In this video I show how I go about mapping the tempo of a song that was not recorded with a steady timing.
A few reasons to map the tempo of the song
- editing is far simpler on the grid
- FX like delay and modulation can synchronize automatically to the music
- you can easily stretch and shrink your audio & MIDI to try new tempos
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7 responses to “Tempo Mapping Tutorial Video”
Nice but why not using the SWS warp grid (http://wiki.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Warp_grid_with_SWS)? Then you wouldn’t have to change the mouse cursor potition either,
That’s interesting and reading that page a few times and I’m still not sure I understand it. I’ll try it out and if I like it I’ll plan for a followup video.
It’s pretty straight forward. Just use this action: “Move closest grid line to mouse cursor (perform until shortcut released)” and follow the LiceCap in the Wiki article.
Cheers, you have just saved me from making a few mistakes, dude. I don’t know why I always have so many troubles with timing :(.
The click doesn’t follow the grid changes using the SWS action. Does this happen to you as well?
I’ve been looking for a way to get Reaper to mimic Mixbus’ Tempo mapping (i.e. you can just drag the bar line/grid to the transients – and viola!)
I’m thinking that SWS “warp grid” function might make it possible…
Pretty sure I just foud the answer to my own question – check out warp grid on the sws wiki: https://wiki.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Warp_grid_with_SWS