Timing

Timing represents the placement of speech sounds within musical time. A note defines a written span, while its phones divide that span into consonant, vowel, and other pronunciation regions. The predicted boundaries provide a starting point; a Timing Nudge records the user’s correction to a boundary.

Timing mode with phone regions and editable boundaries.

Figure 1. Timing mode aligns phone regions with the musical grid.

Screen index

Component	Meaning
Timing strip	Displays the planned phones as regions along the score timeline.
Phone region	The interval assigned to one displayed phone or phone segment.
Timing boundary	The division between adjacent phone regions.
Focused node	The boundary currently selected for editing or reset.
Timing Nudge	An authored offset from the predicted boundary position.
Apply scope	Selects whether an edit affects the focused boundary or matching material.

Predicted timing

Predicted phone timing before manual adjustment.

Figure 2. Predicted timing supplies the baseline for manual evaluation.

Predicted timing is evaluated by listening, not by visual regularity alone. Consonants may begin before a beat so that the vowel reaches the intended musical position. Different casts may also produce different results from the same written material.

Timing Nudge

A Timing Nudge moves a focused boundary relative to its predicted position. The nudge does not change the written note duration. It changes how the adjacent phone regions divide the available time.

Operations

Condition	Action	Result	User consequence
A consonant or vowel onset sounds early or late.	Drag the relevant timing boundary.	A Timing Nudge is stored for that boundary.	The next bake uses the corrected phone placement.
The same pronunciation needs the same correction elsewhere.	Select Apply: Same and the required context filters.	Matching phone boundaries in the same voice receive the correction.	Review every affected phrase because musical context can differ.
A manual correction is no longer appropriate.	Reset the focused timing node.	Its nudge returns to the predicted position.	The next bake uses the unmodified prediction at that boundary.
Expanded phone segments make the strip difficult to read.	Disable Split phoneme.	The display uses the less detailed phone view.	The setting changes presentation; it does not replace the pronunciation.

After a material timing edit, bake and listen before continuing to Pitch.