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Read the project's tempo

The project's musical grid (settings.tempo): bpm, meter, key, where bar 1 falls, and tempo sections.

It is what grid-bound motion, sound cues, grooves and music loops are timed against. Falls back to the grid the film was generated at (stored: false); null when there is neither.

GET
/projects/{id}/tempo

Authorization

bearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Typecut API key. Generate one in app.typecut.ai → Settings → API keys. Send as Authorization: Bearer tc_live_….

In: header

Path Parameters

id*string
Formatuuid

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://example.com/projects/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/tempo"
{
  "data": {
    "tempo": {
      "version": 1,
      "bpm": 0,
      "meter": {
        "beats": 1,
        "unit": 1
      },
      "keyScale": "string",
      "originSec": 0,
      "sections": [
        {
          "id": "string",
          "atSec": 0,
          "label": "string",
          "bpm": 0,
          "meter": {
            "beats": 1,
            "unit": 1
          },
          "keyScale": "string"
        }
      ],
      "source": "user"
    },
    "stored": true
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "type": "string",
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "type": "string",
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}

Set the project's grooves PUT

A project's GROOVES are synthesized loops, one per scene, that play on the PROJECT's musical clock (its tempo map): bar n is bar n in every scene, so neighbouring grooves stay in phase across a join a

Change the project's tempo PATCH

The project's musical grid (settings.tempo): bpm, meter, key, where bar 1 falls, and tempo sections.