How the hell do you work out the bpm of a song manually without a beatcounter or any of that stuff?

You dont.. unless you're Rain Man that is...

Beat matching by ear is something that you just develop over time.. and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of practice

beat counter???

its jus practice mate, its jus like top fighter learning to look in two different directions at the same time, but jus using your ears!!!

Hi Steve -

Using an clock or watch with a second hand or a digital watch, count the number of beats in a minute (or count the number of bars and multiply by 4) - that gives you your BPM,. The longer you do it for the more accurate it gets. I've got a cycloops that does it for me, but you will find that very few tunes are the same bpm. You very quickly notice if it is even 0.1bpm out so in the end it comes down to earwork, but it is handy for set planning or record box arranging.

 

 

[ 03 August 2002, 15:35: Message edited by: Routemaster ]