I can use the minus [ - ] tempo to ritard, but it is while the music is playing, and I want to make it permanent at the end of the song. Also, there’s something about a tempo slider in AI, but I don’t see one. I only want to ritard at the very end. The song goes [Parts] ABABCCA
AI cannot be trusted to give accurate information about Strum Machine. It really likes to hallucinate things about Strum Machine, usually by talking about features and interface elements from other apps.
The true answer here, unfortunately, is that automatic ritards and other mid-song tempo changes are not currently possible in Strum Machine. They’ve been suggested many times, though, so we’ll get 'em in there eventually.
Thanks, Luke. I look forward to when I can save ritards in the middle of a song, and at the end.
There are two workarounds:
The first gives you more control but is time consuming with a learning curve: Download the song, load it into a DAW. Use Beat Detection to make a Tempo Map that you can control—depends on the DAW exactly how but all can do it.
If you can control tempi the way you like using the +/- signs, there’s a simpler way: Download Filmora and create an account but you don’t have to purchase to do this: Open the app and sign in (can’t record if you don’t). Click on New Project, then from the drop-down menu, Record Media/Record PC Screen. The large window will be replaced by a small one—you want Camera Off, Speaker Audio Recorder On, Camera Off.
Now, hit the big red button. The window will minimize to the top of your screen and you’ll get a countoff. Start StrumMachine and control your tempi as you want. When done, click on the dot at the top of your screen and end the recording. You can now Quit StrumMachine without saving (?!?!?).
The file has been written to your drive—now you have to find it. I no longer own a Win machine so can only tell you where it is on a Mac.
The default location is ~Movies/Wondershare Filmora Mac/Recorded. You will see an mp4 file with a date/time stamp like VID_20260106_150701.mp4. Double-click on it which opens QuickTime and you’ll see the movie that you just made. From the Quick Time Player/File menu, select Export and you can select Audio Only… which exports the audio as m4a (can be converted to other formats in QT).
As complicated as that might look, it is quick and easy. Before we could download our Strum Machine files, this was how I was able to save them so that I could edit in my DAW.
Since I no longer own a PC, I don’t know the Defalt location for files created by Wondershare nor do I know how to export the audio (from Windows Media Player, IIRC).
It could also be done in Tabledit or Musescore. It requires writing the song in notation or tab, but it would be as accurate as you need it.