Logic Pro 9 Beat detection is unable to detect tempo

[dsw67]

Hi,

I'm new to Logic so please bear with me.

As an exercise I thought I'd try and recreate an existing song I like in Logic. I opened a new project and dragged the song from iTunes into Logic into the first track.

I tried to match the project's tempo with the track by selecting the region and using Options > Tempo > Adjust tempo using beat detection, but each time I do it tells me it's unable to detect the tempo. Do I need to save the file in another format to do this? Thank you in advance for any help.

 

[Eddie Sullivan]

Have you tried selecting just a few bars, instead of the whole song? There may be subtle tempo changes through the song that is making it hard for Logic...

 

[dsw67]

Hi Eddie,

Thanks for the reply. To clarify, you mean using the marquee tool to select a few bars and then try it? I think I did, but I'm not 100% sure at the moment. I'm not at home right now but I will try it again tonight and post my results. Thanks!

Be warned, I'm probably going to post a lot of silly questions!

 

[Eddie Sullivan]

Yes- select one or two bars. I would select them during the 'meat' of the song, beware of intros, breakdowns, fills, etc...

Once Logic has determined the general tempo of the song from this- it will be a lot easier for you to figure out the rest of the song I think...

 

[dsw67]

I'm still not having any luck. When I use the marquee tool to select a few bars and use Options > Tempo > Adjust Tempo Using Beat Detection I get a message stating 'No Regions Selected'. When I select the entire region it still tells me, 'No Tempo Could be Found.

 

[gdoubleyou]

Check to see if the BPM plug can detect the tempo.

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