tempos (bpm's)

[DJ_Skrilla]

Originally Posted by Nygel

damn, i wish we could get the new acapellas soon... its gettin boring with these that we have now

dude its been boring with these freakin accappellas! Capitol needs to kik beastie boys ass into gear and give us some acapellas. Even Jayz released a Black Album Acapella promo 2x12" couldnt beasties do someshit like that or they dont like selling there songs twice and making MORE money!!!

[BeastieRunner]

I think this is the best thread. Ever. Go nYgel, it's your birthday . . .

[King of Rock II]

some of these a capella's, i put them in acid pro on the beatmapper and i get a different bpm then the one's posted here. the thing clearly doesn't detect the beats ok but i don't really know how to adjust that shit.

any help?

[Nygel]

sure, i dont have pro, but im sure i can help out, when u go to beatmapper, it detects the first downbeat, but its usually wrong cuz its dumb. so just move that first downbeat detector to the actual place u want it to be. like in rrnn, the actual place where the beat should first kick in is on ONCE, and then after that just make it as close to the tempo listed on here, cuz they are all correct on here. sorry if it didnt help. words escape me right now

[nobbus]

Originally Posted by King of Rock II

some of these a capella's, i put them in acid pro on the beatmapper and i get a different bpm then the one's posted here. the thing clearly doesn't detect the beats ok but i don't really know how to adjust that shit.

any help?

you dont need to use the beatmapper if youre trusting the bpms listed here.
just hit cancel if it comes up, go into track properties and change the bpm manually.

[The Timmy]

yeah, your best bet for finding a close enough tempo for an a capella in Acid is to:

beat-map the original, set your project tempo to it and lay down the a capella under it and sync the down-beats. then remove the original adjust your levels and then export it to a ready-to-use file.

(the last step might not be needed if the very start of the file is where it should be including empty space before the vocals come in.)

[jwkelly]

Hey,

Why don't you do it the old fashion way like I used to when I was a club DJ in the 80's? Take a calculator and a stop watch or clock. Press 1+1 and =, then once your watch or clock second hand lands on the 12 or th 6, hit the = button for every down and up beat for 30 seconds, then multiply that by 2 and that's your BPM (approximately).

I don't like to rely on software for this.

Also, you don't need a calculator, just keep count with your hand or foot by tapping to the up/down beats while timing it.

Just a thought from an Ol' School DJ.

Later,
JK

[The Timmy]

well if that's the case, why not just count the number of down beats for 6 seconds, then add a zero to the end result..

11.5 beats in 6 seconds = 115 beats in 60 seconds.