Audacity timing marks

[Lights On Fifth]

Who is using this
Do you have to delete some timing marks to make your sequence look smoother?
I still do my timing marks manually, but am willing to try different methods provided it works with out creating a bunch of other work, ( if that makes sense ).
If you are using Audacity can you explain how you are doing this.

Thanks

[rando1957]

It varies with the song. I do all mine manually as well but the marks are based on how the song moves. If it is slower, I will base my marks on the verse changes. If it is faster paced song, I may break it at major beats but what I sequence there may be colorwash changes.  Some songs will repeat the notes but they get softer as the song ends.  I will keep the same effect and just change either the color or the number of strands (mega tree) that are affected.  I used someone's Carol of the Bells and it is really fast so the effects changed a lot.  Some folks don't like the frequent changes; I like to base mine based on the music pace.  Note: I only had a megatree and start this year; as I add more RGB models then the timing marks may change.

[jnealand]

I use audacity, but I am not trying to get a beat track.  When I played with the beats and bars stuff I ended up with way too many timing marks like 180 or more, mostly more.  So I manually create a timing mark whenever the music appears to change in a noticeable way.  I am not a good sequencer and my goal was to get something that let me know when to change an effect.  For the most part I have only 15 - 20 marks per song.  It works for me, but I recognize that in some of the songs I tried I needed more.  Maybe next year.
YMMV