By andrew.fm
 

Film/Video Music Scoring Tool

Converts real-time markers into musical beats


 
Tempo: beats per minute
It is not necessary to enter zeros (ie 0' 34" or 2'0").
Cue names are optional but may be lengthy if desired.
Any cues without times will be ignored.

 
(start: 0 min, 0 sec)
 
cue #1 name: @ min sec

more cues   or  

 
This little piece of online software will take cues (a.k.a. "hit points") for a scene, based on their minute-second position, and convert them into beats at the tempo of your choice, and also display the durations for common note values.
 
Example:

 
If you are looking for score paper to sketch your cues, and need tick marks to annotate the beat positions for hitpoints, click here to download a zip file of PDFs that cover a variety of different staff sizes and beat resolutions.



This tool was programmed by Andrew Stoeckley. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding its use, please contact me by clicking here.