- The problem

The quantise compromise

The DAW’s timeline and grid provide much needed structure, but this is often at odds with expressive performance. A tempo map gives you the best of both worlds: complete precision with total rhythmic freedom.

Unfortunately, creating a tempo map often means tedious manual work, nudging markers bar by bar, beat by beat, or correcting the output of automated approaches like Smart Tempo. So most of us just quantise.

- The solution

Score-informed tempo mapping

By using a musical score as a reference for the underlying metrical structure of a performance, it is possible to discern the extent to which a performer’s tempo has deviated from the grid.

Synchrony uses state-of-the-art music alignment algorithms, available in a plugin for the first time, to align your performance with a score or reference, opening up a totally new approach to tempo mapping.

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