Hey! Hello again guys! Sorry I've been busy these days so I can't check this forum very often.

But yeah the main reason for using the ACW instead of just setting the tempo and go, its because as these tracks are going to be used "instead" of a drummer for now, it's much easier to use the ACW tools to sync the tempos (and adjust if needed) with the mp3.

The other option as Gordon says is select the style and the set tempo and create the drum track, which is also fine, but it doesn't allow you to fine tuning some micro changes in the tempo in the original track as rharv said. In my personal opinion the drums created with the perfect tempo are perfectly fine but sometimes they feel to robotic as they are so perfect with the timing, something that you can adjust while using ACW. Is may sound kinda crazy to chose something that is deliberately "wrong" but it also true that those micro adjustments can also modify tho whole feeling of the drums (if you are just using it for the drums). Give it a try and check how it differs from the automated set tempo, for example in the same song that we were talking about since at the end there is some changes in the tempo that the perfect timing cannot detect.

Obviously, the main reason to use ACW is to analyze chords to create, for example, backing tracks for your songs, but it can also helps with these kind of issues.

And finally, "the other things" refers that probably this will also helps us creating solos or getting ideas for other instruments, which can also benefit from a perfect synced track laugh


thank you for all your info guys! You're great!

Last edited by an_thunder; 11/08/21 08:50 PM.
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