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Subject:BEATMAPPER weirdness Posted by: snuffs Date:10/23/2004 7:54:22 PM Okay, I don't mean to sound stupid here... When I'm trying to align BEATMAPPER to the beats, I have some questions: 1) Beatmapper plays 4 beats over my sample that has 3 beats. How do I line up transients? 2) Do I Align the first DOWNBEAT & subsequent clicks/beats on the PEAK of the soundwave, or the little drop in the wave right before the peak?
Subject:RE: BEATMAPPER weirdness Reply by: Ian Armstrong / A&L Date:10/23/2004 9:33:10 PM I usually beatmap from a DJ's perspective, which is pretty intuitive... but I'll try to make some sense of this for you. Where you line up the beat map doesn't matter nearly as much as that it is lined up on the same place every time. If it is easier for you to align to the peak fo the transient then, for heaven's sake, do it that way. It is always possible to lay down your beat then do a move with the shift-key depressed to set up the fine-alignment of your sample, then finally extend the start-point of the sample offset to the left once everything is in place. With drums, I'll usually get everything lined up, then do a render-loop, then re-import the sample so it defaults in as a loop instead of a beat-mapped sample. Longer clips may prohibit this but the rest still applies. Beat-map to what your ear hears, just make sure the one beat hits on the right spot each time. The rest can be done after the fact so long as the mapping is tight.

I usually beatmap from a DJ's perspective, which is pretty intuitive... but I'll try to make some sense of this for you.

Where you line up the beat map doesn't matter nearly as much as that it is lined up on the same place every time. If it is easier for you to align to the peak fo the transient then, for heaven's sake, do it that way. It is always possible to lay down your beat then do a move with the shift-key depressed to set up the fine-alignment of your sample, then finally extend the start-point of the sample offset to the left once everything is in place.

With drums, I'll usually get everything lined up, then do a render-loop, then re-import the sample so it defaults in as a loop instead of a beat-mapped sample. Longer clips may prohibit this but the rest still applies.

Beat-map to what your ear hears, just make sure the one beat hits on the right spot each time. The rest can be done after the fact so long as the mapping is tight.