tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/suggestions/2257-this-app-is-very-useful-for-my-running-exercisebeaTunes: Discussion 2019-05-14T05:53:29Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/372480242015-07-06T10:08:03Z2015-07-06T10:08:03ZThis app is VERY useful for my RUNNING (exercise)<div><p>Hey there!</p>
<p>thanks for your post. I certainly didn't have only DJs in mind,
when creating the app. Anybody who works out to music can benefit
from it.</p>
<p>Do you have any recommendations regarding magazines or websites
I should approach for better marketing?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/372480242015-07-06T23:01:24Z2015-07-06T23:01:25ZThis app is VERY useful for my RUNNING (exercise)<div><p>hendrik,</p>
<p>The only publication I've subscribed to is Runner's World</p>
<p><a href="http://www.runnersworld.com">http://www.runnersworld.com</a></p>
<p>Their "how to" articles are usually novice to intermediate
level. Maybe you can get them to write an article about running
cadence and how to use beaTunes to create BPM playlists for running
(with a basic tutorial). They've had such articles (about cadence)
before, but the advice for "how" is to run on a treadmill (boring)
or use a metronome app (more boring), or count steps for short
intervals (tedious). Running to the beat is fun and sustainable for
entire run (like having a personal trainer). By knowing my current
cadence, I can steadily increase BPM of playlists I create and use,
to improve my speed (over months). Right now, I'm at about 170; I'd
like to get to 180.</p>
<p>Here are some things I learned about using beaTunes...</p>
<p>When I used it the first few times, I had it Analyze songs using
the default settings for Estimate BPM. This gave me a BPM number
that was typically half of the "steps per minute" for songs that
are good for running. For example, 85 instead of 170. So, I created
smart playlists in iTunes using rules for BPM that were half the
actual numbers I wanted. Later, I noticed there is a Range setting.
By selecting 110-220 BPM, beaTunes gives me BPM numbers appropriate
for my use, and more "discrete" for slowly increasing BPM over
time.</p>
<p>One point of confusion was why beaTunes did not show songs that
were most recently added to my iTunes library. It took me a while
to find the Synchronize command to sync latest library changes from
iTunes to beaTunes. Updated data seems to sync from beaTunes to
iTunes automatically.</p>
<p>Another issue was why some songs "error'ed out" during analysis.
It turned out most of them were because they had DRM (from the old
days of the iTunes Store). I've upgraded old song purchases using
iTunes Match, but some are no longer offered so cannot be upgraded
to current DRM-free AAC format. Unfortunately, songs downloaded
from the new "Apple Music" service have DRM (plus I can't sync them
to my old-school iPods).</p>
<p>Here's one thing that would be useful. The Analyze command
refers to "online resources" for BPM. There is no way to know a
song's BPM from the iTunes Store description. But if I knew the BPM
of songs I do not already have in my library, I could find new
songs appropriate for running and buy them from the iTunes Store or
Amazon. Is there a good way to identify songs (by name and artist)
that are at a particular BPM, using such "online resources"?</p></div>ken1wtag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/372480242019-05-11T17:24:14Z2019-05-11T17:24:16ZThis app is VERY useful for my RUNNING (exercise)<div><p>I'm trying to figure out if beaTunes has the capability of actually changing the BPM of a song. I'm also a runner and have built my playlists around BPM, would love to be able to goose my playists by a couple percent to increase my cadence. Can't figure out if the sotware does this and I just can't figure it out or if it does not have this feature. The above post from ken1w seems to indicate that the feature is there. Help?</p></div>Jo Konsdorftag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/372480242019-05-12T16:36:45Z2019-05-12T16:36:45ZThis app is VERY useful for my RUNNING (exercise)<div><blockquote>
<p>I'm trying to figure out if beaTunes has the capability of actually changing the BPM of a song.</p>
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<p>Sorry, it does not.</p>
<p>But, if you are OK with using a command line tool, you could use <a href="http://sox.sourceforge.net/sox.html">SoX</a> and in particular the option <code>tempo</code> for this.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/372480242019-05-12T16:47:47Z2019-05-12T16:47:48ZThis app is VERY useful for my RUNNING (exercise)<div><p>Well rats!... FYI for future enhancements, I would definately pay quite a bit for this capability. Would be super if I could just direct it to my itunes playlist and tell the software to increase by x% or to a specific BPM (180 for most runners).... I'm sure I'm not the only runner that would love to be able to do this. <br>
Thanks, Joan Konsdorf Fadica Investments LLC10624 S Eastern Ave #A-559 Henderson NV 89052 702-443-2058www.fadicainvestmentslv.com</p>
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