Can anyone tell me/ explain what speed i.e. BPM in Relative Speed - TablEdit I am playing at 70%, 80%, 90%, 100% based on 4/4 timing?
How accurate is Relative Speed?
Relative Speed - TablEdit?
Hmmm, haven’t used it myself.
@Archie, what is the original speed in BPM? If it is 200 for instance, then the relative speed at 70% is 140 bpm. That is, the relative speed is 140 quarter beats in a 4/4 timing.
This answer seems obvious, so are you looking for something else?
P.S.: Say if it is a 1-minute original performance. With 70% relative speed, you would have only completed 70% of performance within the 1-minute. It would take an additional 0.43 min (= 1/140 * 60) to complete the performance at the relative speed of 70%.
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Thanks @JohnM I guess I didn’t phrase my question properly. I should have said how accurate is the timing in TablEdit. i.e. If set at 100% is that 100 BPM?
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Got it… But 100% is definitely not 100 BPM. The speed corresponding to 100% is the original speed. I don’t have a tabedit at my computer, the computer where I had it is down for sometime, so not sure where you will find the original speed BPM. It must show next to it when you set it to 100%?? or Under MIDI-options?? It has to have a speed setup by default somewhere for playback.
OK here is one place where you can find it… Under MIDI- Relative speed
The tempo value corresponding to 100% is the original BPM. In the screen shot it is 120 BPM. If you set the relative speed to 50%, you play it at 60 BPM, and it would take double the time to complete the song.
That said, the below adjustment applies if the increased speed is set.
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That’s interesting, I have never used those features so it’s something to experiment with. I know from experience that @BanjoBen sets the tempo for his TABs. Some are slow whilst others run at a faster pace even though they are in 4/4 timing. Four quarter notes in each measure. So that is really where the focus of my query lies. How can I tell what the actual BPM are on any given TAB.
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So to answer your question… It should default to 100% and show the actual tempo BPM somewhere at the top (or under MIDI-Relative speed and such options) on the TablEdit when you first open the tef file. If the default value of 100% is changed afterwards due to your settings change which is remembered, then to find out the original (or actual) BPM is to set the speed % value back to 100%. The tempo would now show the actual BPM.
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Right so I just opened the TAB for Bury Me Beneath the Willow. At 100% the TEMPO is 210 now is that 210 BPM?
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Yep! 
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Thank you
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