How sync beats with audio files.

Question

Hi, I took many songs that I created and synced beats to them. I was able to do this easy with the Acid program. Now, I'm using Logic 8, got as far as clicking the beat map in the global functions. But it does not say the beats per minute nor do the beats, basses, pianos, effects and guitars match the song that was analyzed. The beats are a way different tempo than the song I analyzed. I never had this problem before. How do I sync the beats and effects to my audio songs?????????

Answer 1

OK, I solved it on my own. I will help people who might have the same problem.
To sync the beat of an old tune (song done without a click) First go to the mixer of the tune's track, click insert, metering. Play the old tune, the meter will take 10 - 20 seconds to read out the BPM. Use the same tempo as the reading on the meter in the BPM section in the song located on the bottom of the screen. Click the track with the old tune and configure the global track to include beatmapping. Analyze the old tune track, there are 2 sets of measurement lines upper and lower. The upper is the script of Logic, the lower are the measures of the tune. You have to insert bar lines on the kick beats. You will need multiple lines, not just one or two. Click the lines once to make them appear click them again to make them disapear. These bar lines make little circles or dots above the bars. These little circles can be moved up and down to adjust the tempo for that particular measure. Turn on the metronone at the right bottom of the screen. The trick is to match the measures. Measures in old songs will fluctuate greaty since they were not recorded with midi or a clicker. You have to constantly adjust each measure to match to the metronone. It is a lot like DJing with the plus and minus signs. Plus pushes the beat up and minus down. You are creating a map to make Logic's loops match the old tunes inconsistancies.
Tips to make easy beatmapping: Get rid of any slack and start the song on the kick. Just slide the empty audio over to the right until the first beat or kick begins. Start Logic's loops or beats at the same time measurement as the first kick beat of the old tune.
Songs that were done with midi or a clicker you can use the same tempo throughout the song unless the song has a break in it. U will have to adjust the tempo by creating the bar measures. Click once to creat a bar and click again to removed it.