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When it comes to songs that weren't recorded with a click track, do you prefer making slight changes in bpm? Or would you rather have the entire chart conform to an average bpm?

What if the song's bpm fluctuates a lot? (e.g. The Games We Played)

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lol don't use fixed BPM on songs that have BPM changes, it's not a good time.

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for me i like to start with bpm 1 and every beat increase the bpm by 1 until the end of the song but that is just my personally preference

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It does seem easier to make a chart with bpm changes, but what about playing someone else's chart?

Also, do you know any simfiles/packs out there of jazz songs? Not like KgZ or OSTER Project type stuff. More like John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, Art Blakey, Michael Brecker.

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i just chart stuff that's a constant bpm but still has stuff that's unquantized

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I stepped more contemporary jazz. Also most people play with cmods so bpm changes aren't noticed. Just sync the song like a man you pussy.

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put every beat manually to waveform peaks

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FINE, DAD. >:'(

I really like your charts. Good point about cmods. I almost forgot about those.

Done. This ain't so bad.

Thanks for the feedback y'all.

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I use a mixture of bpm changes & playing with cmods, sometimes finding songs that have inconsistent bpms can be a lot of fun

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I'm in the middle of stepping solos from Herbie Hancock, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Ahmad Jamal, and some other jazz works that I come across. These take a long af time to step so I might just finish and release them as a pack one of these days. What kinda stuff are you working on?

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Thanks :')

Also definitely don't do what ilikexd said

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OH SHIT. I'm following you now fam.
I just started Coltrane's Giant Steps to get a feel for this jazz thing. Hopefully, I can move onto Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Wayne Shorter, Mingus, Max Roach. Also...(psst don't tell anyone)...Kamasi's Le Ebin...sssshhhhhhhhh <.< >.>

I just slowed down the waveform a little and then hit B in ddream every 4 beats, then used Grow to fill the beats in between. It was easier than I thought, and way better than what I was trying to do earlier, which was to start with an average bpm for the whole song, then adjust from there.

I have to admit, though, this is taking a lot of time. I'm constantly thinking: why am I doing this when I should be practicing my saxophone? .-.

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I made (or tried to make) simfiles for several years and really never learned how to sync anything that wasn't static :|

better tools and resources and more info available now though, gl gl