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Actions

An action object represents a collection of changes applied at a specific time. In many cases, the results of actions are actually represented in beats. When actions are applied, the Composer ensures all tempo-altering actions occur first, followed by all others, so the time in beats can be correctly calculated. Currently, no actions work directly with beats. If you prefer to work directly with beats, do not use actions.

action objects to be applied at the specified time reside within the same JSON object. However, some combinations do not make sense (for example, attempting to both add and silence the exact same instruments at the same time). Also, since JSON objects are unordered, there is no way to predict the order in which simultaneous actions will be applied. Therefore, timeline authors must ensure the behavior of all actions make sense.

Data Item	Type	Required/ Optional	Description
`time`	number	required	The time, in seconds, relative to the start of the `span` at which the requested actions are applied. For example, if a span begins at absolute time 10s, an action in that span at `time` 10s would occur at absolute time 20s

The available actions are:

add_instruments
add_region
copy_instruments_from_time
copy_region
copy_tempo_from_time
ramp_tempo
set_instruments
set_tempo
silence_instruments

The following example is an object with multiple actions occurring at 22 seconds after the start of the span:

Add a region of documentary_minimal_intriguing.
Copy the instruments in use from 0 seconds after the start of the span.
Set the tempo at that time to 120 BPM.

{
    "time": 22,
    "add_region": {
        "id": 1337,
        "descriptor": "documentary_minimal_intriguing"
    },
    "copy_instruments_from_time": 0,
    "set_tempo": 120
}

The following sections describe the available actions.