BPM calculator in sample editor

[bahamaaal]

It would be nice to be able to set a number of beats in the sample editor (for example, if you have a drum loop that is four beats long, you set this number to four) and the tracker would display the calculated BPM using the time difference between the sample-start and sample-end and the number of beats.

What is the problem?

Tuning (drum) loops by ear can be a bit tedious, depending on the loop. Knowing the BPM of the loop (or being able to calculate it without external tools) would be nice.

What do you want to achieve?

• make it easier to adjust the tempo of (drum) loops
• Additionally, the number of beats (divisions) could be used to add a certain number of slices to the loop/sample.

Are there any workarounds?

• Get out your calculator or do some mental maths

Any links to related discussions?

The sample tuner discussion goes in a similar direction:

Chromatic tuner / Spectral analysis for Sample Tuning

What is the problem? Tuning samples is currently a by ear thing only and may not be as accurate as one may hope. Some users may even use external tools to tune their samples. What do you want to achieve? It would be useful to have some sort of visual feedback for the purpose of determining the pitch of samples. A chromatic Tuner for example. Another solution would be some sort of spectrum analysis tool, this could allow functionality far beyond simple tuning, Are there any workarounds? Tune by…

Any references to other products?

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[Sandroid]

Thank you for the wish! Minimally changed some phrasing. Hope that’s ok .

[borsuk]

@here Thanks for your wish. It’s now ready for voting

[ianbell411]

Great idea! Implementing a feature to automatically calculate BPM based on beats in the sample editor would simplify tuning loops also try Calculette Mauricette. For now, using a metronome or BPM calculator might help.