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Forrest Aldrich

23 Dec, 2010 05:50 PM

The BPM scoring is not really working very well. I'm looking at my library, and this song (among others) stands out:

Enya "Pilgrim" 203.5 BPM

Enya's music is not that hard core :-)

Should I select a different algorithm. I'm on a new Mac Pro with a quad-core Intel processor.

Thanks.

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by hendrik on 23 Dec, 2010 05:59 PM

   

   Hi,

   Please use the Rayshoot algorithm with a Bpm range of 70-140 (not automatic) and online resources turned off. This should lead to better results.

   Hope this helps,

   -hendrik

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2. 2 Posted by Forrest Aldrich on 24 Dec, 2010 09:03 PM

   

   I gave this a try and I don't think it works. For example, it rates an Ann Murray song "Danny's Song" at 144 BPM LOL! It's pretty amusing.... but, I don't think this function works very well.

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by hendrik on 24 Dec, 2010 11:45 PM

   

   Hi,

   can you run just that file again with Rayshoot, 70-140, Replace ON, Use online resources OFF. That really shouldn't result in 144.

   Anyhow. For the algorithm BPMs like 60 and 120 or 80 and 160 look alike - that's why it is usually better to specify a range than to let it try to figure out the range automatically.

   -hendrik

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4. 4 Posted by Bilot on 09 Jan, 2011 12:58 AM

   

   Regarding BPM, if I use another app to calculate and populate the BPM tag, can Beatunes be configured to use the BPM already present without overwriting the field with its own calculations? Thanks.

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by hendrik on 09 Jan, 2011 09:07 AM

   

   In the analysis options (show up when you click analyze), you can uncheck the replace existing option. Then beaTunes will not overwrite existing values.

   -hendrik

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