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darcyjosie
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February 1, 2017
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Finding down beats in a song

  • February 1, 2017
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Is there a way to upload a song into Auditon, then have all the down beats marked automatically? Then take it into Premiere and have those marks shown?

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    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    The only way you can ever do something like this is to have something happening on the downbeat that is significantly louder than the rest of the audio on the track. Then you can use the analysis function to put markers where the volume increases. If this is the case with your track, then you need the Diagnostics panel:

    As for moving the markers with the file - well I think you should be able to, but you have to make sure that you've put a check in the 'Save markers and other metadata' box when you save the file, which you must do after scanning it, or they definitely won't be included.

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 1, 2017

    The only way you can ever do something like this is to have something happening on the downbeat that is significantly louder than the rest of the audio on the track. Then you can use the analysis function to put markers where the volume increases. If this is the case with your track, then you need the Diagnostics panel:

    As for moving the markers with the file - well I think you should be able to, but you have to make sure that you've put a check in the 'Save markers and other metadata' box when you save the file, which you must do after scanning it, or they definitely won't be included.

    darcyjosie
    Participant
    February 1, 2017

    Thank you SO much! I like that will work perfectly for the project I had in mind!