Setting up the Beat Chunk for: Get The Party Started by Pink

1. Open the Ots file containing the song in Ots Studio by clicking on in the Toolbar.

2. Right-click on the Item, and select Create New Chunk And Add Reference to it -> Beat Info

3. A summary of the Beat Chunk can now be seen on the right-hand side. Click on the Edit.. button.

4. Click on the Auto Detect BPM/Range button.

5. Move the Intro Match Point marker in the Intro Range to the beat where the vocals say "I'm coming out, so you....", which is 16 counts past the first beat.

Tip: Hold the CTRL key while dragging the marker to snap to the beat markers in the Upper Waveform display.

 

6. Hold CTRL and double-click in the Upper Waveform display. Listen for the metronome playing in time with the beat. Click once in the Upper Waveform display to stop playback.

7. Hold CTRL and drag the Intro Range Start marker to snap to the third beat marker back from the first visible beat.

8. Hold CTRL and drag the Intro Range End marker 30 beats past the Match Point, before the vocals "Get this party started on a Saturday night..."

9. Set the Pre-NPI value in the Intro Range to 30.

10. Set the Post-NPI value in the Intro Range to 70.

11. Move the Outro Match Point marker in the Outro Range between the vocals "Right" and "Now" at the end of the song.

Tip: As there is no visible beat in this area, use the beat grid to visually line up the beat grid to the start of the preceding beat.

 

12. Hold CTRL and drag the Intro Range Start marker to snap to the beat where the vocals say "....Started, oooh.." which is 36 beats before the Outro Match Point.

13. Hold CTRL and drag the Outro Range End marker 2 beats past the Match Point.

14. Set the Pre-NPI value in the Outro Range to 80.

15. Set the Post-NPI value in the Outro Range to 0.

16. Check both Active - allow use checkboxes.

17. Click OK to exit the Edit Beat Info window, and save your Ots file by clicking on .

 

Get This Party Started by Pink is now ready for Automated Beat Mixing in OtsAV.

 

Your Edit Beat Info window should look like the one below.

 

 

 

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