a very basic question on Soundforge 4.5

[daveym]

(forgive me on my severe basic lack of knowledge, by i am just a bedroom producer from the UK...... )

Iv'e got a whole track that i want to play around with which is in wav format. I can't do anything with it with regards to splitting the sounds up as i have no midi files, just the whole track complete. (I am only using the editing package Soundforge 4.5, with 'Reason' software.)

I want to try adding an extra snare sound into certain bars with maybe a couple of extra sounds. I'm not removing anything as i know this can't be done, but just want to add sounds to what i already have.

How do i find out the overall tempo in bpm of the track i have? Is there a way of taking a snap shot of a loop so it can tell me the speed in bpm. Because i want to put this track into cubase/reason, at the correct bpm, so i can start cutting up bars from it and basically play around with the track.

Can anyone help?

 

[TimOBrien]

Soundforge is only a stereo editor. If you want to overlay another track you are going to have to go up to a multi-track sequencer. Here are a couple of FREE ones that will get the job done for you.

Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Kristal http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/

There are a couple of bpm finding programs out there; to a google.com search or try www.hitsquad.com (a great place to start looking for any audio software.)

Or you could just have a friend with a watch help you find the bpm manually.