Tempo ramps - before the first meter, the beat is 0.0

diff --git a/libs/ardour/tempo.cc b/libs/ardour/tempo.cc
index 978d4ed05a81a168eaafe5cbe08878b8e59656f4..7aa86d38b0ce7ea8d43bbc58ed858dd3391628a8 100644 (file)
--- a/libs/ardour/tempo.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/tempo.cc
@@ -1542,6 +1542,9 @@ TempoMap::beat_at_frame_locked (const Metrics& metrics, const framecnt_t& frame)
 {
        const MeterSection& prev_m = meter_section_at_locked (metrics, frame);
        const TempoSection& ts = tempo_section_at_locked (metrics, frame);
+       if (frame < prev_m.frame()) {
+               return 0.0;
+       }
        return prev_m.beat() + (ts.pulse_at_frame (frame, _frame_rate) - prev_m.pulse()) * prev_m.note_divisor();
 }