On 02.09.2004, at 01:05, Neil Parfitt wrote: > But then again.. could you image writing underscore to bar and beats > instead > of timecode? *dreams* .. a well.. looks like I'll still actually > have to > work. Movies are measured in frames and seconds. You can't go around because of the nature and industry standards of "running images". Vice versa it does not make sense to have beats for a video in Logic - unless the two systems match somehow. If you have the chance you can select a tempo with a useful relation of bpm and seconds to make life easier in both worlds. Here are some examples: 4/4 measures: 240 bpm -> 1 measure per sec. 192 bpm -> 8 measures in 10 sec. 180 bpm -> 3 measures take 4 sec. 160 bpm -> 2 measures take 3 sec. 144 bpm -> 6 measures in 10 sec. 128 bpm -> 8 measures in 15 sec. 120 bpm -> 5 measures in 10 sec. 120 bpm -> 1 measure takes 2 sec. 96 bpm -> 4 measures in 10 sec. 90 bpm -> 1 measure takes 3 sec. 80 bpm -> 1 measure takes 3 sec. 72 bpm -> 3 measures in 10 sec. 64 bpm -> 8 measures in 30 sec. 60 bpm -> 1 second per beat. If Logic and a dedicated video application are used you might try to match the musical tempo to the framereate. Then the video editor can tell you "we don't have enough material - this piece must fit into 180 frames." But since there are no bars and markers on a cinema screen a more traditional method can give you perfect results: Look at the film - and play! Peter Ostry