Subject:Edit tempo

Posted by: Drnibbles

Date:10/13/2000 5:02:00 AM

Hi
I just got myself SoundForge and i love it. But i do have a
problem. If i would like to know what BPM a song has I´m
supposed to go into "edit tempo" and make an selection of 4
beats and so on, But however i do it SF sais that the beat
is 120BPM. How do i get SF to calculate for me. I just
can´t get it to work.

What i would like to learn is how to get the BPM of two
songs then edit one of them so it get´s the same BPM as the
other and make a BPM mix between them. This i have
discovered will not be so easy when I even can´t figure out
how to get the BPM´s. Could anyone please help me. I have
read the manual and still i can´t get it. Maybe I´m slow
but i shure could use some help.

Regards
DrNibbles

Subject:Re: Edit tempo

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:10/14/2000 10:01:00 PM

Make your selection of 4 beats, then go into Edit Tempo and where
it says "Selection Length in Beats" Type in 4.000 and then just click
in the "Tempo In Beats per Minute" field and Sound Forge will
calculate it for you.

Joel wrote:
>>Hi
>>I just got myself SoundForge and i love it. But i do have a
>>problem. If i would like to know what BPM a song has I´m
>>supposed to go into "edit tempo" and make an selection of 4
>>beats and so on, But however i do it SF sais that the beat
>>is 120BPM. How do i get SF to calculate for me. I just
>>can´t get it to work.
>>
>>What i would like to learn is how to get the BPM of two
>>songs then edit one of them so it get´s the same BPM as the
>>other and make a BPM mix between them. This i have
>>discovered will not be so easy when I even can´t figure out
>>how to get the BPM´s. Could anyone please help me. I have
>>read the manual and still i can´t get it. Maybe I´m slow
>>but i shure could use some help.
>>
>>Regards
>>DrNibbles

Subject:Re: Edit tempo

Reply by: Drnibbles

Date:10/17/2000 6:12:00 AM

Hey

Thank you for your fast answer. I sat home and did this and managed
to get the BPM´s. I took two soongs that have almost the same beat
(after beeing a DJ for several years i have figured that out at
least) and then tried to pitch them as close as possible. But after
trying more than enough i still have problems mixing them without one
dragging behind or one going to fast. Mixing like this is really easy
on two turntables but i´m missing some kind of layer funktion with
built in strech or something. That way you could strech the wave
pattern to fit, like you do with turntables when you slow the record
down or speed it up with your finger. Mixing with a computer was not
as easy as i thought. Might just go back to the turning tables again.

//joel

PS But i like SF when it comes to editing music

Brian Franz wrote:
>>Make your selection of 4 beats, then go into Edit Tempo and where
>>it says "Selection Length in Beats" Type in 4.000 and then just
click
>>in the "Tempo In Beats per Minute" field and Sound Forge will
>>calculate it for you.
>>
>>Joel wrote:
>>>>Hi
>>>>I just got myself SoundForge and i love it. But i do have a
>>>>problem. If i would like to know what BPM a song has I´m
>>>>supposed to go into "edit tempo" and make an selection of 4
>>>>beats and so on, But however i do it SF sais that the beat
>>>>is 120BPM. How do i get SF to calculate for me. I just
>>>>can´t get it to work.
>>>>
>>>>What i would like to learn is how to get the BPM of two
>>>>songs then edit one of them so it get´s the same BPM as the
>>>>other and make a BPM mix between them. This i have
>>>>discovered will not be so easy when I even can´t figure out
>>>>how to get the BPM´s. Could anyone please help me. I have
>>>>read the manual and still i can´t get it. Maybe I´m slow
>>>>but i shure could use some help.
>>>>
>>>>Regards
>>>>DrNibbles

Subject:Re: Edit tempo

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:10/17/2000 4:04:00 PM

What you're trying to do is best done using Acid. You can pick up
Acid Music for around 60 bucks now. Use this in conjuction with
Sound Forge and you'll never turn back to the turntables. You create
loops in sound Forge, throw em in acid and make them do whatever
tempo you want without changing the pitch. You don't even have to
figure out the tempo, if your working with loops, Acid just has to
know how many beats the loop is.

Joel wrote:
>>Hey
>>
>>Thank you for your fast answer. I sat home and did this and managed
>>to get the BPM´s. I took two soongs that have almost the same beat
>>(after beeing a DJ for several years i have figured that out at
>>least) and then tried to pitch them as close as possible. But after
>>trying more than enough i still have problems mixing them without
one
>>dragging behind or one going to fast. Mixing like this is really
easy
>>on two turntables but i´m missing some kind of layer funktion with
>>built in strech or something. That way you could strech the wave
>>pattern to fit, like you do with turntables when you slow the
record
>>down or speed it up with your finger. Mixing with a computer was
not
>>as easy as i thought. Might just go back to the turning tables
again.
>>
>>//joel
>>
>>PS But i like SF when it comes to editing music
>>
>>Brian Franz wrote:
>>>>Make your selection of 4 beats, then go into Edit Tempo and where
>>>>it says "Selection Length in Beats" Type in 4.000 and then just
>>click
>>>>in the "Tempo In Beats per Minute" field and Sound Forge will
>>>>calculate it for you.
>>>>
>>>>Joel wrote:
>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>I just got myself SoundForge and i love it. But i do have a
>>>>>>problem. If i would like to know what BPM a song has I´m
>>>>>>supposed to go into "edit tempo" and make an selection of 4
>>>>>>beats and so on, But however i do it SF sais that the beat
>>>>>>is 120BPM. How do i get SF to calculate for me. I just
>>>>>>can´t get it to work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>What i would like to learn is how to get the BPM of two
>>>>>>songs then edit one of them so it get´s the same BPM as the
>>>>>>other and make a BPM mix between them. This i have
>>>>>>discovered will not be so easy when I even can´t figure out
>>>>>>how to get the BPM´s. Could anyone please help me. I have
>>>>>>read the manual and still i can´t get it. Maybe I´m slow
>>>>>>but i shure could use some help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Regards
>>>>>>DrNibbles