M-Audio Torq 2.0 [59/171] Flatten tempo

M-Audio Torq 2.0 [59/171] Flatten tempo
Chapter 5: The Decks
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Torq 2.0 User Guide
BPM Display (BPM)
Tempo is a measurement of the speed of a song and is normally expressed as Beats Per Minute (BPM). As the
BPM increases, the speed of the song increases. In order for two songs to be mixed together with their beats
aligned, the two songs will need to be playing at the same tempo. This is why Torq decks are equipped with
Sync Buttons and Speed Sliders. In the event that you are trying to mix two songs with different tempos
(which happens more often than not), you will need to use the Speed Sliders or Sync Buttons to match the
tempo of the new song to the tempo of the current song.
Automatic BPM Detection
Any time you load a new track into a Deck, Torq will analyze it and attempt to determine the tempo of the
song. For most dance music, Torq will be able to determine the tempo accurately. Once scanned, the tempo
of the song will be shown in the BPM display for the Deck, which is located just to the left of the Speed Adjust
slider.
The BPM value will change if you alter the speed of the song with the Speed Adjuster. This is extremely helpful
when trying to synchronize two songs since you’ll be able to match the tempos of the two songs just by
matching the BPM values shown in the displays.
Flatten Tempo
When this button is pressed, this function analyzes the position of all Tempo Anchors and the speed of the
music between each of them to come up with an average tempo. This lets you synchronize the other decks to
the song.
This is useful when locking one or more of the other decks to a song that has a live drummer. For example,
you have song on Deck A where the drummer tends to speed up right before a drum fill, and may get even
faster during the choruses, only to slow back to the basic song tempo during the verses. On Deck C you have
song with a more constant tempo because it contains programmed drums. Pressing the Flatten Tempo button
on Deck 1adjusts the playback to a constant tempo based on the average speed calculated by Torq. An excep-
tion to this is when Deck A is synced to a Master Deck that is not playing a song with a constant tempo.
BPM Display
The Torq beat-detection system usually provides accurate results when set to default settings. However
some types of complex music can confuse the software resulting in incorrect tempos. In these cases you can
specify the type of music you’ll be using in the Preferences menu. This limits the tempo range used by the
beat-detection system and increases the accuracy of the function.
Be sure your selection matches the type of music you’re trying to analyze. If you have “Drum & Bass” se-
lected and attempt to analyze a trip-hop song, Torq will give you the wrong tempo. In this instance you
can change the music type and re-analyze the song if needed.
The Flatten Tempo button will be greyed out for decks which do not have Tempo Anchors set up on their
songs.

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