How do I sustain a Final note in a loop? -ACID Product Family

Subject:How do I sustain a Final note in a loop? Posted by: Grazie Date:2/14/2004 11:55:55 PM Yer know when you get to the end of a piece/song and the final note maybe sustained . .whats the easiest way in AP4? I Vegas with creating "stills" it's dead easy . . something similar here . please .. ? Grazie
Subject:RE: How do I sustain a Final note in a loop? Reply by: Jessariah Date:2/15/2004 5:50:02 AM Unless you have another loop with an "ending/hold" on it, you've got a problem. Unfortunately, it's much easier to "stop" video than it is sound. A single frame of video stretched out give you a freeze frame. A single "frame" of audio extended out will just sound like a buzz. There are a couple of ways you can try to cheat around it though. First, if the loops is long enough, you could try to put it on a second track and fade the middle seciton in and out betwen the two tracks, giving you a "sustain" that you could then fade out. Success with this varies on the type of loop it is and how much you have to work with. Another thing you can try is to throw some reverb on it at the very end, giving you a bit of a decay that can give a "hold" feeling to it. Of course, another option is just to fade the song out... HTH
Subject:RE: How do I sustain a Final note in a loop? Reply by: Grazie Date:2/15/2004 10:02:02 AM Jessariah - Thanks for that . . I kinda thought about the sustain thingy . . nice ideas .. I was just thinking that maybe that this is such an obvious function needed, that people would have come up with a work-around .. . as you are suggesting . . Grazie
Subject:RE: How do I sustain a Final note in a loop? Reply by: Iacobus Date:2/16/2004 9:58:39 AM Adding to what Jesseriah's said, if you have Sound Forge, you can use its editing functions to create a sample that sounds like it's sustaining, but this isn't an exact science, and you'll have to do some experimentation. HTH, Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid mD's ACIDplanet Page

Subject:How do I sustain a Final note in a loop?

Posted by: Grazie

Date:2/14/2004 11:55:55 PM

Yer know when you get to the end of a piece/song and the final note maybe sustained . .whats the easiest way in AP4? I Vegas with creating "stills" it's dead easy . . something similar here . please .. ?

Grazie

Subject:RE: How do I sustain a Final note in a loop?

Reply by: Jessariah

Date:2/15/2004 5:50:02 AM

Unless you have another loop with an "ending/hold" on it, you've got a problem. Unfortunately, it's much easier to "stop" video than it is sound. A single frame of video stretched out give you a freeze frame. A single "frame" of audio extended out will just sound like a buzz.

There are a couple of ways you can try to cheat around it though.

First, if the loops is long enough, you could try to put it on a second track and fade the middle seciton in and out betwen the two tracks, giving you a "sustain" that you could then fade out. Success with this varies on the type of loop it is and how much you have to work with.

Another thing you can try is to throw some reverb on it at the very end, giving you a bit of a decay that can give a "hold" feeling to it.

Of course, another option is just to fade the song out...

HTH

Subject:RE: How do I sustain a Final note in a loop?

Reply by: Grazie

Date:2/15/2004 10:02:02 AM

Jessariah - Thanks for that . . I kinda thought about the sustain thingy . . nice ideas .. I was just thinking that maybe that this is such an obvious function needed, that people would have come up with a work-around .. . as you are suggesting . .

Grazie

Subject:RE: How do I sustain a Final note in a loop?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:2/16/2004 9:58:39 AM

Adding to what Jesseriah's said, if you have Sound Forge, you can use its editing functions to create a sample that sounds like it's sustaining, but this isn't an exact science, and you'll have to do some experimentation.

HTH,
Iacobus
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RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid
mD's ACIDplanet Page