Subject:What happened to the Tempo delay?!?

Posted by: TheBlackDragon7

Date:10/27/2002 2:11:07 AM

ACID Music 3.0 was awesome. It was pretty basic, I guess you could say, compared to ACID Pro 4.0, but there were some really cool features on ACID music... like the TOMPO DELAY!!! What happened to that?? I also noticed that the ACID Pro 3.0 demo you can run from ACID Music 3.0 also lacked the tempo delay! Is there anywhere I could get the plugin to make my tempo delays a lot easier?? Thanks in advance,
-TheBlackDragon7

P.S. is there any way to obtain the actual 4.0 BOX? I ordered the BOXED version online, and got a BAGGED version... sorry, I just like actually having the box...

Subject:RE: What happened to the Tempo delay?!?

Reply by: Spirit

Date:10/27/2002 6:54:40 AM

I've posted several times asking for the standard DX effects packages to be updated with BPM-based timing, but have never even got an answer from SoFo. Just not a priority I suppose.

You'd be hard-pressed to find any decent delays for PC-based composition these days that aren't set up for BPM rates - it's now a fundamental and expected parameter.

Subject:RE: What happened to the Tempo delay?!?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/27/2002 11:34:35 AM

Tempo delay? You mean like delay that falls on a certain part of the beat? Try this formula:

60,000 / (BPM) x (note value) = (delay in ms)

So, for example, if you wanted a delay to fall on 8th notes in a tempo of 120 BPM:

60,000 / 120 x .5 (because 8th notes are typically assigned half a beat) = 250 ms

If you wanted the delay to fall on dotted 8th notes:

60,000 / 120 x .75 (because a dotted 8th represents 3/4 or three-quarters of a beat) = 375 ms

You'd then take the result and enter that into the delay FX of your choice.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: What happened to the Tempo delay?!?

Reply by: Erik_Nygaard

Date:10/27/2002 12:45:49 PM

Or get the AnalogX Delay Time Calculator from www.analogx.com
It instantly calculates from 2xwhole-notes to 32nds (also triplets) in milliseconds whenever you enter the BPM.

Subject:RE: What happened to the Tempo delay?!?

Reply by: Spirit

Date:10/27/2002 8:49:51 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. I realise there are ways around this, but ergonomically speaking, why waste time doing conversions when the defacto industry standard is now to include a bpm rate ? So I'm using third-party delays that DO include a bpm. Even freeware delays have bpm sync ! All I'm really asking is that SoFo catch-up.

Subject:RE: What happened to the Tempo delay?!?

Reply by: Zendorf

Date:10/27/2002 11:59:56 PM

If you are after a free dx tempo plugin, then run, don't walk to
<http://db-audioware.com>
and grab the db-t tempo delay (thanks Dave!) as it is just what you are after.
While you are at it check out my music at <www.captainworm.com> as most of my delays on the tracks are the db-t.....well, not that you could tell ;)

Subject:RE: What happened to the Tempo delay?!?

Reply by: anon

Date:10/28/2002 12:11:16 AM

ditto on Zendorf's suggestion. The db tempo delay is quality (and free).

Subject:RE: What happened to the Tempo delay?!?

Reply by: TheBlackDragon7

Date:11/2/2002 2:27:52 PM

Thanks Zendorf! this is what I was looking for!