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Subject:PREVIEWING WAVs - I don't get it
Posted by: abhorrent
Date:4/15/2003 12:39:55 PM
In my Vegas Demo, I can preview WAV sounds BEFORE I take 'em into my project by RIGHT CLICKING on 'em. In ACID 4, I have to take the WAV into the project itself, then select it to listen to it on that screen at the bottom. This is a hassle 'cuz of the extra steps -- and if I DELETE THE TRACK IT STILL STAYS AROUND AS TWO FILES somewhere, a normal one and I think an .sfk extension. *** Anyway, question is: Can I preview without pulling track into project? WHERE IS THE AUTO PREVIEW BUTTON? ...I can't find it. ***Thanks for the people who're trying to help. I'm not getting much outta the help files, so I'm going to try a google search now. *SIGH* |
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Subject:RE: PREVIEWING WAVs - I don't get it
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:4/15/2003 1:00:25 PM
Open the Explorer if it already isn't open. (ALT+1 is the shortcut.) There should be a button in the upper right of the Explorer window, second from the rightmost button. If it's not pressed, click it. Any valid media file should then be preview automatically when you primary click them (that's a single left-click). Another tip: Hold down CTRL and primary click a set of Loops you'd like to hear. They will play one right after the other. (The amount of time or number of times to loop for preview can be adjusted via the Other tab under Options>Preferences on the menu bar.) HTH, Iacobus |
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Subject:I GOT IT!
Reply by: abhorrent
Date:4/15/2003 7:19:15 PM
thanks so much for the tips. by the way: do you know how to DELETE something by just clicking delete once? I always have to track my tracks down (they're still regular wav's and sfk extensions. This is a DRAG since I record alot and want to throw out most of my tracks.) |
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Subject:RE: I GOT IT!
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:4/15/2003 11:15:36 PM
If I don't like a take, I usually just right-click on the selected file (and its associated SFK file) and choose, "Delete." If you want to delete using the Delete key, disable Auto Preview first before primary clicking. If it's a large amount of files, I right-click and choose, "Explore Current Folder." This will open up the folder in Windows' own Explorer. HTH, Iacobus |
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Subject:me again
Reply by: abhorrent
Date:4/16/2003 7:21:22 PM
From within the project, I can delete the tracks by RIGHT-CLICKING like you said above... BUT then I still have a .SFK and .WAV file hidden away somewhere (I think in the ACID folder itself). This surprised me, since I thought all of this was erased. ***Is there a way to delete ALL these tracks at once? These extra WAVs and SFKs multiply like bunnies, and I've accientally deleted important tracks 'cuz I got confused. Thanks for you help! |
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Subject:RE: me again
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:4/16/2003 10:32:10 PM
You could probably use the "Explore Current Folder" command as I've mentioned before to clean up a specific folder. You can select multiple files and delete at will in this manner. There's also the temporary files folder (specified on the General tab under Options>Preferences on the menu bar), but that clears out after you close a project. What also I do is make folders on a project-by-project basis and place everything related to a specific project in there. That way, there's no confusion as to what I want to delete later on. HTH, Iacobus |
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Subject:am I doing something wrong?
Reply by: abhorrent
Date:4/17/2003 2:23:42 AM
I'm going to go experiment with the Right-clicking on Explore current folder now... *** When I'm working on a project, I create new recorded tracks, then I delete them. They seem to delete everywhere, exceptI find the WAVs lurking in my DOCUMENTS folder. IS THERE A SETTING TO AVOID THIS / PUT THESE TRACKS IN A DIFFERENT FOLDER TO BEGIN WITH? If there is, I can't figure it out... It'd be easiest to have one entire song/project in one folder, but I don't know how to do that, if you know. |
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Subject:RE: am I doing something wrong?
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:4/17/2003 2:29:41 PM
Ahh, I think I know what's up... By default, every recording in every new project you start always defaults to your "My Documents" folder. You can get around this in two different ways: 1) Create a new project, open the Record dialog window and browse to a specific folder for recording and click OK. Do not start recording at this point. Instead, click Cancel. Then save the project with a title like, "Recording Template". Since ACID saves recording folder info along with the project, that same exact folder will be used for subsequent recording sessions later on, even when you close and then come back to that project. 2) You can also open a specific project and simply browse to a project-specific folder for recording. As I mentioned above, once you save your project, recording folder info is also saved. Once you close this project and come back to it later, the specific folder will automatically be used for recording. (You can use the "Make New Folder" button within the "Browse" function, or just create the folder beforehand and browse to it.) I mention the two techniques because some users like to start with a specific folder. (All a user has to do is open the "Recording Template" project and the specific folder will be available.) Others (me included) like to stick to a specific folder for a specific project for organization. (Ideally, you'd want to create a folder for every project and place anything project-related in there, recordings included.) HTH, Iacobus |
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Subject:RE: am I doing something wrong?
Reply by: butterball
Date:4/17/2003 4:42:59 PM
Thanks! I'm going to go slug through all this now and see if it works... |
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Subject:RE: am I doing something wrong?
Reply by: dorkus
Date:4/18/2003 4:13:30 PM
I record a lot and this is what I do. I let the program name each take using Record Take XX. Then when I record a track that I want to keep, I clean it up and rename it. Then every so often I do a search in windows for files named record take, and then I delete them all. |
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Subject:it worked!
Reply by: abhorrent
Date:4/18/2003 4:46:08 PM
Thanks, guys... The only hassle when I re-name or move ANYTHING seems to be that ACID can't find my tracks and has to go looking for them, at least the 1st time I re-launch. ***WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW: I want to play the last drum/rhythm part as a REPEATING LOOP. CAN I DO THIS FOR A SET # OF TIMES -- Let's say 10x -- and then record guitar over those ten loops? (ie, I don't want a tiny piece of guitar repeated over 10x in the loop -- I want to play OVER the entire thing.) ***And: CAN I SET IT UP SO THAT THE LOOP/SONG FADES OUT AFTER IT PLAYS 9 of the loops? Thanks again. There sure is alot to know here. |
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Subject:RE: it worked!
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:4/20/2003 5:32:21 PM
Try using the Time Selection Tool in conjunction with the Loop Region and select a range of your project. Copy it, then use CTRL+B to paste repeat. Be sure to place the cursor where you want the paste to begin and experiment as there are a bevy of options under this dialog. Most of the time, the "end to end" option works pretty well. For your second question, try adding a bus via the Insert Bus button in the Mixer, open up the bus track view using U on your keyboard, route specific tracks to this bus, and then add a volume envelope to the bus track the tracks are routed to. Add a couple points to the envelope and then make it fade at the end. Every track routed to this bus should have its volume affected overall. (Bonus tip: Right-click a segment between envelope points to check out other fade types such as, "Slow Fade," and, "Fast Fade.") HTH, Iacobus |