Tempo Detection Panel

The Tempo Detection Panel allows you to analyze the tempo of audio events or MIDI parts. To be able to analyze the tempo, the audio clip or MIDI Part must be at least 7 seconds long, and the audio must not be in Musical Mode.

  • To open the Tempo Detection Panel for an audio event or a MIDI part, select the event or the part and select Project > Tempo Detection.

Name

Shows the name of the selected event or part.

Analyze

Starts the tempo detection.

Note

  • To be able to analyze the tempo, the audio clip or MIDI part must be at least 7 seconds long, and the audio must not be in Musical Mode.

  • During the analysis, the track time base for all tracks in your project is automatically switched to linear. Remember to manually switch them back to musical, if necessary.

Multiply by 2

Allows you to double the detected tempo. This is useful if your material is twice as fast as the detected tempo.

Divide by 2

Allows you to halve the detected tempo. This is useful if your material is half as fast as the detected tempo.

Multiply by 4/3

Allows you to adjust the detected tempo with a factor of 4/3. This is useful if your material contains dotted notes or triplets and the algorithm detects 3 beats where 4 are expected.

Multiply by 3/4

Allows you to adjust the detected tempo with a factor of 3/4. Combined with Multiply by 2, this is useful if the actual signature is 2/4 and the algorithm detects 6/8 beats or vice versa.

Offbeat Correction

Allows you to shift the detected tempo events by half a beat. This is useful for material where the offbeat is so dominant that the algorithm mistakes it for an upbeat.

Smooth Tempo

Allows you to retrigger the tempo analysis and remove irregular spikes or tempo changes for material that has a steady tempo. This is useful if irregular tempo changes were detected, even though you know that the material has a more or less steady tempo.

Reset the analysis result

Resets tempo and signature event changes of the analyzed event.

Note

If you want to get back to the original state of your project, we recommend that you use Edit > Undo instead of using the reset button.

Direction of reanalysis buttons

When you correct the detected tempo curve by reanalyzing it manually, these buttons allow you to change the direction in which the material is analyzed. To reanalyze the beginning of the tempo curve, activate the left arrow button.