How To Find The Tempo of Audio In Pro Tools -Fastest, Easiest, Most Accurate Way

[@dez5]

The first pro tool video that's enjoyable to watch and i'm learning without falling a sleep.

[@ronday4210]

Amen to that 🤙🏽

[@Hoodmiyagi]

one of the most helpful people on youtube

[@waynewav]

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[@KumasiHaze]

Just started using PT about 2 weeks ago upgrading from using Mixcraft for 10+ yrs. You've made the PT 'learning curve' that everybody claims to be so steep so easy. Any DAW is gonna seem complicated to a beginner, but once you get going, I've learned, its really just a matter of learning the layout/workflow of whatever DAW you're using thats 'new' to YOU. Thanks so much for these tutorials man, KEEP GOIN!

[@seanpatrick2052]

I wish my teacher at College could explain the in's and out's of Pro Tools as clearly and simply as the Wavy Way.! This I get!!

[@MatthewShaker1]

I come back to this video EVERY time I need to find the tempo. I finally heard you say 'hold down shift' when in slip mode!!! Before that I was always losing my selection when I clicked to try and adjust it. Thanks WW!

[@ellobobeats6324]

this is what i was looking for in the comments!!! thanks you!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@kingavery6001]

I literally look at this everytime I need to check tempo as a new recorder. Man I smile everytime I watch this. You’re a beast bruh !!!

[@nicholaslucido5373]

Respect. I feel many great future engineers will have listened to you.

[@bsl5619]

first person to help me figure this shit out

[@waynewav]

Thanks for watching, glad I could help.

[@GizTv]

Same here. Watched a few videos... This one actually helps

[@DanChaytor]

Superbright, supernice, supervids. The way he communicates is excellent. Great chap, great role model.

[@weirdcityk1d]

Hey man just wanted to let you know your videos are extremely helpful and effective! You are very much appreciated, from an aspiring professional producer

[@curtisthomas6833]

Yo, I've been searching for this type of source to learn pro tools, awesome tutorials, awesome delivery of the content, please keep making vids!

[@kingavery6001]

Bro you’re the GOAT!!! Man you’re a savage with your skills. I’m learning so much from your vids. I just wanted to record my vocals but shoot looking at your and learning will help me learn to mix like a ninja too

[@argyify]

Less than 9 min. and I learnt so many things!

[@AndyPachecoMusic]

Wavy, do a fast run of one of your quickest projects!!! Id love to see how fast you are

[@DreamofMusicEnt]

Just found your page recently and I love it!

[@kevointhetruth]

I make it all the way to the part where you enter in bar 1 and bar 3. After I hit ok it makes the beat very slow during playback. Im using a demo pro tools so maybe that could be the reason

[@DueceDelgado]

Why nobody never answers this

[@marcuseldermac]

Bro...very, very well explained....and with swag! Lol #Props

[@waynewav]

Thanks fam.

[@coleephil]

This guy is legendary

[@dashm33]

it really is... my mentor tells me the importance of shortcuts... even if you cant mix if you can track quickly and move out the way for a mix engineer your alr in a better postion than most

[@salameminem]

my man i just did it step by step thank you ...am beginner in mixing and been following you how to mix

[@WilliamWeyes]

I’ve been learning so much from your videos man, thank you!

[@audioworks247]

Thanks for the information. Got a quick question. What if I was given a piano line to "Here and Now" by Luther Vandross. My client thought the tempo was (55 bpm) and he played to the click however its way off and fluctuating. I need to do something to get a meter in order to be able to sync this track to at-least be able to build the timing so I can orchestrate this. Normally my clients come to me but he sent me this Piano line from Out of town. I hope I explained this properly. THANKS AGAIN.

[@DJQuet]

boy i owe u some money. u came thru with the knowledge. im in college in a studio recording class and i gotta turn in a project

[@deriodagreat2714]

Does this work on wavs and mp3's..I've demo'd mp3's and after buying the wav the vocals I recorded to the mp3 don't line up

[@Nada5150]

how did you expand the highlighted area without starting a new section?

[@kaneross604]

Bro...you are now my go to for stuff I wanna figure out! Legend!

[@djpromethazinecayenne9359]

Great Video!! Still In 2020 Wayne

[@mollyfagan4486]

This is like the most helpful video I've seen for a beginner THANK YOU ima save this

[@ezporcelain]

2:08 Does the latency settings affect how sharp the markers will be placed? I mean it's not a Midi command but I've noticed that larger the buffer size is longer I have to wait for computer to react to me pressing play/stop... 2:56 I think you are cutting off the attack of the Kick here. Isn't there an option for auto-finding a zero-crossing points while selecting? *how about beats where the Kix are always late? I mean I'd do the same as you, but I'm asking cuz you might have an answer for the question. I definitely don't have it yet.

[@nafisdavis2365]

It doesn’t automatically select the 2 bar for me to edit it after I find my 2 bar... it selects it for a time for me to noticed I did it but won’t let me edit??

[@milesmcleod4385]

I'm having this same problem did you figure it out?

[@visionaryentertainment3916]

@@milesmcleod4385 Sounds like you are trying to make a selection during playback, but you have "Insertion Follows Playback" toggled. In command focus mode, press the "n" key.

[@odinnhrafnsson6267]

Informative, funny and Vayne makes it look fun and easy. New subscriber earned.

[@hughanderson3830]

Thank you thank you. So helpful and I learned about trimming to a zero crossing in the process.

[@SunShyne_Culture]

Always dope the Wavy Way, Up Up!!!

[@norfsyq9660]

If you use tab to transient with this method it streamlines the workflow and takes out the extra steps of trying to get to right on the down beat 😉

[@serg2136]

how come i did this and the beat slowed down? i got 95bmps but when i switched it back to the original 120 bpms the tempo was back to normal

[@TheZionjuggernext]

Same man

[@RADIKALDREAD]

So glad I found this channel.

[@pbenarco4498]

I’m glad you did this cus a brother was lost😂

[@waynewav]

😂😂💯

[@andrestanaka5181]

subscribed soon as i heard editing jedi, be careful with that fire you be spitting playa!

[@CeceHustle512]

Wavy giving out game 🙏🏾

[@emyhR]

After I did everything the beat was chopped and screwed but not in a good way lol I’m using Pro Tools First. And saw you reply to somebody bout Set Up menu and Preferences but don’t see that stuff under Setup in PT First. Any other way to turn off the elastic audio stuff ?

[@kolayahisrael3708]

Im knew music recording, mixing and making beats. Though Im still an artist I have my own studio and dont know how to do anything except write music. Im looking to get quality training. Your videos help a lot. Keep it coming bro.

[@Copiio]

I really needed this! hey does anybody know of any intern positions in audio engineering?

[@djtwilite318]

since i came across your videos and i like what you are doing ill let on a lil secret to get the tempo every time in seconds. get virtual dj 8 drop your track on a turntable and you got your bpm. dial it in in pro tools. i been doin this since pro tools 7. works every time. try it and do a vid for the engineers.. also when you get virtual dj go to options and turn off tempo sync so your pitch slider will stay at zero but if you forget just click the button in the middle and it will jump to zero and your bpm will be correct

[@rahulsan9652]

Awesome! But later on in the track, the tempo i set becomes out of sync, why is it so? How to solve it..??

[@3will683]

I should've watched this video before my last class assignment!! Dope

[@ydreamkc]

Everytime I do it the track offsets to about 10 seconds and sounds scratchy and skips what am I doing wrong

[@DeejayWilly]

i cant imagine how hard is it to just find bpm of a song with all the technology around in other DAWS pro tools is in the flintstones era

[@jdsforza9313]

facts man, in logic you click 2 buttons and you got the BPM instantly, this is kinda annoying

[@DeejayWilly]

@@jdsforza9313 honestly i feel most of DAW'S are the same in this matter and i mean in windows os

[@jdsforza9313]

彡〆Dj Willy〆彡 yeah I don’t know of any other daws other than logic that give you the tempo as quick as that, but there are programs online that give you the tempo if you just upload the file and I used them for a while before I got Logic, and they’re great, so you can try them

[@DeejayWilly]

@@jdsforza9313 its not about the bpm as i can know them easily but when u type them in the daw it never get it right precise and accurate so it forces u to keep cutting and pasting loops and running here and there in the project loool Was thinking of selling one of my laptops to buy and try mac

[@jdsforza9313]

@@DeejayWilly well then yeah I really dont know how to help you there, but if you were thinking about trying mac, I highly recommend mac and using logic and pro tools on the mac platform, logic is great, you can get it from the app store and pro tools works with mac os seamlessly, you wont be disappointed, and if you are for some reason, just send the shit back lol, their return policy is very fair

[@nicknolin]

My identify beat is grayed out can I fix with just a click

[@AR2Tatical]

Once I get the tempo. There is no where to enter the updated Bpm. Once u click the starting marker. It just shows the location. Did pro tools change the format?

[@promonant]

How do I delete the bar and beat marker?

[@mikesparks3398]

great tip, one thing is you have to keep your conductor track guy highlighted until you find your tempo then you can uncheck him!

[@waynewav]

💯

[@mikesparks3398]

@@waynewav good stuff man!

[@Charles-ui4rx]

Man Im screwed up I cant select Identify for some reason it's greyed out in the event tab...HELP!

[@gorgeouszebramoonlight7627]

Same

[@NIP28]

you got protools firts?

[@mwaijamu2964]

Master Yoda Wavy Wayne outchea training editing Jedi the wavy way, I fw your energy mayne ong

[@DD-jz5fp]

Bro how can I change my pro tool preferences? I using your technique with the down and up keys to highlight my bars but as soon as I hit the space bar my selection disappears.

[@kevinwang7894]

Does a triplet stutter work the same way? Is there anything extra you’d want to do?

[@TooMuchEntertainmentStudios]

Thanks bro. literally forgot how to do this from school. THANKS !!!

[@alexbeaman3676]

This is super helpful and super dope to watch!!!

[@georgemickel6608]

I'd like to update my Pro Tools from 9.0.3 to 10 like yours but Avid's website is so confusing. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks, G

[@SouthCat]

I come back to this video so much bro

[@moddagoat]

U a beast at teaching bro & I’m heat for all of it 🗣🗣

[@BarryClevelandMusic]

Clear, concise, and even entertaining. Nicely done, sir!

[@mistersounds2006]

Yo when I got my selection highlighted how to I refine? Everytime my selection starts over and I cnt correct the start and finish of my selection

[@jlamusic7729]

You have to click and hold the red arrow and drag it from there.

[@mistersounds2006]

@@jlamusic7729 I figured it out...he explains it later on....hold shift and click to make your selection

[@Charles-ui4rx]

When you got the selected area (Hold Down Shift) You must Be In Slip Mode

[@THERGOMBROWN]

How did you do that stutter?

[@AtomikRoboKiiD]

Yeah but damn bruh Tab to transient you got me pulling hair out smh..leaving out important info ..love the channel

[@27danbo]

Is there a specific mode or certain template you need to be on to get the bpm?

[@nickcabrera3087]

Thank you so much wayne!! You explain so well

[@Fullyandel]

Thanks for your explaining !!! the best of all out there by far!!!

[@TDAWWWWWWWW]

THE MAN FUNNY AF AT THE END 🤣🤣🤣🐐

[@Phlacc]

Perfect. Exactly what I needed to know. This was a great tip and well taught. Thank you.

[@TwirlTheWorld813]

Thanks Wayne i appreciate yah !

[@waynewav]

No doubt fam.

[@kodybwm6829]

Whenever I use this I find the tempo but it always throws everything off. The beat is extremely slow and it never matches up with the grid. Help!!! Lol

[@waynewav]

KoDyBWM this is happening because you have elastic audio turned on in your session. Go to setup menu> preferences> under the editing tab make sure “new tracks default to tick time base” is turned off.

[@waynewav]

Also in the edit window, make sure the tracks are set to sample base and that elastic audio is not turned on! email m if you need more help. sorry for the late reply.

[@kodybwm6829]

Wayne.wav thanks famo 💯💯

[@waynewav]

No doubt!

[@ycory95]

@@waynewav Is this something you can fix this in pro tools first, because there isn't a preferences tab( that i can find)

[@KOIDANTRES]

great video family, but how do I get my selection to stay in step one after I find the 1st tempo! every time I press spacebar after the 2nd bar the selection goes away

[@jabotaggin]

when I try to add in my start and end point my 1-3 my selection jumps over to bar 1-3 not even over my original selection its start from the first 2 bars any tips?

[@emyhR]

jalen Hawkins You ever figure this out man? Cuz I’m having the same problem

[@NIP28]

i don't understand... wen i use identify beat it slows down the beat i import also, so its a mess... y does protools mess with my original tempo on my song????

[@lilghostmadeit6800]

Im following this step by step and i have no idea where im going wrong. Ive done it like 3 times and the grid on my edit window wont adjust to the beat It seems that yours is already set to your beat before you even start the process Do you mind doing one where your protools session isnt already set to your beat so we can see when exactly its supposed to take effect?

[@DarrylBarnesDance]

Toggle conductor mode on and off. Maybe that’ll help. Sometimes with that mode on it doesn’t allow you to change the bpm

[@rafthe2128]

great vid, subbbbb quick question, what if I get a number very close to 80 but when I set 80 for the whole sesh and align the song with ticks its only fine at the beginning? How do I adjust the whole track to a tick?

[@prudentknightofficialyoutu1853]

Well explain ..mr waves . Big up from jamaica ..

[@TheBlackJewelz]

That boy done put on some meat in 4 years lol 💪🏾💪🏾

[@foreversisters23]

Dab on it 😅 Love your videos I'm learning so much. Thank you!!

[@gringostyl]

good video man helping a lot but when i entre the 1 and 3 when finding the tempo it moves the highlighted section to the beggingn of the track and shifts the whole thing forwards if that makes any sense? lol new to this stuff

[@emyhR]

TWisY Does the same thing to me too. Are you using or was using Pro Tools First? Cuz I think that is my issue

[@philipb.3529]

I can't stop the beat without deleting my selection am I dump? How to loop playback? I need some help with the keyboard controls!!!

[@waynewav]

Turn off “insertion follows playback” there’s a button for it in the edit toolbar. Or if using command focus hit the letter “n” on your keyboard.

[@jeffjunior5924]

my protools wont let me click ok in tempo change ????

[@waynewav]

Be sure to delete the bar|beat marker at the end of your selection first.

[@partykingstudio-9104]

Sir las beat of track don't match on tempo now what should I do ? PLZZ help

[@bsl5619]

i will ne watching more of your videos... got my own set up just trying to learn how to be a pro at it

[@SawbuckOfficial]

Love the vid! I did everything but my grid mode lines dont show up. What should i do?

[@anthonykemp9159]

Perfect explanation. Got to the point quick.

[@lilloicbeatsofficial]

big bro,please can you make a tutorial on how to set perfectly the level of a vocal on a beat when you are mixing🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@TheSlyProfessor]

That's the wavy way man. Thanks a bunch!

[@Rishabh-Shukla]

whenever I click the spacebar the selection goes off, how do I fix that?

[@phoenixflyz_]

fire bro

[@vincewarner890]

Excellent tutorial, thanks!

[@Keviandra]

Newbie here, asking why do you needed to find the tempo? I thought the tempo was natural for the program. Could you help me understand more about this tutorial.

[@bigtoereco]

Hey bro I'm using Pro Tools 8 my identify beat is gray, is identify beat not in Pro Tools 8?

[@jules7168]

Maybe I missed it but what's the keyboard shortcut to set the beginning and the end of the selection while playback? Thanks for the video.

[@deeksmith9863]

Down arrow to start, up arrow to end selection.

[@jelanmaxwell4762]

This is a great tutorial, would love to see an updated version for version 12 and up which I could share

[@Tasraww]

bro you're one of the only people who can actually explain what you're doing and why you're doing it without me falling asleep in the process. KEEP THESE COMING MAN

[@simmsimmerson6039]

what if you change the tempo a little bit when recording a song, how do you make it all one tempo?

[@Syn3rgy_21]

Proper tutorial earned subscriber

[@waynewav]

Thanks fam.

[@TruthDoesntHurt]

How do you make a 2 bar selection?

[@funfactsclips1363]

How do you change tempo of any selected track?