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Corrections: Manual tempo and onbeat / offbeat setting
If the result is incorrect, you can help the Auto Remix Assistant with a few mouse
clicks on the correction buttons.
There are two possibilities: On the one hand, the “Tempo correction” list offers
alternative BPM numbers which could also fit with the music. The adjustable BPM
values are detected automatically, and the total number of BPM can deviate from
song to song.
Tap tempo: With difficult audio material we recommend the using tapping input
mode. Either "T" must be pressed, or the "Tap tempo" button must be clicked in time
with the music. While repeatedly tapping the tempo correction button, one should
keep an eye on the color in the BPM display. In the “unlocked” condition (red) the
tapping is not in time with the music. One should tap until the “locked” condition is
displayed. After a short time one hears if the result is correct via the metronome.
Subsequently, offbeat correction takes place if required. If the detected quarter notes
beats lie around the length of an eighth note (transferred behind the real positions of
the quarter note beats), then one or more alternatives can be selected from the on
beat/off beat correction list.
Set the start of the bar
Start bar correction takes place next. The beat at the start of the bar should coincide
with the high sound of the metronome, or the red line in the wave form display.
Correction is achieved in one step: If the start of the beat can be heard, then click on
"Tap one" once, or press "T". Alternatively, you can also choose how many quarter
notes the "One" is to be moved back by.
If the start marker is set right before the first beat of a bar, then no correction is
necessary.
Hint: After every adjustment, the metronome and tick mark visualization reacts with
a delay.
Step 3: Use of the BPM and beat recognition
With this last step you determine what is to be done with the material currently being
analyzed. There are three possibilities:
1. You want to generate remix objects from the song (the analyzed material),
2. You want to bring your project tempo into line with the tempo of the song or vice
versa,
3. You initially only want to save the tempo and beat information in the audio file to
edit them later.