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The Auto Remix Assistant is a powerful tool that determines the
tempo (measured in beats per minute, or BPM) as well as the timing
of the beats for a song’s quarter notes. This is important if an audio
CD title is imported into Samplitude 11 Producer, and you want to
mix in sounds like drum loops, effects, or synthesizer voices.
When to use the Auto Remix Assistant:
• When the tempo of the arrangement must be adapted to the tempo
of the song.
• When the tempo of the song must be adapted to the tempo of an
existing arrangement.
• When the song is to be cut up precisely to create a remix object
which can then be rearranged as desired.
Requirements
• The song must be longer than 15 seconds.
• The songs have to contain "rhythmic" music.
• The song must be in stereo.
Preparation - Setting the start marker and object end
Before opening the Auto Remix Assistant, you should set the start
marker at the position in the song object in the arranger where you
want detection to start. If the song contains a long intro without
beats, set the start marker after the intro. As a rule of thumb, the
Auto Remix Assistant should always be "fed" dance music.
• The start marker should be set before a quarter note beat or, better
still, briefly before a beat at the start of a bar.
• If the start marker lies before the song object, the object is examined
from the beginning.
• If detection is not performed by the end of the song, the object can
be shortened accordingly with the object handle at the end of the
object.
Checking the automatic tempo and bar recognition
After Tempo and beat recognition opens, the selected track object
will be analyzed. Following the analysis, the track will be played, and
during playback a metronome corresponding with the computed
result will sound; vertical tick marks visualize the quarter note
positions in the wave form display.