Tangerine, a BPM analyzer
October 30th, 2006, 8:33pm by Mike
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m getting into running with an iPod, which requires making playlists with appropriate running songs. From my experience so far, it seems like the most important determinant of a good running song is having the beat match up with your pace — when you have a song that’s a little faster, it spurs you on, but land on a song that’s a little slower and it’s really hard to keep your pace up. I haven’t figured out yet if you need the beat to be right in line with your footfalls or not, but when you’re running, it’s really easy to tell if a song is “right” or “wrong.”
I’ve got a pretty good playlist going, where some of the songs are better than others for my running pace. Read on to find out more about Tangerine, a program that could help solve my problem.
