Syncing Logic to audio?

When you import audio to Logic, and you don't know the tempo of the audio, how do get logic to play in time with the audio?

If the music was created with a sequencer, and has no tempo changes. I copy the audio track to a 2nd track. I then solo it, and cut at 4 bars. Blow the wave form really large to get the exact downbeat.
I highlight that , then in the region area at the top of the arrange page, I highlight 4 bars and use the command 'adjust tempo using region length.
This will determine the tempo. You can then also go 32, 64, 96 bars into the song and blow the audio wave form up very large again, Look and see if the kick, or snare of a song is matching a downbeat of a measure. if not, tweak the tempo just a in the transport window. You will see the highlights of the wave form slide forward/backward. This will let you 'finetune' the tempo
Music before the 80's, or live band music will require that you use beat-mapping. Because the tempo will not be surgically precise, like it is with a digital sequencer. That is more complicated to describe. Check it Logic manual

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