How to Find the Tempo/BPM in ProTools - Fastest/Most Accurate Way

Brief tutorial on how to find the tempo of a song/track using "Identify Beat" method. This is the fastest and most accurate way to capture a track's tempo in ProTools

[@CarlWatkins]

Thanks! Super useful. Currently using an old drum machine that only has an analog knob for tempo, so setting precise timing has been rough. Now I can just set everything to the drum machine lol

[@ukulelesojourner5976]

This was awesome. Had to watch it twice to get it all (new to PT) but man, great vid and info. Thanks

[@cherryalav]

Thank you Bro! You really told me in an easy way to understand.

[@ItaiIfrach]

This video is totally great ! thanks mate

[@brucehathcockmusic]

Dude this was incredible great explanation. 👍 I'm a follower now bro . Thank you so much.

[@vaguepains]

Great video- extremely useful info

[@javaughnnawleans]

Thank you for this video straight to the point and no tapping🔥

[@KhariG]

Much love bro

[@dequansworld9430]

Still very valuable information right here

[@Loy4eva]

Leettsgoooo THATS A TUTORIAL

[@ToneSoCooL3]

thanks man !!!

[@romerogarcia2885]

Good video 👌🏽

[@rickey5813]

Thanks man good video 💯

[@lasal8613]

🐐 thanks

[@otgorganics8782]

I know I'm two years late brother but I love this video it was straight to the point and I learned a lot. Is it cool if I come to you to get other tips

[@hotboxbeats]

I NEED HELP!!! This is great but instead I just get a random BPM. I know the bpm of the beat in my case but I am trying to learn what to do in case I do not have that information and this technique only spits out random BPM numbers it does not work and I don't understand why.

[@Filaphil]

I can’t fine command on my pc

[@gotitent3204]

I did this and it changed the tempo of my beat.. how do I fix this?

[@lildrgn]

same here. it speeds/slows the song. I'm sure it's simple but I don't know how to get the pre-click to not speed up the tune.

[@CutToTheChaseCole]

If it changed your tempo, you most likely have your audio tracks set to "ticks" instead of samples. You can change from ticks to samples or samples to ticks by clicking on the icon on the lower left of your audio track from the edit window. It should be by the track display option where it says "waveform, pan, automation etc." It will be a clock icon for samples or some sort of green shape for ticks.

[@soundsofthekingdom4462]

Idky but the way you sound makes this video 10x funnier for no reason at all 🤣🤣

[@1000000000000dollaz]

Great video 👍🏾I have 1 question though? So what should a tempo of say 150.4137 or 68.5137 be entered as?

[@CutToTheChaseCole]

If you are getting something like that, you may not have selected 4 bars exactly or tabbed all the way to the transient. There are cases where tempos are weird decimals like that though. In that case, enter or leave those exact tempos and check to make sure all transients are on the grid. But you may have to round to 150.4 or 68.5 if the transients gradually move off grid as the song progresses.

[@louisharvey8555]

This saved my life!! SUBSCRIBED!!! GREAT TUTORIAL!!!! No one on KZbin mentions changing the audio track to samples not ticks. May seem simple if you know but if you don't its a world of difference.

[@auggiebendoggy]

Does protools have the create tempo detection track like Cubase?

[@CutToTheChaseCole]

It doesn't to my knowledge. But there are some BPM finders you can drag and drop into outside of Pro Tools, but I don't always trust those as I have seen them be wrong a handful of times.

[@DaVibes20]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽

[@ThatShitIsHotSunlive]

Man everybody makes it look so easy b.u.t when i do it, it changes the speed of the song 😡

[@CutToTheChaseCole]

If it changed your tempo, you most likely have your audio tracks set to "ticks" instead of samples. You can change from ticks to samples or samples to ticks by clicking on the icon on the lower left of your audio track from the edit window. It should be by the track display option where it says "waveform, pan, automation etc." It will be a clock icon for samples or some sort of green shape for ticks. Reply