[linux-audio-user] software analysing rhythm

[Hans Fugal]

mh wrote:
> Hi, I recently read about a software which analyses a wave file and then 
> is able to generate a rhythm pattern out of it.
> 
> Unfortunately I have not bookmarked it, and I do not remember in which 
> forum or on which mailing list I read about it. Do you have any idea 
> about the software I am talking?
> 
> michaa
> 

Not sure if this is what you were thinking of, but check out aubio 
http://aubio.piem.org/