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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?

Timestretch it

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

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.

tap it out in your daw or a similar program

Damn Project EX beat me to it

count?

how is this so often a question?

do people know what bpm means?

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.

rayman612 wrote:how is this so often a question?

do people know what bpm means?

A fictional number system used to classify genres

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

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

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.

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

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

On Fl and Ableton you can use the tap function.

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.

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

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