5/4 to 4/4 transition
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:55 pm
I am working with some weirdness where I am inserting 8 measures of 5/4 time signature in a 4/4 project....
Basically intro of 8 bars in 5/4...16 bars of 4/4....8 bars of 5/4 etc...
I am noticing that when things switch from 5/4 to 4/4 the first 4/4 measure skips over beat 2 and then ends up 1 beat off until 5/4 comes back in. Other times the first 4/4 mesure seems to start on 3, not on 1.
I have just used the metronome in Sonar and it seems to be alright (I hear the accented beat always on 1) I also pulled some 5/4 midi loops and 4/4 midi loops in the project and the 4/4 measures have the hits on 1 and 3.
Am I missing something ?
JR
Basically intro of 8 bars in 5/4...16 bars of 4/4....8 bars of 5/4 etc...
I am noticing that when things switch from 5/4 to 4/4 the first 4/4 measure skips over beat 2 and then ends up 1 beat off until 5/4 comes back in. Other times the first 4/4 mesure seems to start on 3, not on 1.
I have just used the metronome in Sonar and it seems to be alright (I hear the accented beat always on 1) I also pulled some 5/4 midi loops and 4/4 midi loops in the project and the 4/4 measures have the hits on 1 and 3.
Am I missing something ?
JR