Beat Info Chunk Glossary of Terms

This section provides a quick description of all terms used in the Edit Beat Info area. Click on the more... link after each description to learn more.

 

Intro Range: The area marked at the beginning of a song, containing a Range Start, Match Point, Range End, and Beat Markers. more...

 

Outro Range: The area marked at the end of a song, containing a Range Start, Match Point, Range End, and Beat Markers. more...

 

Upper Waveform display: Shows a zoomed-in section of the Lower Waveform area, and is used to set the positions of all markers. more...

 

Lower Waveform display: Shows an overview of the entire song. Intro and Output Ranges are shown, along with all Range and Match Point markers. more...

 

Range Start marker: Indicates the earliest point at which audio may be heard during an automated beatmix. more...

 

Match Point marker: Indicates the point where the song should align to the intro/outro match point of other songs. more...

 

Range End marker: Indicates the latest point at which audio may no longer be heard during an automated beatmix. more...

 

Beat Anchor marker: Used to assist in the manual BPM calculation process. more...

 

BPM: Beats Per Minute. This value is calculated using the Auto Detect BPM button. more...

 

1 Beat: Refers to the first beat of a bar. Also known as the "down" beat. more...

 

Pre-NPI (Non-Percussive Intensity): A value set to describe the Non-Percussive Intensity of the Range area before the Match Point marker. more...

 

Post-NPI (Non-Percussive Intensity): A value set to describe the Non-Percussive Intensity of the Range area after the Match Point marker. more...

 

Beat markers: Used to manually calculate BPM, and align Range and Match Point markers. more...

 

Seek Bar: Located in Lower Waveform display area. Can be used to quickly navigate a different part of the song. more...

 

Zoom buttons: Allow different zoom levels in the Upper Waveform display area. more...

 

 

Related Topics:

Editing the Beat Info

 

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