Getting the right BPM

[needle ninja]

So last night I decided I wanted to remix an old track, but I have no idea what the bpm was.

I know Sonar reports a wrong number, and there are no snare drums or things with a rapid attack to line up.

This drove me crazy last night.

[Mike A]

So last night I decided I wanted to remix an old track, but I have no idea what the bpm was.

I know Sonar reports a wrong number, and there are no snare drums or things with a rapid attack to line up.

This drove me crazy last night.

Nothing to align with?

Remixing Dreamfish or something?

[buzzman]

use a program that messures BPM? Don't know any programs that JUST does that, but i know that mixmeister fusion (EAZZY trackmixing program) does it! So you must be able to find something that can do the same.. Or just download mixmeister

[frozen dream]

count the kicks for six seconds and multiply it with ten.

[NEMO.BOFH]

start the track, open this page (http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm), start counting.

[needle ninja]

I got it.

Turned out to be 130.02 BPM. The .02 part was the problem - pain in the ass!

Now I got a great remix!

...if its done

[Snapinho]

if its not looping perfectly why not strech it untill it does?

[frozen dream]

then you mess up the freshness

[needle ninja]

if its not looping perfectly why not strech it untill it does?

Yes, I did not want to change the origional Bpm.

It was sequenced in a 400x600? pixel lcd screen on my old Yamaha W7 in 1999.

 

 

I have heard that hardware sequencers have slightly better timing although that may be a rumour.

Anyway I will check on that again tonight.