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BPM calculator where can i find one

Post by versuviusx » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:32 pm

i'm trying to find some software that i can run a song through so i can find the accurate BPM of a song. is there such thing. i'd love to find something that can help me find the right BPM of a song.
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Post by JGriffin » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:49 pm

Acid and ProTools both have features along those lines. I'm sure there are others.
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Post by @?,*???&? » Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:43 pm

Count quarter notes of the program for 20 seconds and multiply that number by 3.

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Post by stevedood » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:22 pm

If it's in 4/4, determine the length of one bar ("t") in seconds.
Divide that number by 240 & then take the inverse

1/(t/240) = ? bpm

ex: 1 bar = 3.00 sec = 80 bpm

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Post by YOUR KONG » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:00 am

Cool, this is one formula I didn't know

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Post by stevedood » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:37 am

stevedood wrote:If it's in 4/4, determine the length of one bar ("t") in seconds.
Divide that number by 240 & then take the inverse

1/(t/240) = ? bpm

ex: 1 bar = 3.00 sec = 80 bpm

I just realized I could also have said...

240/t = ? bpm

(where t = length of 1 bar in seconds)

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Post by Jeff White » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:35 pm

Tons of Dashboard widgets that do this. Grab one, and grab dashoff_101, and engage it for this purpose only.

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Post by tateeskew » Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:44 pm

AnalogX, again.

Small, useful utilities here.

http://www.analogx.com/contents/downloa ... ptempo.htm

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