Working out sample BPM's

Question

Hi there, maybe not strictly a logic question but....
i was wondering if anyone new an easy way of working out the BPM of a sampled loop, vocal etc.
Sorry if this is a stupid question!!
Cheers
Alex

Answer 1

The easiest way in Logic 8:
1.) Select your audio region.
2.) Set the cycle range to the same amount of bars as the loop (NOT the same length as the loop, but if your loop is a two-bar loop, set the cycle range to two bars)
3.) Select Options > Tempo > Adjust Tempo using Region Length and Locators (or Command+T)
4.) You'll get this message: "Change tempo of project globally or create Tempo Change?" - click "Globally" if you want the song tempo to match the loop.
This works well if you're not in the middle of a production. I usually open a new empty song to use this technique for finding loop tempos. Or, you could just open the file in the Apple Loops Utility (select the "Tags" tab), make sure "Looping" is selected and set the Number of Beats parameter to match your loop. While you're at it, you might as well just save the file as an Apple Loop and then bring it into any of your productions and it will always match the tempo.
Message was edited by: Joel Kanning