Derrek:
When Peer first outlined the challenge he is facing, my thought was that he was really looking for two ritards, perhaps with the second one hidden. Certainly what you have outlined, David, is another way of creating the same thing.
I have to admit I still have problems manipulating the tempo lines in Play, probably due to my inexperience working with those tools.
Yours would certainly have the advantage of having the text retained and I would think that what Peer has described is more accuarately two rits.
I enjoy working with the Time Track, it’s one of those tools that brings quite a bit more life to the music. There’s obviously more that can be done to improve it - if I remember correctly more tools are coming at some point - but what’s already there makes a big difference and it’s quick to work with. My tip for working with tempo lines is to make the track nice and wide (Shift-H, Shift-G narrows it).
Yes, that’s the problem - you’ll loose the text. The same if you make adjustments in the dynamic curve: you loose the text…the automation curves are great, but it would be fantastic if the text could somehow ‘survive’.