Really Need Help With Tempo Mapping

[tomhartman]

OK, so you have song off CD you brought into PT. You are trying to cover the song. You want the same tempo. But this song is a gospel thing. It starts at one tempo, by 40 seconds in, that tempo is too fast, then too slow, and so forth. Probably takes 7 tempos to get through the thing.

Though I've gone through the manual re IDENTIFY BEAT and BEAT DETECTIVE, this isn't heavy rock with a consistent snare or anything to lock on. And IDENTIFY BEAT and BEAT DETECTIVE seem very similar, and I wish there was an example ...a real life one...given in the book on how to use it.

Anyone have any ideas on the best way to get this thing? I have to do MIDI tracks (in Pro Tools) to match this thing. Thanks

[carlone]

I tend to just go small sections at a time using Identify beat. You must establish where bar 1 is - I like to identify in 4 or 8 bar selections. I use the up/down arrows while it's playing to make a 4 bar selection. Then I zoom in and make sure the start /end points are correct. I leave it in loop playback. Make sure your selection plays back as a PERFECT loop. Now go to identify beat (starts at bar 1 ends at bar 5). Now while in grid mode start your selection on bar 5 and keep doing this process until you get to the end of your song.

After you understand this process beat detective will start to make a little more sense and you learn to save time using it to do this work for you.

Hope this helps.