I’m recording songs with several tempo changes in Audacity. I want to make sure everything is exact because I will be sending these stems to a friend in another state to record over them, likely in Pro-Tools. I am currently cutting and splicing the different click tracks where the changes happen. The method feels exact and seamless, but I don’t know that it’s “Pro-Tools Grid Exact” if you know what i’m saying…
Is there a way to make sure all the tempo changes are “grid exact” in Audacity?
I presume that the “grid” that you are referring to has divisions on beats and bars?
If that’s the case, there’s a plug-in for generating labels at beats and bars. Beat Per Minute labels
Once you’ve generated the labels, you can line up your edits with the labels.
I presume that the “grid” that you are referring to has divisions on beats and bars?
Yes! I think that’s exactly what I’m talking about! -Something that will ensure that when I change from 77 bpms to 100 bpms for example, that the bar for the new tempo change will fall exactly where it needs to and not slightly before or after that…
Gonna go ahead and check these links and let you know!
Okay, so yeah… The labeling of the new tempo is not the problem (I can do that with the “beat finder” tool under ANALYZE…). What I’m looking for is a way to make certain that the new tempo is changing exactly when it needs to change and not a liiiitle bit before or a liiiitle bit after… But, perhaps what I’m doing currently is good enough? It’s pretty exact already, as I’m just cutting of the last beat with the selection tool and pasting the new BPM right there…