How Would You Create a Continuously Changing Tempo?

Chez Jonesy

But there IS a way to draw in a LINEAR tempo increase. If you do that, you can have a steady, smooth increase in tempo,

I think that tempo is a cool way to change the feel of a song. Post your tune when you're done - i'd love to hear it.

chez

Chez Jonesy


My thoughts:

I just recorded a song with a tempo that starts at 80 bpm, and continuously speeds up to 140 by the end of the song.

After playing around with it for a while, i found that 'drawing' in a tempo was difficult and impractical. But there IS a way to draw in a LINEAR tempo increase. If you do that, you can have a steady, smooth increase in tempo,

The advantages to doing it this way are:

1) you can still use some midi drums if you like, as they will speed up and slow down automatically with the project tempo
2) you can still use groove clips that you have recorded (same reason)
3) you can still use the metronome, and play along with it. Useful for recording the first track. Either you can use the metronome, or drag and drop in a simple midi drum loop after you've set up the tempo. You can always put in the drums you really want later.


I think that tempo is a cool way to change the feel of a song. Post your tune when you're done - i'd love to hear it.

chez

Blogman


What I do is record whatever you want first. then enable the audio click. Open the tempo view. If it doesn't change much, leave your snap on measures. If it will change more rapidly or over the course of a measure, then use beats as your snap (or no snap at all). 
Next, one measure (or beat) at a time You draw the tempo change in and listen to the metronome and look at the grid.  You'll see the grid changing.  (looks like the audio moving).  I've gotten really good at it.  No wondering, make the click do what you want.

Blogman


One might call it trial and error, but I simply just adjust the tempo manually in the tempo view with the track view showing the waveform.  You have to zoom in enough on both t  I'm using my Tranzport to scroll by beats, and between looking at the Waveform and listening to the audio click I'm able to draw in the appropriate tempo to Perfectly lock the click to ANY audio.  Above you can see where I imported the Tracy chapman song and drew in the tempo to follow the click.  Easy to make a soundtrack when you can click the metronome with the origianl first, then change to whatever new key or tempo(s) your client needs it to be in.   I do this all of the time and am very fast at it.  It is also very effective for when no click was used.  Great way to retain the original artist energy.  speeding up through drum fills etc...

BlogmanYou draw the tempo change in and listen to the metronome and look at the grid.  You'll see the grid changing.  (looks like the audio moving).

Blogman

Now once I've tracked my click to follow the audio, sometimes I'll go a step further and then enable audio stretch so as to be able to change or straighten out the tempo. 

 

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Blogman

Now once I've tracked my click to follow the audio, sometimes I'll go a step further and then enable audio stretch so as to be able to change or straighten out the tempo. 

Are you creating a new click track that is in time with the track? Sounds like it, because you say "tracked my click". That's what I do sometimes, and hit a snare (for example) on every quarter note in time with the source track, and then use whatever method to line up the grid to my new click track. Or are you saying you just use the metronome, and adjust the tempo while listening to that click?