Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

> > So you left the tempo at 135, but recorded free form
> > without any metronome or
> > quarternote click?
> 
> Yes, correct
> 
> Did you use any machine tempo at
> > all, for example a drum
> > machine or synth arp set to 110 or 96, or is it
> > totally freeform?
> 
> No Rhythm or click; totally freeform.
> 
> 

What you'll find it that the tempo is totally messed up then - i am sorry to 
say. No human being can play with steady rhythm. So then you need to decide - 
do you want to keep the performance exactly like it is, or do you want to time 
correct things? There is absolutely no reason to have everything locked to a 
fixed tempo. You need to decide if the performance is outstanding and needs to 
be preserved, or if you just need to capture the musical idea, in which case 
you can time correct, and tweak manually as needed.

Another thing you could do, is to change the tempo at each bar. Make one 
master sequence, with a copy of everything else merged together, then put a cut in 
it at the start of each natural bar from your playing. Then adjust the tempo 
of each bar to make that segment fit the bar. There is a good key command for 
this - you set a bar in the locators, then select the sequence that sounds 
like a bar, then hit the change tempo by object length or whatever the name of 
the key command is. And logic will compute it, even if its 109.532 bpm. IN that 
way, you can salvage your performance with 20 minutes work. Plus you can but a 
loop cutinto quarters in a folder and have it loop throughout the whole song 
and it will be in sync automatically.



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