Pull a Beat Map Out of Thin Air with Smart Tempo

[@dan44762000]

Knowledge is power and Chris provides it like nobody else, this video will help so many people make music so much easier, best in the business, so grateful ❤

[@Afiplaysmusic]

I agree wholeheartedly.

[@yeauld]

You just Rock my man !!!! You just Rock big time !!! Many many blessings to you and your love ones, Thank you very very much !!!!

[@Shrevestring]

blows me away...I have struggled with this, making more sense now! the 'Stashe Rules!

[@neilbonavita8623]

I've been trying to figure this out and you've really helped. Thank you for this!

[@xetamurai]

Thanks… you opened a new horizon for my music, since I play with hardware instruments and always struggled to follow tempo playing live while recording

[@nogoogleplus]

Great vid. I find the best use of this is if you got a killer drum performance, and you want to line everything else up to the drummer’s time feel

[@psydiddley]

I recorded a bluegrass session once where the keyboard player went off in a huff cos the singer/banjo player didn't want to play to a click. He just couldn't understand why. The problem was the moment tbe singer/Strummer had to focus on the click his performance lacked sparkle... I ended up playing percussion in the side room and sending it to them on the cans, (no percussion was actually wanted on the track) however the whole problem caused a rift whoch ruined the session! If only we had had this knowledge (and a newer version of logic!)

[@NasserSharaf]

I've been using Logic daily since 2000 from the Emagic days when it was Logic Platinum , and I'm amazed at how many new things I learn from your channel. Not only newly added features, butt stuff that's been in Logic for some time that I've either not gotten around to or could never figure out. Really so helpful - Thanks!

[@michaelvarney.]

This is why practicing with a metronome is key to any musician’s development.

[@maxine2798]

Not a drummer! 🥁

[@johnyfernandezmusic]

I agree. However, when I have recorded Live Sessions, the feeling of strictly not having to be glued to a metronome and performing more organically is truly pleasant. This is where Smart Tempo becomes very useful.

[@michaelvarney.]

@@maxine2798 I would say especially a drummer... learning to keep a tempo and how to push the boundaries of that is key, and a metronome is an important tool to develop that feel.

[@Rasenschneider]

So you exclude improvised music and live recordings.

[@michaelvarney.]

@@Rasenschneider who excludes improv and live recordings?

[@Firetuna1]

Finally, a great smart tempo instructive video! Thanks!

[@MerryTech]

Chris you are SO awesome. Thanks for EVERYTHING you create, brother!

[@sybamunki]

thanks for this - have been finding my way with smart tempo and this has filled in some gaps for me

[@steveharvey556]

Thank you! This is an amazing tutorial and much appreciated. Very easy to follow and understand.

[@AngelTierno]

Thanks so much for all your videos, Chris, but specially for this one!! Awesome job!!

[@chrikibandmusik]

This is the best tutorial I've seen up to now.. and I've seen many :) Thank you very much Chris!

[@HitCentralMusic]

Just what I needed, when I needed it! Clear and to the point Chris! Thanks.

[@johnhamers4571]

Yes, so much thanks, 'cause I needed this to analyze complex music 💯🙏🏼✌🏼

[@TheMixClub]

This is great! I always forget about this. This is clear and to the point. I always forget how to do this as i don't do it often. I can spend half a day getting it to work. I booked marked this video i will be back many times. LOL thanks man...

[@princessl.d.g.]

Howdy, Lawn Mower Man 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheMixClub]

@@princessl.d.g. Zoom Zoom.. PP

[@tombstonegraffiti4241]

Thanks Man...... A Lot........... I've been doing this since the quarter inch tape days so yeah ....... I'm still learning......

[@alexanderweingard1390]

Thank You, Chris!

[@SaharRawia]

thanks

[@hannahshipman]

Once again, thank you!

[@chrishanpeiris2448]

A Very clear exploitation. Thank you

[@kaspartambur]

This is actually big... - so many times when certain genres don't need rigid tempos, but need to be in atleast some performance tempo of some instrument ;)

[@kaspartambur]

or a rubato part

[@vishesh4525]

Hey Chris... Wonderful you are ❤ Can we please have chord track option alike cubase in logic Pro x.Also magnetic playhead... ❤

[@cthncthn7405]

Ohhhh thank you so much. I watched at .5 playback speed and finally have a clue

[@Slamminbassplayer]

Dude you are a wiz and a great teacher. Thank you so much. QQ: I am trying to find an option to automagically add silence to many tracks to force stem regions to be the same length for ease of fades, other automation. Is there an option or shortcut for this?

[@tilleyroadaffairproduction6752]

Thank you!😊

[@gabrielglenn1714]

Awesome but I have a few other tracks on project and all the rest have all slowed way down to new tempo not in a good way. I've messed around with different ways to apply Smart Tempo w no luck. Do I need to apply this method to each track or something else???? Thanks s lot man!

[@milesfrost4916]

Hi Chris, Great video explanation. Quick question: if myself (drummer) and guitarist wanted to record live together but not to a click, myself using Superior Drummer and them using an amp sim, how would I prevent my midi drum file from being altered so as to maintain the purity of both performance but being able to use the click to overdub things like Drummer’s percussion? Many thanks

[@chrikibandmusik]

I have been doing some editing today (drum loops) I have noticed that if the region is moved one beat or one bar after you have done the editing the new tempo information is lost, it's kind of like you have added a new loop to your project; unfortunately you have to go through the whole process I mean what Chris has showed us. DO not use bounce in place you need to export the audio file then drag it back to your project- Hope this helps. or Chris might add this information to his awesome Video,

[@asirus]

Awesome tutorial! Does this work with piano pieces with lots of rubato parts and sections that have significant differences in tempo? I've an arrangement of a song that I'd like to add beats to some sections, which of course requires the tempo to be locked in, but the sections in between are free and varied and I'm having a hard time sorting out the tempo. Thanks.

[@settyr]

Interesting. I was actually looking to add some drums to a fairly relaxed tempo Piano piece. I wonder if logic will be as successful mapping a tempo from a piano track, versus a more rhythmic guitar line, with its obvious downbeat. Guess I'll find out!

[@lashesfordaze]

Are these features (to adjust timing of audio to match beat, or to adjust beat to match audio) available in iPad version? Maybe you could include a word or two about iPad variant in your videos (or maybe you’re just gonna focus on Mac OS version of logic)? Thanks for your terrific videos.

[@OlckersDrumming]

Is there a way you can align the audio track to a steady tempo? Ie, Quantize it? Surely all instruments must align to a steady tempo say for instance 110 Bpm?

[@laurenpassarelli3318]

After you've done this can you use varispeed to change the overall tempo by a percentage? When I do it my logic goes crazy and changes pitch at will even when set to speed only and keep project tempo. I'll have to change the speed of the final mix instead otherwise. Or recut the song. It was originally recorded on tape and I had removed any tempo info prior.

[@AaronMatthews71]

thank you so much!!!

[@kavielove7383]

Thank so much! Can anyone tell me how to slow the tempo down to halftime. Its a slow song but the beatmap reads 150 bpm.

[@PreacherAtArrakeen]

Cool. Thanks.

[@TBX819]

I would like to control the addition of bars in the middle of the project, after a revision of a first run. Imagine, the project is beat mapped and you recognize that you missed a bar in the timeline in the middle section (OR BETTER a time signature change) Does Logic mess up things from there on?

[@romo182]

Its great when it works... When 1 section of the song shifts and is wrong it is absolutely painful to fix. Hoping in missing something but i often manually align every bar from the point it loses the down beat

[@evieruth01]

Do you have logic templates set up with stock plugins to buy ?

[@kyleraftery3268]

Awesome video. I've been painfully mapping the tempo beat by beat after recording a rubato piano part, this is a game changer! Any idea if there's a way to smooth out the tempo variations? Keep the natural feeling of the live performance but make the tempo a little more rigid?

[@redguitar6062]

Is it possible to combine both techniques in the same project (this one and your previous one)? I notice that with all the best will in the world this technique alone will not compensate for large deviations that will cause a tapping foot to start stumbling to keep up. Could an audio region be split and then made to conform to a few bars where you need to speed up or slow down?

[@ShiningHourPop]

You can edit the tempo values after the above technique. It’s under the list view labelled Tempo (top right). You’ll need to have Flex Time switched on so that the track can adjust as per any tempo changes.

[@redguitar6062]

@@ShiningHourPopMany thanks.

[@kickback7773]

The Delays sound glithy if i want to use them. Is there anyway to correct them after doing this?

[@davidandreslandivarmarin9796]

te quiero mucho Logic Pro Rules

[@DrPITV]

Awesome channel. Crazy this can be done and good to know you record songs with changing tempos. No doubt. But on this example…bro should learn to play in time. 😂

[@Thrakatak]

Just straight to the point! Thanks for you time and effort!

[@geoffhalden6327]

Hi Chris I’m having a tough time importing an mp3 audio file into Logic Pro X without it skipping in playback. I’ve tried converting the mp3 file to wav and that doesn’t help. I’m using Logic Pro X 10.3.2 atm so I don’t know how to fix this problem. Can you help???🙄

[@geoffhalden6327]

Every mp3 file I import seem’s to skip.

[@paulbentley2216]

@@geoffhalden6327 Are you setting the correct BMP of the original file first, before dragging in the mp3?

[@kevinturvey8213]

shouldn't jim learn to play in time?

[@lavinchi6709]

👏👏👏🤸🏻‍♂️✨🎬

[@fg87fgd]

Actually, it's you who rules Logic Pro. Thank you.

[@edwardmacnab354]

I'll never actually use logic Pro , I'll just be watching tutorials forever on HOW to use Logic Pro lol . Apple is making you guys a fortune by not telling anybody how Logic Pro works .

[@Rasenschneider]

Tempo recognition works really bad for live recordings and multibeat music or music with retardandi or accelerandi. Although it is extremely helpful. The "new" tempo recording is a hoax: it analyzes tempo after the recording process and not in realtime. So you are not able to send tempo information via MIDI while recording.

[@chrisbjornnmusic]

Why wouldn't you instead just record to the drummer or click and avoid all of this? It just sounds like a sloppy drummer to me when you match the drums to a guitar track that wasn't recorded to a click.

[@JSoulKeys]

THANK YOU!