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August 5, 2021

Watch Me Use Smart Tempo & Flex Time to Set An Entire Project to A Single Tempo

 

Thanks to Logic’s amazing Smart Tempo, the metronome has suddenly become optional to the recording process.

Don’t feel like recording to a click? No problem! Record away, and Smart Tempo will figure out the tempo you played at for you 🙂

But what if you have an entire Project that should’ve been recorded at a consistent tempo? Is it possible to take that Project and set it to a single tempo after the fact?

I’m here to tell you yes, this is absolutely possible.

And no, not only with MIDI, Drummer, or Apple Loops. But with recorded audio as well.

But what about an entire Project worth of audio files?

You betcha!

And in fact, I’d like to treat you to a masterclass today on doing exactly that:

  1. How to use Smart Tempo to figure out the varying tempo of an entire audio Project
  2. And then use Flex & Follow to conform that Project full of audio files to a single (and consistent) tempo

Smart Tempo and Flex Time have to be 2 of the most misunderstood features in Logic Pro.

There is SO MUCH power wrapped up in these 2 features. But they do both require some care for details from you.

For example, sometimes:

  • You need to adjust some Project Settings to generate better results from Smart Tempo
  • You need to swap a track’s Flex Mode for better sounding results
  • You need to remove some Transient Markers to eliminate artifacts
  • You need to bounce your Flex Edits in place to then cut out any unavoidable artifacts

Logic can get you to your intended destination. But sometimes you need to help Logic along.

So in today’s video, let me show you how to make that happen.

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  1. simon says

    August 6, 2021 at 6:35 am

    Brilliant! Incidentally, changing the topic completely, do you know why some Space Designer impulses have a ‘+’ sign by them? What does this mean? If you open the file they’re seemingly sometimes multiple mic impulses by not always surround files. Perhaps do a vid on this? Cheers.

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  2. Laurence says

    August 6, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    Thx, great help for a complex topic. cheers L

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  3. Tony Cerniglia says

    August 16, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    Excellent Smart Tempo video. I have found getting the workflow steps in the right order is key. You shared the right way to make it happen. I took good notes.

    When I’ve experimented with Smart Tempo, I found stereo vocal files did not Flex correctly. Meaning I was hearing the gurgling and bubbling after flexing. Creating mono vocal files pre flexing all but made most artifacts disappear after the process.

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