Comments on: StepCharting 101: Part 2 – BPM detection using FLStudio

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:10:16 +0000

Thank you so much, you saved me a huge amount of time.

By: K Marcarello

K Marcarello — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:31:03 +0000

I used to make simfiles back in HS on SM3. Now that I’ve become an old-shit this tutorial has helped me adapt to more modern technology.
Keep it up.
There are a lot of creative players that could be contributing heavily to the customs scene and are not because they simply do not know how.

o.o note: the program Xstep is still available and also works well for BPM counts and SM file creation (if youre REALLY lazy). Pretty damn accurate, but I think I like this method for syncing better. Kudos.

By: johpan

johpan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:17:18 +0000

@Jimmy, Rock on! I’ve always been a fan of simplicity. I always give the excuse that I don’t like flash and that’s why I don’t incorporate it in my sites… it’s also because I can’t be bothered to learn it… and I can make rollover menus using CSS. lol :)

I’ll add you to the blogroll!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:09:13 +0000

@johpan, No problem. Although kind of unrelated, I like the simplicity of your new layout, it’s pretty nice but at the same time it’s simple to navigate and doesn’t have a wide array of flashy colours or buttons and links and such. Inspired me to make my own site to be a gateway to the stuff I do.

By: johpan

johpan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:08:31 +0000

Yeah, the guys mentioned that one on facebook. It’s good for constant BPM songs but with a lot of auto-detecting BPM analyzers, for drum and bass and other off-kick genres, it likes to calculate half BPMs. I know it’s just as easy to multiply by two but I’ve just been used to calculating through my own ears and eyes. They haven’t failed me yet.

As for fine tuning the BPM, using a kick heavy song, you can “see” each beat on the visual representation… It’s not really clear on the videos but you can adjust the coarse tempo (ones, tens, hundreds) and the fine tempo (tenths, hundredths, thousandths) independently. I think if you just try it, you’d get it… one of those things you have to try for yourself.

Thanks for the comment :D

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:43:42 +0000

I think this works out pretty well, didn’t quite understand the BPM verification to make sure that the song is in sync. I think I get it but it might need to be explained a little bit more.

There are also simple BPM calculators available on the net if you Google them. One in particular that I know a lot of people use is called MixMeister. I don’t know how well the method would work should you want to have different tempos in a song but it seems to be quite accurate and works well.