Subject:pitch shifting in drums

Posted by: jimbobjoe

Date:10/13/2003 11:48:39 AM

I'm trying to change the tempo of a drum track in a song and when i do the pitch changes and sounds bad...is there anything i can do to keep the drum pitch consistant while changing the tempo mid-song.
any suggstions would be most helpful..thank you

Subject:RE: pitch shifting in drums

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:10/13/2003 12:40:19 PM

Are you using ACID Pro? Try accessing the track properties of the drum loop and under the Stretch tab, adjust/add stretch markers as appropriate. (You'll basically want markers where you feel accents within divisions of a beat are needed.)

Also remember that ACID can't work magic on everything. Extreme changes in tempo can sound unnatural, which is just the nature of the digital beast.

HTH,
Iacobus
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Subject:RE: pitch shifting in drums

Reply by: Jessariah

Date:10/13/2003 6:32:58 PM

Is there a key assigned to the drums? They should be set to "none." Iacobus is right about the limitations of Acid's (or any other app's) ability to stretch & pitch shift, but it shouldn't change the actual pitch of a drum loop if it's key is set to none. Look at the loop info at the bottom when you select it in the explorer window.