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Subject:Any idea if I can do this effect? Posted by: NuOmegaAlpha Date:4/14/2004 7:53:36 AM Okay, I have a clip of a steel-string acoustic guitar playing a very sad, legato song. This clip is the first half of a longer piece, so of the clip I took, the last chord played is pretty much a couple seconds long with a sharp cut-off. What I want to do is make it a decrescendo at the end, but I was wondering if there is a way to elongate that chord so that it plays for maybe six seconds with the decrescendo. I hope that doesnt sound too confusing. I tried to just copy and paste the hum of the chord and add it to the end a couple times, but it sounds, uh, like I just copied and pasted the chord a couple times ;-) So, any ideas if I can do something like this? --Noah--
Subject:RE: Any idea if I can do this effect? Reply by: vanblah Date:4/14/2004 8:44:33 AM Rather than a decrescendo, perhaps you could use a long decay reverb? A decrescendo would imply that the artist was playing the same chord over and over but softer over time. You want to give the impression that the final chord is simply ringing out ...
Subject:RE: Any idea if I can do this effect? Reply by: Big_Faced_Boy Date:4/14/2004 1:36:47 PM Timestretching, fade and reverb may sort it out, but you'd be doing well to make it sound natural. It might be worth copying the note then reversing and fading it, then paste special>mix (ctrl+m) it part way over the original. You can always keep undoing and retrying until you get it as good as you can! If you don't fade the reversed sample, it may link well into the next track... worth a thought. BFB

Subject:Any idea if I can do this effect?

Posted by: NuOmegaAlpha

Date:4/14/2004 7:53:36 AM

Okay, I have a clip of a steel-string acoustic guitar playing a very sad, legato song. This clip is the first half of a longer piece, so of the clip I took, the last chord played is pretty much a couple seconds long with a sharp cut-off. What I want to do is make it a decrescendo at the end, but I was wondering if there is a way to elongate that chord so that it plays for maybe six seconds with the decrescendo. I hope that doesnt sound too confusing. I tried to just copy and paste the hum of the chord and add it to the end a couple times, but it sounds, uh, like I just copied and pasted the chord a couple times ;-) So, any ideas if I can do something like this?

--Noah--

Subject:RE: Any idea if I can do this effect?

Reply by: vanblah

Date:4/14/2004 8:44:33 AM

Rather than a decrescendo, perhaps you could use a long decay reverb? A decrescendo would imply that the artist was playing the same chord over and over but softer over time. You want to give the impression that the final chord is simply ringing out ...

Subject:RE: Any idea if I can do this effect?

Reply by: Big_Faced_Boy

Date:4/14/2004 1:36:47 PM

Timestretching, fade and reverb may sort it out, but you'd be doing well to make it sound natural. It might be worth copying the note then reversing and fading it, then paste special>mix (ctrl+m) it part way over the original. You can always keep undoing and retrying until you get it as good as you can! If you don't fade the reversed sample, it may link well into the next track... worth a thought.

BFB