Yes, it sounds like you are not doing it correctly. I set up a few images of a basic session to show you what I mean: Notice the tempo change at bars 5 and 6. When making a selection to copy, you need to also select the meter timeline, as in When positioning the cursor for pasting, make sure you also select the meter timeline, as in In , the paste has been done in shuffle mode. Notice that the tempo changes are now at bars 6 and 7. Hope that helps.