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by **Fabes** on Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:14 pm

Hi,

I guess that this question has been asked several times before, but i couldnt find an answer... So how to find out the BPM of an acapella ? Is There any List or something like this ?

by **djshadesuk** on Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:22 pm

If you are referring to the BPM of acapellas available on this website then I believe the BPM data will become 'visable' after you have reached 50 posts in the Acapellas4U forum.

by **Fabes** on Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:44 pm

Ok... Thx 4 info

by **jakash** on Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:22 pm

oh cool thanks then... first post... 49 to go...

by **jakash** on Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:23 pm

ok, id better slow down now i don;t want to get banned :O

by **Elcon** on Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:20 am

lol would probs be a good idea

by **MaNCaLLeDPuCk** on Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:36 am

lol, i've been wondering about the same thing, i always put a simple beat on fruity loops, put the auto detect, then start looping it until it matches, isn't there a way to know the BPM?
and i'm not talking about only acapellas from here...

by **Vocalz** on Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:01 am

I've used Acid Pro beatwizard to manually find the right bpm of the acapella.
It works a treat for those with a trained ear.

by **Zafuso** on Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:24 pm

50 posts... sigh

by **Greg J** on Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:35 am

DJShadesUK wrote:If you are referring to the BPM of acapellas available on this website then I believe the BPM data will become 'visable' after you have reached 50 posts in the Acapellas4U forum.

are you serious? I had no idea that BPM data was tagged to files here. That is SOOO awesome!!

by **DJ Bobby V** on Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:23 am

At fifty posts you get access to the preview and bpm features.

by **texasskoolboi** on Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:42 am

i dont know about those 50 posts but if you have the original track and/or instrumental you can use those. i personally get most of my acapellas along with promos.

I beatmap all on acid starting with the instrumental.

once i get to the acapella i already know the bpm so i just beatmap to that bpm..

by **Janidad** on Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:08 pm

I put it in VirtualDJ and then tap the logical rhytm with the spacebar.
Or you do it old school style by pushing "=" on your calculator one minute long after tipping "1+1" ;)

by **DJ Bobby V** on Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:20 pm

Janidad wrote:I put it in VirtualDJ and then tap the logical rhytm with the spacebar.
Or you do it old school style by pushing "=" on your calculator one minute long after tipping "1+1" ;)

Like the calculater idea. :lol:

by **jokinen** on Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:01 am

i know right

by **RustyPiss** on Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:49 pm

The magic of Acid Pro worked a treat for me. Thanks

by **juno** on Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:48 am

Simple!.....Find the original track drop it in Mixmiester's free BPM analyzer. I can usually do it by ear but when all else fails the original track, vocal + beat, will show you tha light brother!

by **DJFusilli** on Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:15 pm

I've often found the suggested bpm's to be erroneous, as is suggested in the disclaimer (you'll also often find that the 2 different acapellas of the same song with have different bpm's listed, even though they're actually the same tempo). So i just use a digital metronome with a tap tempo. I can get the bpm within seconds this way without hassle.

Old skool, but effective nonetheless.

by **smckechnie** on Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:21 pm

I have tried most of the above but the only why I seem to get it right is to put the acapella on a cd and the beat mix it in to my DAW from CD Player.

by **silver79** on Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:43 pm

Greg J wrote:
DJShadesUK wrote:If you are referring to the BPM of acapellas available on this website then I believe the BPM data will become 'visable' after you have reached 50 posts in the Acapellas4U forum.

are you serious? I had no idea that BPM data was tagged to files here. That is SOOO awesome!!

Ditto. That's rules too much. Great question Fabes.

by **Cranker** on Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:19 pm

Janidad wrote:I put it in VirtualDJ and then tap the logical rhytm with the spacebar.

I use the same method,it usually works

by **ThaEmbacy** on Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:35 pm

i use a file not sure of the name found online that only finds the bpm

by **BeauZay** on Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:23 am

i didn't even know of the 50 post thing. i suppose i'm on my way.

by **Dover** on Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:10 am

thats actually really awesome

by **juno** on Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:51 am

People - are you remixing tracks when you've never heard the original!? Shame on you - Listen to the original song & where words fall on the beat - that tells you where to place the vocals on your beat. If you're still having trouble then buy the original song for like 99 cents or download it off a P2P program & drop it in Mixmeister (link is above, its free). Its really not that complicated + tapping requires a very steady hand & will always produce some error in speed.

If you're talking about live DJing then you need a good ear - obviously. Still, the original track would tell you how to match the vocal - use your beatmatching skills & change the speed. Thats the only way as your automatic bpm finder will not do the trick unless there is a beat for it to focus on.

by **juno** on Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:27 am

I almost forgot - There's a tutorial HERE that I wrote a few years back for this site when I was a mod.

http://www.acapellas4u.co.uk/topic13118.html

by **styles** on Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:40 am

this site is quite good to get the average bpm then all you need to do is tweet it a bit after http://web.forret.com/tools/bpm_count.asp

by **cheekymonkey** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:50 pm

juno wrote:Simple!.....Find the original track drop it in Mixmiester's free BPM analyzer. I can usually do it by ear but when all else fails the original track, vocal + beat, will show you tha light brother!

Sometimes it doesn't work with acapellas which haven't been seperated. If there is any background noise or beats it can throw the calculation off.

by **styles** on Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:21 pm

ive had that problem beofre with mixmaster think the pella i had had already been messed about with

by **what the funk** on Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:48 am

does nobody use a metronome? i find the metronome noise a little annoying so i usually throw down a simple kick,snare beat then match it that way

i have tried acid, thats good and mixmeister is also pretty reliable but im an old dog at heart so the home made metronome rules every time for me.

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