tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/questions/4840-measures-per-minutebeaTunes: Discussion 2015-12-13T13:25:32Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/386692662015-12-10T14:05:51Z2015-12-10T14:05:52Zmeasures per minute<div><p>Hi I'm a dance teacher and would like to know if Beatunes reads
Measures per minute.<br>
For example music in 4/4 at 120 BPM would be 30 MPM, and music in
3/4 at 120 BPM would be 40 MPM. It would be a tremendous help if
you had an option in your analysis screen to record
measures-per-minute in the BPM field. You would need to add an
option such that the user could select the count of the music (2/2
for the rare paso doble, 3/4 for waltz, or 4/4 for most everything
else) and then you would just divide the BPM by 2, 3, or 4
depending on the count selected. Currently I'm doing this with a
calculator manually and it is very tedious.<br>
Thanks</p></div>Marc Lacroixtag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/386692662015-12-11T08:06:40Z2015-12-11T08:06:40Zmeasures per minute<div><p>Hey Marc,</p>
<p>I guess it's one of those little known features, but in its main
table, beaTunes can display the columns <code>BPM</code>,
<code>MPM</code> and <code>Time Signature</code>. You can
enable/disable each column by right-clicking on the table header
and selecting the fields you want displayed (alternatively, select
a song and then open the <code>View</code> menu and select
<code>View Options</code>).</p>
<ul>
<li>BPM is the column that can be computed by beaTunes.</li>
<li>Time Signature is also computed, <em>if</em> you use the
OnsetPeak algorithm. However, the used algorithm is mediocre. You
might want to edit/correct the values manually in the <code>Get
Info</code> dialog.</li>
<li>MPM is computed automatically, whenever Time Signature and BPM
are set.</li>
</ul>
<p>Hope this helps,</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/386692662015-12-11T09:46:31Z2015-12-11T09:46:31Zmeasures per minute<div><p>Thanks for your question. It inspired this article:</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.beatunes.com/2015/12/beatunes-for-ballroom-dancers.html">
http://blog.beatunes.com/2015/12/beatunes-for-ballroom-dancers.html</a></p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/386692662015-12-11T15:37:38Z2015-12-11T15:37:38Zmeasures per minute<div><p>Great thanks Hendrik<br>
I will initiate the feature ASAP!</p>
<p>Marc</p></div>Marc Lacroix