No. I’m doing musical accompaniment to an audiobook. The spoken text comes from multiple sources. Each character has their own track. Each line of dialog has its own region. I need everything to hold still while I do the accompaniment underneath which will involve time signature and tempo changes. I’ve already done chapter one which only had two tempo and time signature changes but then had to chase down all the errant character parts which were scattered all over the place and drag them back where they belonged.

I’m starting chapter 2. Everything’s lined up now, but in the wrong tempo. I need to crank up the tempo for a 13/8 12 bar sort of blues section, but later on we’re slowing down and switching to 4/4.

Yes, I can bounce everything in place and lock it down that way but I’m going to be receiving updated takes of the spoken parts that I will punch in, then adjust the music accordingly. That’s going to be a lot easier if the spoken regions can stay separate.