Audio warping and finding the median tempo

Cubase
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Hi hoping someone can help me out with this,

Use Case: quickly warp audio to its nearest static tempo (so to reduce any loss in quality, unnatural feel or ‘jerky’ sound).

Process:
Use the detect tempo feature
Expand the tempo map and visually find and set the mid point tempo

Question: is there an easier way/feature that will identify and set this mid range tempo? Or is there a easy way to warp such that you preserve quality and feel, I. E. Another approach I should be taking

Thanks

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Hi,

Detect tempo function will create the Tempo Map. So the tempo will not be static, it will wary based on the recorded audio.

If you want to make a raw tempo “estimation”, use the Beat Calculator function. Then you can Tap the tempo and then insert it (as a static value for the whole project) to the project. Then you can warp the Audio to this static tempo to “quantize” it.

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Thanks for your response,
I should have been clearer in detailing my question, my audio is not at a static tempo, it fluctuates, what I want is to warp it so it becomes static I. E. It might be 140-145 but I want it to be 142.00 so then I can easily record overdubs.

4

Hi,

Do I understand you right you want to quantize it from this fluctuate tempo to the static one?

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That is correct, I want to work with one fixed tempo that does not change throughout the project.

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Hi,

  • Select the Audio event and hit P (Set Locators to Selection Range).
  • Enable Cycle.
  • Hit Playback.
  • Project > Beat Calculator
  • Tap Tempo
  • Use Spacebar to tap the beats to find the average tempo.
  • Insert the Tempo value At Selection Start.
  • Open Sample Editor > Hit Points, enable Edit Hitpoints and set the Threshold for the hits, you want to quantise.
  • Open Quantize Panel, enable Audio Warp.
  • Set the grid and apply Quantize.