needs all but bass

[ThumpThump]

Trying to get that click track up but my programs didn't want to work with me, had it all before the bass for some reason then couldn't get it to add at all. Not much time to play with it right now though. I think its about 60bpm on the slow part but I gave up fighting the pc before I got to the fast riff. Man do I miss that acid program. Thanks for all the warm responses I can't wait to get some things accomplished with you guys.

[Geir]

What kind of recording equipment do you use ThumpThump?

[launched]

What kind of recording equipment do you use ThumpThump?

That would be good to know. Also, if you play to a click track, metronome, etc and tell us what the BPM is we could get by with just the instrument track. If the tempo changes a lot, that would be a little more difficult however.

[64Guitars]

if you play to a click track, metronome, etc and tell us what the BPM is we could get by with just the instrument track.

There's software available that can detect the BPM from an MP3 or WAV file. Here's an example:

http://www.abyssmedia.com/bpmcounter/

I've never tried it, so if anyone decides to give it a try, please let us know what you think of it.

This page lists a few more BPM detection programs and has some more information:

http://www.mmartins.com/mmartins/bpmdetection/bpmdetection.asp

I have tried this one: http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm. You have to tap to the beat while listening to the song, then it calcualtes the BPM from your tapping. It works, but it's hard to tap consistently, so the BPM can vary slightly. Whereas, the Windows program in the first link doesn't require you to tap. It detects the BPM directly from the music. That would be a lot more convenient, and I would imagine that it's more accurate too, although the accuracy probably varies depending on the type of music.

[ThumpThump]

I use a Behringer usb mixer running to energyxt and also have audacity, both programs are new to me I have always used Acid but lost my cd and these came with the mixer. I never really use a metranome (I know bad bassist bad) but ocasionally mess around with the drum loops on my pedal. I do like to change speeds some but I'm useually pretty consistent and repetitive I like to keep it simple for the most part but sometimes I use a couple note "anchor" and get pretty random around that pattern.

[launched]

if you play to a click track, metronome, etc and tell us what the BPM is we could get by with just the instrument track.

There's software available that can detect the BPM from an MP3 or WAV file. Here's an example:

http://www.abyssmedia.com/bpmcounter/

I've never tried it, so if anyone decides to give it a try, please let us know what you think of it.

This page lists a few more BPM detection programs and has some more information:

http://www.mmartins.com/mmartins/bpmdetection/bpmdetection.asp

I have tried this one: http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm. You have to tap to the beat while listening to the song, then it calcualtes the BPM from your tapping. It works, but it's hard to tap consistently, so the BPM can vary slightly. Whereas, the Windows program in the first link doesn't require you to tap. It detects the BPM directly from the music. That would be a lot more convenient, and I would imagine that it's more accurate too, although the accuracy probably varies depending on the type of music.

Thanks, I didn't know that type of technology was available. I remember times when I could have used it, so I'll keep it in mind.

...and also have audacity...

I didn't think it was possible, but I guess there is a way to create a click track in audacity. I saw the how to here:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5914786_create-track-audacity.html

I'm also going to check later to see if it actually works. Audacity isn't a bad program and it's only drawback is that it doesn't employ real time automation effects which can be a drag, but other than that I like it. Many of us here have produced large projects with it.

[64Guitars]

Mark beat me to it. I was going to suggest using Audacity's Click Track plug-in. Here's some more information about it:

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Generate_Menu#Plug-in_Generators

[ThumpThump]

There's software available that can detect the BPM from an MP3 or WAV file. Here's an example:

http://www.abyssmedia.com/bpmcounter/

I've never tried it, so if anyone decides to give it a try, please let us know what you think of it.

I checked it out and while it didn't count this file even after I broke it down into sections it did seem to do a pretty good job with the couple of profesional mp3s on my computer. I played with the drums on my pedal for a min and got the beat was about right at 54 bpm on the slow one I think the fast part is about 110 bpm but go with whats comfterble and sounds good to you the whoel point of this track was to leave it as open as possible to fit other players styles. Also if anyone knows of a good free program that can tell me the chord progression of a song I would love to hear where to find it, I can't play by ear and thats my bigest excuse fo not throwing down on songs already posted on here.