Setting Delay to tempo of song?

[guitarman77]

Hi guys,

I've watched a few videos where people recommend setting delay times based on the BPM of your song. How exactly do I find the BPM of my songs in Reaper?

Thanks in advance.

-Lewis

[Bazzbass]

hover your mouse pointer over the TEMPO indicator in the TCP and you will see a "Tap for tempo" pad, tap the mouse to the beat to find the tempo

[martifingers]

Or use a metronome for all recordings! I guess that to make the best of several functions (e.g. the new notation editor) some of us will have to get used to playing to a click.

[Bazzbass]

yes for using a click track. Trying to add other live tracks and or percussion is hard if the lead instrument is not keeping time.
There is another way to determine the tempo of a previously recorded track, you select a region of one whole bar and there is a right click option that will give you the tempo,not sure what it is called though

[trevlyns]

Or if you're on a known fixed tempo, use ReDelay and set the 'musical delay' as you wish (1/8th, 16th notes etc)

See Kenny's video...

[VinodXAgent]

Ask your local nurse how she is measuring the pulse. As a musician you should hear the beats, man. 1-2-3-4.... So take a watch, and count the beats for a quarter of a minute. Then multiply with 4 and you have a rough estimation of the bpm. Now google how many ms a second has(60000ms here in Germany). So a quarter note Delay is how many ms long? For example for a BPM of 120. 60000ms/120=500ms.
So this is behind the tap function basically. (If in 4/4measure).
Related question that springs to my mind.: Project timebase and tapping tempo.
Have Fun

[Judders]

Even if I've recorded to a metronome, I still prefer dialling in delay time by ear. Even if you are shooting for perfection, you won't quite get there, and this helps the delay to stick out because it is not hitting the exact metronomic beats and being subject to frequency masking so much. You can also hit upon some really interesting rhythms that you may not have thought of by picking a straight or triplet division from a drop-down list.

[VinodXAgent]

Good advice