Hi @FocusOnVegas

Thank you for developing this feature. I downloaded it to test.

I tested the Music Video Sync V2.1 in two identical mp3 files 44,100 khz I was able to create markers with sucess in one file and in another not. This error message appears in one of the files.

This is the link to download the files if you want to test. Maybe you can figure out the difference between them that makes one being recognized and the other not.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14ocVPbEXJiF5YEicYrrcLZ0EaoJHkXNA/view?usp=sharing

Hi @Former user

Thank you for uploading a good sample.
For "Imagine Dragons-Hear Me", it worked well if you set "expiry Time" to 14 or more.
 

Hi @Rikichan

Yes, you are right. Now works fine here.

Great job @FocusOnVegas

Thanks,

P.S - I ended up finding one more way to detect the beats. If they are interested I can post a video showing how.

Hi @Former user

P.S - I ended up finding one more way to detect the beats. If they are interested I can post a video showing how.

Good tricks are always welcome, the main reason - at least for me - read here very attentively.
Many thanks in advance.

Walter

Come back Gary James and his Audio Beat Markers within Timeline Tools. 😢

Hi @Grazie

I used Gary James's TimelineTolls for a long time. It's a great tool. Unfortunately it is only compatible until Vegas Pro 13.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/automatically-place-markers-on-music-beats--96812/

There is also the fact that the current tools being developed, such as FocusOnVegas Music Video Sync, deliver better and more accurate results.

@Former user - Yeah, I know. Still want him back. That Audio Marker Mapper is just pure super slick and a work of genius and ALL within the Vegas Timeline, no need to go external and swap in and out and in and out to do fine tuning. I worked at this new offering, but felt I might as well just tap the M key, my opinion only 😉.

My workflow to edit to the beat in VMS:

1. Detect with the freetool MixMeister BPM analyzer the BPM of my favorite song.
2. Set projectsettings in VMS Ruler/BPM to this analysed BPM, eventually set Beats per measure from 4 to 8.
3. Set in Options/Grid spacing to measures and enable Snap to grid.
4. Then I aline my song to this grid and start inserting my footage and do the trimming accordingly the grid snapping. Works very fast and accurate.

Ofcourse this workflow can also been used in VPro.

Hi @3POINT 
The methods that suso are similar to yours. In the way I'm doing sync currently I also use MixMeister BPM and too change the BPM value in the Vegas Project properties. I do it in two ways, the first way I use VASST Marker Maker and VASST Still Motion. In the second way I use the Vegasaur. I am finishing editing a tutotial with the methods I use and I will post it as soon as I finish. Thank you!

The difference is that besides the tool MixMeister, I don't need external tools, I just use the tools inside Vegas, which I always prefer.

I also wish to use only Vegas for this. And that is the reason for this topic. But for some tasks I do I have to use external applications to achieve the desired results with the speed and efficiency I desire.

The difference is that besides , I don't need external tools, I just use the tools inside Vegas, which I always prefer.

@3POINT - Yes. OK, where's the FREE tool MixMeister BPM?

I'm a minimalist, that's also the reason that I mostly use VMS instead of Vpro. It's like, I don't drive my car out of my garage to get bread from the bakery around the corner. But ofcourse everyone is free to achieve his goals like he desires.

@walter-i.

These are the methods I mentioned that also work. You must have:

MixMeister BPM (free), VASST Marker Maker and VASST Still Motion or Vegasaur.

https://mixmeister-bpm-analyzer.softonic.com.br/

http://vasstsoftware.com/product/markermaker/

http://vasstsoftware.com/product/stillmotion/

https://vegasaur.com/

But the ideal would be to have this native feature in Vegas. It is very useful for various video editors.

Yeah, I’m doing my work with Gary’s in VP13 and import the Markers. Pretty neat.

@walter-i.

These are the methods I mentioned that also work. You must have:

MixMeister BPM (free), VASST Marker Maker and VASST Still Motion or Vegasaur.

@Former user

Very well made tutorial - leaves no questions unanswered. Thank you very much - I will gladly test.
Many Thanks
Walter

Probably nice to make automatic slideshows to the beat of the music, but what about video?

@3POINT

Also serves perfectly for video.

What about the trimming of those video clips?

What about the trimming of those video clips?

You can manually cut each of the events or use Vegasaur to automate the cutting of all events at one time and then choose the starting and ending point of those events using the Vegas Sleep Tool.

choose the starting and ending point of those events using the Vegas Sleep Tool.

Another trick I did not (yet) know - the slip-tool. Soooo easy ......
But: "What I still can not do, I just have to learn ....."

Thanks for that!

Great tutorial.

One addition.
If you find out that your particular song or live music doesn't have a fixed BPM (tempo changes) or Mixmeister doesn't detect the correct BPM for the song / live music, try Music Video Sync (V2). It uses a sophisticated algorithm (of Queen Mary University of London) to detect  the "real" positions of the beats (the Marker positions).