How to match tempos of two songs

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How to match tempos of two songs

I have a finished track and a piano track of the same song. I need to match the tempo changes of the piano track to the finished track. Anyone know how to do that quickly?
 These are audio tracks.
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    Re: How to match tempos of two songs 2015/05/29 16:15:14 (permalink)
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    I have a finished track and a piano track of the same song. I need to match the tempo changes of the piano track to the finished track. Anyone know how to do that quickly?
     These are audio tracks.



    How far off are they, and how often do they occur (e.g., small changes over long times, drastic changes over short times, etc.)? There are several options depending on the answer, and picking the right one could make the difference between "project done, yawn, let's go see a movie" and "Sonar sucks, need to vent in forum." 
     
    Also just to confirm - the tempo changes in the piano are the "master" and you want to conform the finished track to the piano, right? Also, are they both stereo tracks?

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    Re: How to match tempos of two songs 2015/05/29 16:19:23 (permalink)
    Yes the piano is the master. I'm currently just looking at the wave pulses and splitting and ctrl stretching to match. Kinda tedious. Just wondering is there is a better way that someone knows about. I've created things using "fit to improvisation for midi work, but don't know about two audio tracks.
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    Re: How to match tempos of two songs 2015/05/29 16:52:34 (permalink)
    Split/ctrl stretch is tedious but this kind of processing involves judgement calls, and humans are good at that sort of thing 
     
    The only automated process I can think of would be using AudioSnap to create transient markers for the piano, assign them to the pool, add transients markers to the other track, and snap them to the pool. But that would require prep work and might end up not saving much time, if any, in the long run.
     
    Just remember to render the stretched tracks to preserve the fidelity...
     
     

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    Re: How to match tempos of two songs 2015/05/29 16:57:29 (permalink)
    Thanks Craig. I'm given crazy requests sometimes. I haven't messed with Audio Snap much. Will probably go the tedious route.
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