Unique application, perhaps

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Hello Cubase Forum -

I decided to resurrect some ancient Fostex 250 4-track cassette recordings, 4 tape outs, Scarlett 4i4 Inputs 1-4, into Dell laptop. I was told Cubase better for this than FL Studio. I had Elements 15, so I started up the 4-Track, and I laid down a recording. 4 tracks, random beat, no metronome. Now I’ve got 4 tracks on Cubase, sounds ok, but my goal: since there is just guitars, add digital drums.
Problem is, I want a tempo track to lock on to, so I decided to add bar markers in Edison, FL Studio’s audio editor. I would save the file as .wav and hope that Cubase’s analysis would take the imported file, find all my bar markers, and redefine a grid. I tried all the different scenarios I could without success. I upgraded to Cubase Pro, still necessary functions like “extract” were all unavailable. I need a way to get my “tempo defining” Edison .wav file to make a Cubase Pro tempo track that aligns with the metronome, because it doesn’t.
I expected Cubase to be able to “see” the RIFF Metadata contained in the Edison .wav file, and with a SNAP!, make that new grid. Perhaps a unique route to accomplish my goal? Thanks - The Prof

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Hello,
I don’t think Cubase suppports the markers from FL Studio. I also think FL Studio does not support the audio warp markers from Cubase.
Since you have Cubase Pro now you should set the bars onto the correct positions in reference to your audio files. The Time Warp Tool (Warp Grid) would be the way to go.

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I thank you for that, and I pretty much surrendered from using FL clip. I’m still mired in timing (learning) curve, since my audio clips are metronome free, and I have a pickup to gum up the works. I’ll use Warp tool once I can get aligned to a click. Til then, it’s “free” and (not so) easy. Thanks again - Prof

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Do you see that the Time Warp Tool lets you adjust the click (ie. the grid) to the audio? If your recordings are not too wobbly I would recommend to always use Time Warp in order to keep the original groove. It’s up to you and your timing, of course.