Grid Not Matching Recorded Click Track

[Jmel58]

Hello,

This problem was resolved thanks to the great advice of some forum users... There is an article from Sound on Sound Magazine that explains clearly and in detail how to create a new tempo map from a recorded click track. The first time took me two hours, now I can do it in five minutes))!

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep0...toolsnotes.htm

I am new to PTs as an operator, although I've worked with it as a singer-songwriter/producer for years.

I have an interesting problem, and I wonder if there's a solution.

I recorded 20 songs or so this summer in a studio with an engineer who used PTs7HD... We recorded live bass and drums to click that he recorded directly onto the session. I then did all my overdubs to a mix of drums bass and the click (guitars, vox, hammond rhodes etc) using a Tascam 24 track in my studio.

Since then, I have bought my own Pro Tools rig (Mbox Pro 3 with PTs10). I have reopened the original PT sessions from the drum and bass studio, imported all my tracks and everything is synched and ready to go BUT...

The recorded click does not match the grid! I think for my future edits, it would be much better to have the grid match the recorded click, but I can't seem to get it to work!

Is there a way to get the recorded click to match the grid?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Jmel58

[Vovique]

Are u sure you have your projects set to the tempo the recording was done at? I mean, you have to tell Pro Tools what tempo is.

[Alacrity]

Use "Identify Beat" and match the bars up.

[Jmel58]

Originally Posted by Vovique

Are u sure you have your projects set to the tempo the recording was done at? I mean, you have to tell Pro Tools what tempo is.

Yes, I've done that.

[Jmel58]

Originally Posted by Alacrity

Use "Identify Beat" and match the bars up.

OK, I will have a go at this. Thanks, I'll let you know if it's working for me.

[Stig Eliassen]

I wonder why only the click track is misaligned if you've imported session data, and included everything in the import...

[Jmel58]

Originally Posted by PT Lover

I wonder why only the click track is misaligned if you've imported session data, and included everything in the import...

No, my click track is aligned to all my audio tracks, but none of the above are linked to the grid! As well, there isn't a consistent amount that i can readily fix one time, it seems to be constantly floating around on the grid. I will work on Alacrity's advice, but as I'm a novice, the growing pains are painful. If anyone has a step by step method to achieve the "Identify Beat" idea I'm all eyes and ears! Thanks, and have a happy holiday!

john

[Stig Eliassen]

But, can't you choose to import the tempo map as well in PT 10?

[Rail Jon Rogut]

Sounds like the click was recorded wild... Use Identify Beat on the top of the click then use Beat Detective on the click to generate a tempo map for the session.

Rail

[Jmel58]

Sounds like the click was recorded wild... Use Identify Beat on the top of the click then use Beat Detective on the click to generate a tempo map for the session.

Rail

I think Rail is right, but as I'm not well versed in PT yet, is there anyone who can give me a step by step way to do this???

Also, is it worth all the effort to create a new tempo map for all these songs, or should I just try to work them out on the fly?

thanks,

j