Tempo grid not related audio regions

Question

So I'm feeling stupid - I'm working on a sound design which uses only human voices. I've placed tons of samples into the arrange window, found an order I like for some of them and now want to align with them with the beginnings of bars related to the tempo that live musicians will play when this whole thing is performed. But if I change the tempo, using any of the 15 or so obvious methods, it changes the lengths and move all of my audio samples.
Is it possible to simply lay in a tempo grid as a guide, without it having any effect whatsoever on what's already in the project? I know I'm not the only sound designer out here who could give a s* about loops. I've already lost a couple of hours to it today - which will multiply in a hurry if I have to start doing the math to lay out my grid offline.
So am I being stupid, or is there no simple solution?

Answer 1

the region creates perfect at the start but its a hair off at the end
This is the moment where you have to stop right away and fix it, because this is a small problem that has a tendency to gradually turn into a big problem. And you can fix it easily once you understand the relevant techniques.
So i stretch it out to match the actual loop markers
At this point it's important to know what version of Logic you're using.
You also need to be more specific about what you mean by stretch it out. I think you mean that you are looking at the region in the Arrange window, and you grab the right edge of the region and you pull it. But I need to know if you are grabbing the upper right edge or the lower right edge. I also need to know if you are holding down the option key. I also need to know if you are trying to make the region longer or shorter. I know "stretch" implies the former but I want to make sure I'm not making an incorrect assumption.
You'll notice that the normal pointer tool turns into different tools, as you try these different approaches (upper/lower, without option key/with option key).
Also, a yellow help tag appears while you're doing this. I need to know what the help tag says. Not every single number; just the word or phrase at the top left of the help tag.
I could just tell you exactly what to do, but the whole thing is going to make much more sense to you in the end if we start out by understanding the real nature of what you're doing now.
Message was edited by: 45rpm
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