Calculating Tempo with Beat Detective

If you know the meter, and start and end points of the audio selection, use Beat Detective to calculate its tempo.

To calculate a selection’s tempo with Beat Detective:

1 Make an Edit selection in the Edit window or a MIDI Editor window (MIDI only) and define the selection in the Beat Detective window as described in Defining a Beat Detective Selection.

2 Select Bar|Beat Marker Generation.

3 In the Detection section (Normal mode), click Analyze.

4 Set Sensitivity set to 0%.

5 Click Generate.

Bar|Beat Markers are automatically generated at the beginning and end of the selection, indicating the material’s tempo and meter.

 

Beat Detective generated Bar|Beat Markers identifying tempo and meter