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Question: A good Beat detection app

greengrocergreengrocer
in General App Discussion

Tried already a handful off (free) apps but all only measure BPM of songs that are on my iPhone. I just search for an easy beat detector app that gives me BPM of music and sounds that are outside my iOS device. So an app that uses the microphone. Anybody a good suggestion?

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  • CracklePotCracklePot
    edited February 2018

    Maybe try Music Memos. It does BPM detection from the mic, but I never tried with a full track playing from external speakers or anything like that. But it worked good with guitar strumming.

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/music-memos/id1036437162?mt=8

  • greengrocergreengrocer

    @CracklePot said:
    Maybe try Music Memos. It does BPM detection from the mic, but I never tried with a full track playing from external speakers or anything like that. But it worked good with guitar strumming.

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/music-memos/id1036437162?mt=8

    Thanks, downloaded the app, I records but see nowhere a BPM counter or possibilty in the menu.

  • CracklePotCracklePot

    @greengrocer said:

    @CracklePot said:
    Maybe try Music Memos. It does BPM detection from the mic, but I never tried with a full track playing from external speakers or anything like that. But it worked good with guitar strumming.

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/music-memos/id1036437162?mt=8

    Thanks, downloaded the app, I records but see nowhere a BPM counter or possibilty in the menu.

    I think it just figures it out as you play to it. It will try to create accompaniment tracks and you should be able to see the bpm and key it is using. Sorry, it’s been a while since I have tried anything with it, but it was pretty straight forward if I remember correctly. Just try to record something into it and go from there. If you are still stuck, I’ll try to help more.

  • rs2000rs2000

    Well, one that I can not recommend is "Beat Detect" from Mixvibes.
    I purchased it because I trusted a company that does DJ tools, but it's just too sensitive to levels and musical style that it gets irritated too quickly. No options to fine-tune the detection algorithm either, no input level adjust, no filtering, transient/attack/delay options, only a few controls that you can use to manually beat-match members of an Ableton Link session. Hope they fix it one day... no update since four months.

  • LucidMusicIncLucidMusicInc

    On the PC: Ableton Live.

    On IOS... any DAW, just use the Tap Tempo until you get a close approximation.

  • MobileMusicMobileMusic

    Virtual DJ is free:
    https://www.virtualdj.com
    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bpm+detect+virtual+dj

  • hacked_to_pieceshacked_to_pieces

    tap tempo

  • greengrocergreengrocer

    Thank you all for the suggestions, downloaded and try nearly all BPM apps in the apps store but still can't find an auto beat detector. It's all tap tempo things, so DIY. What I'm looking for is an app that just finds the beat tempo by holding it to a speakers.

  • rs2000rs2000

    The only one I remember that worked quite well was "Beat Monitor" by Sven de Smet.
    I guess he didn't want to pay the annual $100 to Apple anymore, so it's no more on the App Store I regret.

  • CracklePotCracklePot
    edited February 2018

    Ok. I went back and tried Music Memos and it worked for me. I just played a track on my phone and held it near the iPad mic, and it was able to detect notes and tempo, even though the track was a little abstract. Here is how to do it:

    1. Make your recording. It will appear at the bottom of the app. Tap the waveform to open the details screen.

    2. If you want to open a previous recording, those are here:

    Then double tap the waveform to get to the details screen

    1. On the details screen, tap the time signature display. This will bring up the Edit Time screen.

    2. On the Edit Time screen, you will find the detected tempo for your recording here:

    I couldn’t remember all the details when I suggested this app a few days ago, but I went back and re-installed it to help you get sorted. Pretty cool app, it may stay on my iPad for a while this time. B)

  • LucidMusicIncLucidMusicInc

    @greengrocer said:
    Thank you all for the suggestions, downloaded and try nearly all BPM apps in the apps store but still can't find an auto beat detector. It's all tap tempo things, so DIY. What I'm looking for is an app that just finds the beat tempo by holding it to a speakers.

    DIY isn't necessarily less accurate than any computer bpm detector. Having used professional dj software I can tell you the bpm is routinely miscalculated.

  • YannisHatziYannisHatzi

    @greengrocer said:
    Thank you all for the suggestions, downloaded and try nearly all BPM apps in the apps store but still can't find an auto beat detector. It's all tap tempo things, so DIY. What I'm looking for is an app that just finds the beat tempo by holding it to a speakers.

    This is quite accurate and FREE: https://apps.apple.com/gr/app/bpm-detector-live-tempo/id1566588809

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