Working out the BPM

rindy · Post by **rindy** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:41 pm

for example if im trying to remake a song and i have no idea what the bpm is,

whats the easiest way to work it out?

ehbes · Post by **ehbes** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:50 pm

Timestretch it

rindy · Post by **rindy** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:06 pm

lol still not sure, how would i work it out with tiemstretching?

Ongelegen · Post by **Ongelegen** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:17 pm

Tap the tempo in your daw this should get you pretty close. Then put the track on a audio track and make the needed adjustments by looking where the 1st beats fall on the timeline. I never do this, but this is how i'd tackle it.

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:20 pm

tap it out in your daw or a similar program

Damn Project EX beat me to it

baddis98 · Post by **baddis98** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:23 pm

count?

dickman69 · Post by **dickman69** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:11 pm

how is this so often a question?

do people know what bpm means?

Today · Post by **Today** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:15 pm

find a downbeat in the sample, place on a downbeat in sequencer, set bpm to your best estimate, then play. tap along to the music and adjust your bpm until your click is exactly on beat with the music.

ehbes · Post by **ehbes** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:16 pm

rayman612 wrote:how is this so often a question?

do people know what bpm means?

A fictional number system used to classify genres

dickman69 · Post by **dickman69** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:56 pm

ehbrums1 wrote:
rayman612 wrote:how is this so often a question?

do people know what bpm means?
A fictional number system used to classify genres

yeah exactly so if you know what genre it is you know at least some idea of the range of bpm it is

GOD

Attila · Post by **Attila** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:28 pm

Try 140, 128, 112 and 87. If none of those work you're on the wrong forum.

mks · Post by **mks** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:52 pm

Attila wrote:Try 140, 128, 112 and 87. If none of those work you're on the wrong forum.

These days I just use an app on my phone. You can try the old fashioned way and use a stop watch, count the beats for 30 seconds and then double it.

lloydy · Post by **lloydy** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:30 pm

I had a pella i didn't know the tempo for so i found the original on youtube and kept hitting play on the downbeat and slowing daw down untill i got it bang on.A bit of a half arsed way of doing it but i had the bpm down in a few minutes and the pella fitted like a dream.

Shum · Post by **Shum** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:35 pm

http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm

ralphh · Post by **ralphh** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:01 pm

Shum wrote:http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm

bookmarked, i needed something simple like this for a long time....

justanotherdj · Post by **justanotherdj** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:15 pm

On Fl and Ableton you can use the tap function.

Divane · Post by **Divane** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:39 am

Just use the metronome and figure out if it's too slow or too fast and adapt.
The only problem is with non electronic samples because they often aren't consistent in their tempo.

SKIN E · Post by **SKIN E** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:08 am

Shum wrote:http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm

I usually just count but this is nice little web tool, enjoying it

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