too!)
2. Select “Insert time signature change.”
3. At the useful menu (again), change the time signature to 3/4.
4. Put your cursor at the end of that 3/4 measure…
5. Right click and select “Insert time signature change.”
6. At the useful menu, change it to 4/4.

If you look in the Tempo track, as Pough says, you should see your |3/4 and |4/4/ markers appear. Guess what: you can drag those left or right as you wish to add more measure, tighten up timing, etc. This can be weird, because you can do two beats of 3/4 time, for example, if you want to go crazy.

That should get you going.