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Subject:total newbie here! Posted by: jusscake Date:12/20/2005 9:07:07 PM hi, ive been recording for ten years with an analog 4 track. i just bought acid and as you can imagine, im strugglin along tryin to learn and adapt to computer recording. my first question is: is it possible to create drum loops on a drum machine and then record it into acid and have it come out sounding o.k.? ive been really battling with this for the past few days. second question: can i record/sample indivudal drum sounds (hi hat, snare, kick) into acid and then create original drum loops in a quantizing sort of way? im thinking i need to do it through midi but i dont know. this is all new to me. thanks and pray for me! haha. seriously though. please tell me this gets easier. -justin
Subject:RE: total newbie here! Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:12/21/2005 7:59:10 AM > is it possible to create drum loops on a drum machine and then record it into acid and have it come out sounding o.k.? ive been really battling with this for the past few days. Yes. You’re on the right track. You’ll need to sync the drum machine to ACID first via MIDI. Then plug the audio output of your drum machine into the audio input of ACID so you can record it. There are several steps to follow to get this to work. First you have to setup your MIDI device in the Options > Preferences > MIDI tab, then have ACID generate MIDI timecode via the Sync tab. You also have to use Options > Timecode > Generate MIDI Timecode to actually start generating the timecode on playback. Then you have to configure your drum machine to respond to the MIDI timecode that ACID is generating and follow along with it. Finally you must record the audio output of your drum machine on an ACID track. > second question: can i record/sample indivudal drum sounds (hi hat, snare, kick) into acid and then create original drum loops in a quantizing sort of way? Yes, that’s a little easier but is better done in a program like Sound Forge. What you must do is place ACID in record mode with the audio output of the drum machine plugged into the audio input of your sound card. Then play the drum sound while ACID records it. Then open that recording in the chopped and select only the drum hit and use Chop to New Track to get just the drum hit as a new wave file. I would press record in ACID and then press each drum pad in turn to record all of the sounds onto one track. Then go back and use Chop to New Track to extract each drum sound to a new wave file. > please tell me this gets easier. This gets a lot easier and there are a lot of knowledgeable people here on the forum to help you. ;-) I don’t want to sound like an advertisement, but there is a whole chapter on MIDI sync in our book Instant ACID. On page 173 I specifically go over the steps to get MIDI Timecode working. If you are new to this, it will get you up and running very quickly. Iacobus (another forum member) co-authored it with me so we are both here to help either way. ~jr Message last edited on12/21/2005 8:07:30 AM byJohnnyRoy.
Subject:RE: total newbie here! Reply by: Iacobus Date:12/26/2005 9:52:06 AM In addition to what JohnnyRoy said, if you're trying to ACIDize drum loops without a definite pitch (whether they're in ACID or Sound Forge), be sure that a key is NOT assigned. Iacobus ------- RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid Buy Instant ACID by JohnnyRoy and mD! mD at ACIDplanet

> is it possible to create drum loops on a drum machine and then record it into acid and have it come out sounding o.k.? ive been really battling with this for the past few days.

Yes. You’re on the right track. You’ll need to sync the drum machine to ACID first via MIDI. Then plug the audio output of your drum machine into the audio input of ACID so you can record it. There are several steps to follow to get this to work.

First you have to setup your MIDI device in the Options > Preferences > MIDI tab, then have ACID generate MIDI timecode via the Sync tab. You also have to use Options > Timecode > Generate MIDI Timecode to actually start generating the timecode on playback. Then you have to configure your drum machine to respond to the MIDI timecode that ACID is generating and follow along with it. Finally you must record the audio output of your drum machine on an ACID track.

> second question: can i record/sample indivudal drum sounds (hi hat, snare, kick) into acid and then create original drum loops in a quantizing sort of way?

Yes, that’s a little easier but is better done in a program like Sound Forge. What you must do is place ACID in record mode with the audio output of the drum machine plugged into the audio input of your sound card. Then play the drum sound while ACID records it. Then open that recording in the chopped and select only the drum hit and use Chop to New Track to get just the drum hit as a new wave file.

I would press record in ACID and then press each drum pad in turn to record all of the sounds onto one track. Then go back and use Chop to New Track to extract each drum sound to a new wave file.

> please tell me this gets easier.

This gets a lot easier and there are a lot of knowledgeable people here on the forum to help you. ;-)

I don’t want to sound like an advertisement, but there is a whole chapter on MIDI sync in our book Instant ACID. On page 173 I specifically go over the steps to get MIDI Timecode working. If you are new to this, it will get you up and running very quickly. Iacobus (another forum member) co-authored it with me so we are both here to help either way.

~jr