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dudley · Post by **dudley** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:32 pm

Is there a way of finding out a bpm on say a 1 min sample...

I am using cubase sx and reason rewire,but also have waves and recycle..

But I am sure there is an easier way

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:42 pm

Hi Dudley ,

Simple

Use the SX "Beat calculator" @ menu bar / project/beat calculator , and then tap tempo

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:57 pm

Raven wrote:Use the SX "Beat calculator" @ menu bar / project/beat calculator , and then tap tempo

But that assumes I actually have rhythm! I've never been able to tap at a steady rate, which explains why I sit in front of my PC for hours in the MIDI key editor!

dudley · Post by **dudley** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:00 pm

Explain mate.................Not sure how u do it..

I import my sample first then what..

Confused

efluon · Post by **efluon** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:00 pm

or try the tempo-definition tool

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:14 pm

emdot_ambient wrote:
Raven wrote:Use the SX "Beat calculator" @ menu bar / project/beat calculator , and then tap tempo
But that assumes I actually have rhythm! I've never been able to tap at a steady rate, which explains why I sit in front of my PC for hours in the MIDI key editor!

errrrm I thought this was Dudley's question

"dudley" wrote: Explain mate.................Not sure how u do it..

I import my sample first then what..

Confused

Open the beat calculator plaY back the sample and tap
the space bar to the tempo of the beats in the sample

dasdeck · Post by **dasdeck** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:32 pm

if the sample is already looped(cuted right)

you can also calculate the tempo of the selected part by using the tempo tool(next to the tapping tool, i dont remember the name) you have to tell cubase how many bars there are and then hit calculate. (I've done it, i know waht i'm talking about). Its exact even if you have Zero rythm. then you can paste the calculatet tempo to whole song or make a new tempo.
Then you strech the loop to fit to the number of bars in the given tempo(the calculatet tempo) .
I don't have cubase in front of me, so my tips area a bit unprecise. I hope it helped

DECK

P.S.: Tracktion is the best for this technique.

dsp music · Post by **dsp music** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:08 pm

if i remember well, NI Traktor calculates BPM automatically, demo available here

but if u have recycle, i think there should be a way to do it with it, as it's originally made to work on loops ....

that said, i cant' assume as i hadn't tried nor one or the other

rbet · Post by **rbet** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:12 pm

dsp music wrote:NI Traktor calculates BPM automatically

demo available here

yup, that's what I do... although I admit it is not the most efficient way to do it

Finding bpm