Error: Tempo out of range!

Cubase
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Hello guys,

I’m trying to use the function “Merge tempo from tapping” (Located in MIDI → Functions) to create a tempo map for a single stereo audio file (the song “Money” by Pink Floyd.
However, Cubase fails miserably at creating the correct tempo map. It misses every beat by about 50%. Here is how I can tell the function fails. After running the function, I play the three sounds: the reference audio track, the instrument track where I recorded the “tempo tap events”, and the metronome. When I hit play, the MIDI events play to the music’s beat, BUT the metronome sounds waaay off, to the point of sounding syncopated against the MIDI events and the music.

I remember that this was no issue because I could always run the function again and it would normally improve the results. However, on this specific project I’m working, Cubase pops an error when I try to run the function a second time. The error says:

“Tempo out of Range!”

This error only happens when there is a check on the box called “Begin at Bar Start” (located on the Merge Tempo from Tapping dialogue)
So, this leaves me with 2 questions:

  1. What does the error mean? What fix do I have to perform to be able to run the function a second time?
  2. How do I improve the accuracy of the function “Merge Tempo from Tapping”?

Thank you!

2

Interesting problem but I have never seen that error message.

I’m tempted to try to duplicate this problem with the same song. If I recall, “Money” in 5/4 time so I wonder if Cubase is “confused” by this in some way? Perhaps creating a Time Signature Track with 5/4 time would help.

Sorry I can’t be more helpful about this. A google site search on the forums find posts about this that the forums search misses.

Others may have hit this and I hope someone has a better answer for you.

The song has a very steady tempo and I’m surprised Cubase is having a problem creating a map for it.

3

Just tried it here and I got 100% perfect matching with the original track first pass.

Hippo

4

Yes you’re onthe right track. Its actually 7/4 but that doesnt cause any problems because Cubase just assigns 1/4 as the signature when detecting tempo.

5

I also thought it was perfect, but when zooming in, everything is skewed to the left by a couple of miliseconds. :S

I had no choice but to go in manually with Timewarp tool and drag every single tempo event to the right (hundreds of them).

6

No, its spot on here
The click is spot on as is a drum plugin playing back.
If it is literally 2 milliseconds constantly in one direction that may well have a machine or settings cause

Have you tried a midi offset?

Hippo