LiveBPM indeed does not do well with waltzes. No problem with jigs or reels.
Rich G > I don't know whether anyone has done careful systematic testing of liveBPM's > accuracy on a varied range of contra dance music. If anyone does, I'd be > interested in knowing the result. I have, however, seen liveBPM be seriously > confused (if you'll pardon the anthropomorphism) about the tempos of waltzes, > where the beats come in multiples of three. I wouldn't be surprised if it > could were sometimes similarly inaccurate about jigs, in which the beats > subdivide in thirds. For example, perhaps it would sometimes report a tempo > of, say, 84 BPM for a jig whose real tempo is 84 * 4/3 = 112 BPM. _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
