error in beat wizard

[joe b.]

i'm trying to get timing grid for a new song and every time i push the beat wizard i'm getting a popup error can not convert has anyone had this problem

[Orville]

Sounds like the MP3 you're using is in VBR {Variable Bit Rate} format, you need it to be in CBR {Constant Bit Rate} for the wizards to work correctly.  You'll need to load it into some type of music editor, like Audacity to convert it.

[joe b.]

ok thanks

[joe b.]

how do you do this i can not figure it out. i have audicity buy am not having any luck . please help

[Don]

1) You don't 'need' it to be CBR for the Beat Wizard to work. 

2) See this PDF from LOR. Has Audacity instructions.

[Orville]

You don't have to have the MP3 in CBR Don?  Maybe the newer software doesn't care , I can't say, I have 3.8.2 suite with Advanced.license.

 

But the wizards in the SE, well they never seemd to  like the VBR MP3's because I got that same error on many of my MP3's when I started in this, as soon as I converted them to CBR, never had another issue with any of the wizards.  Even now if I enter a VBR MP3, the SE chokes when using the wizards, again software version 3.8.2.  Can't say about any version later than what I have.

 

That's the only reason for my reply to conver to CBR, it fixed my issue, so figured it was possibly the same in this case.

[joe b.]

worked great thank you very much