This week I am playing with "Wavosaur" and "Milky Tracker" in Windows-10, composing soulful hip-hop and ghastly trap beats for the further use in FL Studio, Studio One and MuLab.
It's quite bootless to build up samples' flow in "Milky Tracker" without proper BPM-analyser and I usually use "Serato Sample VST" for this task, but this time I got puzzled with finding the proper and freeware BPM-checker in order to
completely delve into the milieu with entirely devastating 'no guap' and freeware vibes.
completely delve into the milieu with entirely devastating 'no guap' and freeware vibes.
1. Foobar with its component/plugin called "BPM Analyser",
2. MIXXX (freeware DJ app) and
3. PistonSoft Free BPM Detector.
MIXXX DJ App turned out to be the best one and I will use it further - it supports drag-n-drop, WAV-files and can boast of the very quick/precise engine. 10 out of 10.
Foobar leveled up by "BPM Analyser" plugin is not overall bad, but this build-on purveys some blunders and aberrations. However, it supports drag-n-drop with WAV-files, so the 2nd place. 5 out 10.
PistonSoft Free BPM Detector (version 1.0 downloaded from the official site on 21-feb-2020) turned out be the worst freeware nightmare.
It works only with MP3-files, leaving a hefty bunch of them without proper BPM-info (zero fail mistake). It is also devoid of drag-n-drop feature (in 2020!!!), so don't waste time on this one - it is a sheer damp squib. 0 out 10. See the screenshot with its fails below (or on #plurk or #box):
A couple of words about my testing method. As you can see from the chart I have used 12 music pieces from 6 music decades. In order to provide the cleaner results I have assessed not the entire songs, but just about 1-minute rhytmically consistent excerpts from them (I have chopped these excerpts in "Wavosaur").
The only exception was Lapsley's "Heartless", which is distinctive due to its "quiet/no beats to loud/drum-machine"-transitions - I have used 2 minutes of the song with both quiet and loud parts in order to add some diversity to the testing, while, for example, sampling "Cocteau Twins" masterpiece "Aloysius" I have stopped only at first 40 seconds with famous ambient guitar riffs.
Anyway and to conclude, if you are searching for the simple freeware BPM-analyzer to use along with "Milky Tracker" or, for example, with freeware "Giada" looper, just stop at MIXXX DJ app - it provides the best flow and the most precise results.
The TXT-list of the tracks for those who would like to search them via Youtube and etc.
1960s - Dionne Warwick - 'Make the Night a Little Longer'
1960s - Isaac Hayes - 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix'
1970s - Evelyn Champagne King - 'Shame'
1970s - Lyn Collins - 'Fly Me To The Moon'
1980s - Alfie Silas - 'You Put the L in Love'
1980s - Cocteau Twins - 'Aloysius'
1990s - Sy-Kick - 'Nasty'
1990s - Timebase Feat Kromozone - 'Fireball'
2000s - Lisa Stansfield - 'Lets Just Call It Love - K Warren Full Vocal Mix' - this one is rare UKG/2Step gem, see here - https://youtu.be/OTZAiFcZULQ
2000s - The Timewriter - 'Dr Goodtime'
2010s - Charli Brix - 'Full Circle'
2010s - Lapsley - 'Heartless'
Vishnudut1926, Moscow, Russia, 24-feb-2020
