What's the best way to find a tempo/bpm of an acapella?

I tried using "Identify Beat" in pro tools but the tempo is finds is never right. When I'm doin a remix, I kinda just guess the bpm...is there a better way?

Track the BPM of the instrumental or the complete track...

I tried the complete track also... it still gives me the wrong bpm.

use another bpm counter...Maybe even use the click off ur MPC

http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/bpm4win.html

http://yippee.i4free.co.nz/html/win/audio/title4840.htm

http://www.massive.com/in_tune/bpm_counting.html

Try one of these simple bpm counters.

thanks, i'll try that.

Okay lampdog........Lamp got answers for days. I basically live by those answers

This is what i do.... I take the instrumental beat... Then I make a beat on my mpc... Then i try to mix them to gether and fool around with the Mpc's tempo until they're in sync'd with eachother... I never trust those BPM counters i have 2 and there all ways off a lil...

Phatz wrote:Okay lampdog........Lamp got answers for days. I basically live by those answers

I'm wrong sometimes too so I can't even live by my own answers.

beyondhope1 wrote:This is what i do.... I take the instrumental beat... Then I make a beat on my mpc... Then i try to mix them to gether and fool around with the Mpc's tempo until they're in sync'd with eachother... I never trust those BPM counters i have 2 and there all ways off a lil...

That will take a while, the counters aren't perfect, they will always be off just a little but it's a good starting point AND it's quicker.

Check out this tutorial...its for different software but the same ideas can be used in any software

http://www.paintingbynumbers.com/bootcamp/

use the tempo of the original song and apply it to the acapella, you can then time stretch it or build a beat in that tempo.

how about this one:

use the tap tempo on your mpc. Tap it to the snares of the song. works for me.

If you get something like 40.....just double it. (depending on your tap tempo settings)

if you have the acapella, did you cop it off the internet? or vinyl? IF you dont have the instrumental....then tap it at the end of his verses.

cyrus wrote:how about this one:

use the tap tempo on your mpc. Tap it to the snares of the song. works for me.

If you get something like 40.....just double it. (depending on your tap tempo settings)

if you have the acapella, did you cop it off the internet? or vinyl? IF you dont have the instrumental....then tap it at the end of his verses.

copped it from the internet.