Best (easiest) way to get the tempo to sync to prerecroded song

[markblasco]

OK, I'm helping a friend out, and he is trying to get a click to sync up with a pre recorded song. I tried using Identify Beat (I'm not at my protools setup, so this might not be the exact right name), and I told it where bar 1 and bar 9 were, and it synced up OK for that portion, but as soon as bar 9 started, the tempo shifted again and it lost sync. I tried to eliminate the tempo marker at bar 9, but once I did that, it stopped syncing up at all.

Is there a simple way to make a click track sync up to a prerecorded song? The person I am helping is a beginner at ProTools, so I'm trying to figure out a good way to do this. Right now he is just using a drum machine, and playing the click along with the song manually, which works, but isn't super accurate and is a bit time consuming (he is working with backing tracks for a live show, and needs the click for everyone to sync up to).

[elicious]

simplest;
once id beat figgers out the tempo for you,
turn off conductor track
and enter value into manual tempo.
b.o.l.
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[ondruspat]

From what you describe I'd just use the "identify beats" method and just complete going over the song, instead of quitting at bar 9. Sounds quicker than the way he has been doing it....

[AliGlenUig]

I think he means use ID beats to find the tempo, and then manually enter the tempo it finds as the track tempo [i.e. open up the little tempo drop down and type it in.]
On the other hand that could not be what he means and I could have just made a total fool of myself!