Working with Loops has become a staple in Modern Music Production. Whether it’s Harmonic / Melodic Loops being processed, and edited to tase, or Rhythmic Loops helping build the foundation of a track - Knowing the basic BPM of a Loop makes the editing process much easier.
Although most DAW’s allow users to snap the edge boundaries of Audio Regions to a Grid (Applying Time Compression & Expansion) In some cases, the desire may be to bring in a loop, and have your DAW timeline conform to the specific BPM of the Imported File (vs your DAW’s BPM) - so that one may continue to build a whole production around the Loop, at it’s original Tempo.
So, as one can imagine - Not all Loops are created with an exact BPM that can be rounded off to an even number ie: 110 BPM, or 95 BPM. This is where having the ability to quickly (and effortlessly) figure out the appropriate BPM of an imported Loop is a life saver.
In this video I demonstrate how to use the 'Scale Tempo' feature in PreSonus Studio One (Version 4.1.1 and above) to set the perfect Song BPM for ANY Loop.
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Cheers, Marcus
