how do you choose the bpm of your tracks ?

[hatembr]

i always wonder what is the difference between 142 or 142.5 or 143! I don't feel a real difference, unless it becomes 144 or 45... but +/-1 does it really change anything? is there a rule or a formula for choosing bpms ?

[Juho L]

There's no formula. You just pick the tempo you like, unless there are sample loops that require a certain tempo.

[Hollowcell]

i usually try to play some drums (eg: bass drum and a snare) or a bassline/synth line live to get a feel...then i record that to audio and tempo sync to the small audio take...sometimes i get some really wierd tempos...

but if im making a 4 beat track....turn on the metro and let the appigiators sync all the beats...ahhh, machines!

[udenjoe]

I usually never go above 135. 140 is too fast for me. It's not even worth dancing to. I'm usually around 120. Tempo changes are a good idea.

[Smag]

I've a fixation with 136, don't ask me why, it's just what i've been using for funky house stuff. :P

[Tomer=Trance]

i like 132 and 134
not too fast and not too slow :)

[TommyS]

140 - 147 is my limit.


:D

[ben crosland]

I've a fixation with 136, don't ask me why, it's just what i've been using for funky house stuff. :P

136 - 138 is also the defacto tempo for UK Garage.

[hatembr]

i like fast tempos for trance like 150 and even 153, but i usually go around 140-147

[BlueSwan]

I have a tendency to record at around 126 bpm, which is good for catchy electronic pop in the vein of the Pet Shop Boys. It's been many years since I've recorded anything at above 132 bmp.

[unio mystica]

I use mostly 160bpm. I?m making hardNRG trance at the time. I don?t go under 150bpm or over 175bpm.

[scottyp]

since i pretty much only make dnb beatz i'm in the 165-175 range. usually start at 170 and then adjust from there if i need to.

[udenjoe]

My god they should put a SP 8O 8O D limit on these things. Or should I say AMPH 8) DAMINES.

[Juho L]

My god they should put a SP 8O 8O D limit on these things. Or should I say AMPH 8) DAMINES.

SPOOD? AMPHODAMINES?

[udenjoe]

Spood is good. You are getting better Juho.

How about some cockyclock.

[Juho L]

Spood is good. You are getting better Juho.

How about some cockyclock.

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[evolver]

in my last band the dude who wrote the songs seemed to have some sense of the difference between 1 BPM +/- which i never grasped. he would sit and stare while listening to the songs and then be like "hmm, no needs one more BPM up." and then we would change it and it would sound any different to me but he seemed to feel it made a difference.

i still cant tell if he just had an unnatural ability to split hares on BPM or was just doing it to do it.

[evolver]

i meant it *wouldn't* sound any different to me, not would :)

[saba]

I usually float around 20-40bpm. Ambient demands notes and chords held for 16-32 bars, so its annoying to handle at 140bpm.
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[picato]

in my last band the dude who wrote the songs seemed to have some sense of the difference between 1 BPM +/- which i never grasped. he would sit and stare while listening to the songs and then be like "hmm, no needs one more BPM up." and then we would change it and it would sound any different to me but he seemed to feel it made a difference.

i still cant tell if he just had an unnatural ability to split hares on BPM or was just doing it to do it.

Well, to be honest, I don't really think there's something called a "perfect sense for bpm", like there are people with a sense for perfect pitch.

[evolver]

good point :) he must have just been full of it.


although, theoretically, it could be possible to have perfect pitch as pitch is not relative but is based on frequencies. . . even though i doubt its possible for a human to have it

[Juho L]

although, theoretically, it could be possible to have perfect pitch as pitch is not relative but is based on frequencies. . . even though i doubt its possible for a human to have it

Perfect pitch you mean? Of course it's possible and at first it might sound great trait to have a perfect pitch, but think of listening to a song in which one guitar is just a little bit detuned. Normal person would ignore the detuned guitar but for a person who has perfect pitch it's really annoying. This is even worse when listening to orchestras.