How to automate tempo above 180 BPM in FL Studio

welcome to my guide how you can automate the tempo in FL studio higher than the limited standard value of 180BPM, it is very simple when you know how it's done but I know there may be many questions around this possibility either if it works or not to go higher than 180 BPM so I make this video to show how it is done :) enjoy!
Music used in this video are current work in progress i'm making now so they are both not yet released or perfect in any way but if you like what you hear you may check out my music channel Powertoast Music here:
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[@frostgod909]

Thank you very much!!! Also a thing I learned waaay to late: if you want to delete the tempo automation from the project (since it jumps to the last automation point when restarting the song in the playlist even after deleting the automation) just go to the top in your browser where it says "Current Project" and delete it under "Initialized controls" :)

[@phaandorpertwee6981]

Awesome thank you. The whole tempo automation thing in FL is so weird that I first struggled to accept it at all. Finding out that 180BPM was then the highest possible tempo to automate (why, so why???) almost wrecked my project. Then I found your tutorial. Thanks again!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Phaandor Pertwee the tempo automation can indeed be a bit tricky to get working without knowing all these things to get it working. But I am very happy to hear my tutorial could help you out! Feel free to link me to your song when it is done and I be happy to check it out :) good luck and stay creative

[@witheringyouth4996]

Thank you so much for providing a revelation in under 4 minutes. Fl Studio is a great program but time automation can become such a mess. I reuglarily encounter the problem when recording metal songs with several tempo changes in it. You really helped me out!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

very glad to hear my video could help! it was very hard to figure this out for me as well and after I finally knew how I wanted to share this with others that have the same trouble. I automate tempo pretty much but it can often lead to glitches when reloading a track resulting in samples getting wrong pitch but it can be fixed anyway. happy music making!

[@tasteless7795]

That’s exactly what’s happening to me rn

[@philRacoindie]

this is SUCH an useful video. still works 6 years later!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Absolutely! This is an all version tutorial so far ha ha. Glad it could help you out as well :) happy music making!

[@philRacoindie]

@@Pulverrostmannen thx ! !

[@th3inf3ction]

cheers this fixed my problem. my project was only 181 BPM but the 180 limit was really getting to me :D

[@Pulverrostmannen]

I can really feel your anguish for getting so close but out of reach. Glad I could help you sort it out :D

[@777dreamresort]

lmaooo such a simple feature, such a simple solution! i really was about to freak out man fr XD im so glad i found your video thank you so much! i learned something new which will gonna push up my trax in the future :)) letz gooo! have a good day friend!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Very glad to help! happy musik making!

[@tomthecr34t0r]

many thanks, mate. you did what other cant youre greatest of the all time

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Thank you very much! Good luck with your music making :)

[@d-runkenstudios3818]

Thank you very much im an Uptempo producer and i wanted to make Automations for crazy build ups but my Tracks are usually at 200 bpm or higher This helped me a lot

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad I could help! I also work with very high tempo in my songs so I figure more would want to know how :) good luck with your productions

[@HardTimesStudios]

Dude thank youuu this has bugged me for so long

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad I could help then 😃 happy music making!

[@Leo-Faure1]

Thank you so much, you saved my Day !

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad I could be of help :)

[@PainkillerDubstep]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@Pulverrostmannen]

And thank you for your comment! Glad my video could help :)

[@user-cf7be5bs5o]

@as making a speedcore song and wanted it to accelerate from 512bpm to 1024 (256 to 512 actually), but stumbled upon the 180bpm limit problem. Helped me a lot!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Always happy to hear I could help! Good luck with your music production :)

[@serbancalugar235]

thanks, really short, simple and on point! helped a lot!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Always glad to help! Happy music making fellow producer :)

[@chappie__]

YOU ARE A LEGEND THANKS

[@Hamburgaga]

thanks a lot!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Hamburgaga always glad when I can help :)

[@mryat]

amazing this is so helpful!!!!! thank you very much!!!!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Very happy I could help!

[@Braice6]

This really helped, thank you very much

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Happy to hear I could help! Good luck with your music production :)

[@MrMARIOBKB]

Thank you so much

[@imav.20]

thank you very much, this helped me do the tempo automation for can you hear the music!

[@prasetyoadhinugroho1819]

Thank you very much sir. I was very helped

[@Pulverrostmannen]

@@prasetyoadhinugroho1819 glad I could help! Happy music making :)

[@viuga1156]

Very useful video. Thanks!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

@@viuga1156 glad I could help :)

[@Qiwqawrance]

this video is magnificent thank you

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Thanks for your comment! Glad I could help :)

[@Qiwqawrance]

@@Pulverrostmannen ❤️

[@lordish4229]

thanks man...! you are amazing and there is no other tutorial about this anywhere..! thanks for the help

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Always happy to help! and yes, I had quite a bad day to figure this out in the first place so I´d figure to make it easier for others making this video

[@hoseynhoseyn610]

You save my life❤❤❤

[@danthe7942]

Thank you so much for the help!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help!

[@andreitourchin]

Thanks so much! You saved my nerves😁

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to hear I could help you out :)

[@jimhewfan6604]

you're a lifesaver

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Alex e glad I could help :)

[@Lendya]

Legend!

[@josephjoestar7810]

Thanks a lot, man!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help! :)

[@MichaellCMusic]

thank you man!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help :)

[@bloofie9717]

Holy crap, thank you! Saved my life.

[@Pulverrostmannen]

very glad I could help you :D

[@DexieTheSheep]

Thanks! Wish I knew this BEFORE I started my project, though, since now my tempo clip with like 50 dots on it refers to much higher BPMs

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Thanks and yes indeed, if you have many different points in the tempo they will change accordingly. hopefully you can copy and paste some values. happy music making!

[@ownerscloset]

thanks g

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help!

[@hayjreynolds641]

Thank you!!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help!

[@KikiLem]

bravo! Straight to the point

[@Pulverrostmannen]

kiki lem thank you :)

[@Alex-ow2dz]

Thank you so much

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Rackslash And thank you for your comment :)

[@olijomusic2481]

Thank you!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Olijo Music glad to help :)

[@anosan17]

Thank you

[@zed-rq7ux]

tyvm

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Thanks for the Kudos! Glad I could help :)

[@B.M.Skyforest]

Life-saving video! Cheers!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Always glad to help :) greetings from Sweden

[@sqwonk69]

Thanks your, bro! You real help me

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Happy to help! Good luck with your music

[@sqwonk69]

@@Pulverrostmannen and you

[@nicc9798]

Thank you very much! Helped me a lot!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

NicCraft9 very happy to hear that :)

[@joncharles303]

thank youuuuu

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help :)

[@crashe25]

Thanks you bro ! You are a hero !!!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad my video could help :) thanks for your comment and happy music making!

[@brianbergmusic5288]

I don't understand why 180 is considered the default "max". Genres such as powermetal and thrash might think of that 180 as a bare minimum, minus the ballads. Thanks for this tip!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

I can’t do anything else than agree with you that it is a strange standard setting. And even if you don’t really make a track above 180bpm you may still want to work in the higher tempo setting also. I do this a lot to get certain instruments to play the way I want so it’s very common to work in the double speed to make patterns and stuff easier in the piano roll than to chop up in half notes and stuff. It’s why I figure out and share how I could make it possible myself :) glad to help others know this too

[@prod.slimline]

leyend

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help

[@EuphonicSoundz587]

Thanks bud ✌

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad it helped out :)

[@SophiaHjkl]

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUU

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help :)

[@ahsongfei]

thank u

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help :)

[@TheSnipersLP]

Much love man !

[@Pulverrostmannen]

TheSnipersLP thank you very much for the kind comment!

[@JinZakaJini]

no dislike.... GG man! Also, thanks :)

[@Pulverrostmannen]

JinZ no dislike, yet lol. Thanks for your kudos! Happy music production :)

[@user-id8vi9bg4n]

thank you!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Glad to help :) happy music making!

[@user-55656]

Thank u I was ab to punch my damn keyboard

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Wow. I hope your keyboard is safe then lol. Glad to help!

[@colewade8767]

Make a video on how to record on a tempo automation in low latency without having crackling noises I have experienced an issue on my beast pc that my cpu is very low thru out the whole project until my tempo spikes in my project then it steadily stays around 77ish when it hits my automation clip and the only way to record on it is to keep the buffer size huge which can work but makes recording annoying cuz I prefer low latency recording all my settings are cpu friendly and I’ve tried anything if anyone has any solutions and stumbles upon this impress me

[@Pulverrostmannen]

I can have a look what buffer size I am using myself. But it would be interesting to know how your cores are loaded separately. You can check this in your taskmanager in windows and make sure you change the graph to logical CPUs. I have the experience that FL studio is rather bad dividing the load over many cores so even if you have a ton of cores in your cpu the individual performance of them can be a bottleneck as there is no real way of dividing a demanding thread over more cores. I can get issues with performance when a lot is going on with my old 4790K I am using

[@scrufex]

what do i have to do when i have the guitar tracks also because all the time i do this my audios will stretch and it overlaps ? what do i do ?

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Yes, this is the most common problem using dynamic tempo with audio clips. Usually after you make the automation and let the project play it should stretch the audio along with the tempo changes. Even though they can overlap in the playlist normally they should sound correctly. Another problem I encountered can also be a change in pitch of the audio played even if it was correct to begin after loading back a project. It normally works to drag the edge of the audio to stretch it out and then take it back to where it was it should correct the pitch again. Another way to fix this issue is to duplicate the audio sample and use this in the faster section so that your audio is playing correctly at each different tempo. I seen these problems with all versions of FL so it is likely issues we gonna have to deal with for times to come too. It is finicky but when you know the quirks you can also work around them :)

[@scrufex]

@@Pulverrostmannen thanks buddy :)

[@Pulverrostmannen]

@@scrufex glad to help! You can share your music with me if you want. I be happy to listen to it

[@thefakesammymammy]

i know im 6 years late but thank you very much!! i think its so stupid that the max is 180 lol

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Ha ha no problem. This video applies to all versions of FL studio. I also been to the situation when I needed more than 180 and could not figure out how. So I thought it was a great idea to share this with other creators :)

[@Super-Fast-Tutorials]

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[@CyberZott-pj9gb]

I completely missed the min/max options. Thanks.

[@Pulverrostmannen]

CyberSexual glad my video could help :)

[@noleholiday]

TAAACK!!! (hör att du är svensk lol)

[@Pulverrostmannen]

det är korrekt! ha ha

[@noleholiday]

@@Pulverrostmannen :P

[@CrystalKyryn]

time to be a "camellia" with dem 4321658234bpm changes :))

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Ha ha go nuts my friend, it can be a slight issue with the current limited BPM of 480 or what it goes to the highest lol

[@CrystalKyryn]

i think its 522

[@jcgongavoe337]

But why there has to be a max knob button lol, what are they thinking~

[@Pulverrostmannen]

That is a good question actually, my guess is to make it more accurate when working with the automation patterns on the playlist as standard as a minor movement will make a huge change there if the limits are maxed out, but who wants to have like 176,49 bpm on a project lol. I always go with copy and paste for tempo speeds so why not have a higher threshold for this one right away

[@NotRenjiro]

Just messes everything up. Now it starts at like 300 bpm or some bs

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Yes, by changing the maximum values you change the range of the automation and also the actual bpm in the project if you already have a certain speed. The automation is a range of percent of the total value so all you need to do is to add in the new values in the automation clip. Pause the project, adjust the desired bpm. Right click the bpm box and copy value. Chose no if it ask to adjust the audio clips. Otherwise the bpm also changes again. Pick the point of the automation clip and paste the value. Repeat this over the project in the points you wish to adjust the speed. Now it should work for you. If you want additional info let me know. Good luck

[@NotRenjiro]

@@Pulverrostmannen I just want it to go from what it is now to an extra 60%. Copying the value doesn't work and the max and min mess it all up.

[@Pulverrostmannen]

@@NotRenjiro it sounds like you are missing some step to complete the automation. It is important to have the automation clip covering the whole playlist length in your project from start to end. And that you right click the automation line to create dots in the parts you want to change the tempo. After you created a tempo automation the values you have in this will be absolute and it will change the playing tempo no matter what you type into the project tempo speed window. You must copy and paste your new values into your automation clip line on the playlist after you change the limiting values of your tempo automation in the audio rack. When you first make your automation the value of this will be made to your current tempo if it is below 180BPM. When you then adjust your maximum value setting your new speed with be higher as your automation points will be at the same place in the playlist but your total speed will be higher as of the total range is now higher. That is why you must also manually adjust these points in the automation at your playlist as well to make your speed play correctly again. You may see this same thing happen in my video when first making the adjustments. I also tested this with FL21 now and it works the same as before

[@NotRenjiro]

@@Pulverrostmannen It's been two days. Since I've tested it last time, the maximum value changed the start and finish. Copy pasting didn't work for some reason. I'll try it again. It's an about 10 second clip that I have already slowed down to 80%. I now want to get faster, up to 140% at the end.

[@Pulverrostmannen]

@@NotRenjiro yeah, it will work when you do it right. As you changed the project tempo after you adjusted the automation limit you are already half way there. After that is done you need to adjust the automation line in the playlist and it should work. It’s why you have to chose no after you adjust the speed at the toolbar of FL studio. As the value otherwise will go back to what it was because the automation values are absolute and above any other setting as soon as you start playing the track

[@iancollishaw3330]

BRUH!

[@Pulverrostmannen]

Yes! 👍

[@iancollishaw3330]

@@Pulverrostmannen I had been done tryin to make this silly death metal drum track to Prince Ali from Aladdin and for the life of me couldn't figure out how to do this shit until you came along and changed my life.

[@Pulverrostmannen]

@@iancollishaw3330 Always happy to hear my video can help others out :) if you can you may show me your track when it´s done! it can be fun to check how this version may sound compared to the ost