[LAU] aligning rhytmic free-ish audio to strict tempo

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On Sun, 2 May 2010 15:51:20 +0100
Chris Cannam <cannam at all-day-breakfast.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:44 PM, David Baron <d_baron at 012.net.il> wrote:
> > For a nice, expressive ballad, I have actually aligned the tempo graphically
> > to the audio. Surprisingly effective, possible in qtractor or rosegarden. Set
> > tempos so that the beat lines hit the audio where one wants.
> 
> Rosegarden has a feature that can sometimes help with this -- Set
> Tempos from Beat Segment.  (Hm, wonder why it doesn't say "tempi".)
> 
> To use it, record a new segment in which (on a MIDI keyboard or
> whatever) you tap one note at each beat -- tapping along with the real
> time of the audio or whatever you want to align it with.  Then select
> that segment and activate the function (Composition -> Set Tempos from
> Beat Segment).  Rosegarden will then calculate a tempo change for each
> beat, such that all the other MIDI segments will have their beats
> moved to the times you tapped at.
> 
> 
> Chris

Woo! I never knew about this!!!

The times I've farted about aligning segments by hand :(

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