User Guide

Above the players, a window posts curves corresponding to the two rates/rhythms of the

music. These curves are represented in a waveform, allowing you to see your music. The

peaks in the curve represent beats. In order to synchronize the music, these peaks should

occur at the same time. The present is represented by the feature in the middle of the screen.

All on the left was already played, while what is on the right represents the next seconds of the

track.

You can zoom in or zoom out the display using the slider on the left, or the three preset

buttons (1, 2, 3) on the right side of the rhythm window.

Below the curves there are small squares, named CBG (Computed Beat Grid), which

represent the position of measures. The large squares represent the beginning of a measure

4:4 time. The CBG is particularly useful, for example, when mixing a track at the time of an

intro where the beat is not yet present.

In the picture above, you can see that the beats are completely synchronized – it is easy to

see that the peaks (beats) of the music are lined up. However, some music does not have the

very obvious single beat peaks that most house and techno music has. This is when the CBG

is very useful. If you look at the following graphics, it is not exactly clear where the beats

should sync up by just observing the waveform visually. However, with the help of the CBG, it

becomes much easier to synchronize the two tracks:

NOT BEAT MATCHED – CBG NOT ALIGNED

BEAT MATCHED – CBG NOT ALIGNED

BEAT MATCHED – CBG ALIGNED

RHYTHM WINDOW