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Subject:Acid Loops
Posted by: Devin
Date:3/17/1999 7:06:11 PM

I have recently downloaded the ACID demo and tried to start learning
how everything works. But I just
can't seem to find any loops that are playable. I tried looking in
the quick start menu under Finding
Loops in the Media Explorer but all that comes out of a file entitled
Record Take 1.wav is static. I
really want to get started with this program so I hope someone can
offer me an answer.
Thx
Devin

Subject:Re: Acid Loops
Reply by: ethen
Date:3/18/1999 3:41:15 AM

Devin wrote:
>>I have recently downloaded the ACID demo and tried to
start learning
>>how everything works. But I just
>>can't seem to find any loops that are playable. I tried
looking in
>>the quick start menu under Finding
>>Loops in the Media Explorer but all that comes out of a
file entitled
>>Record Take 1.wav is static. I
>>really want to get started with this program so I hope
someone can
>>offer me an answer.
>>Thx
>>Devin
>>
as far as i know i had to buy the cd inorder to get the
loops because there are to many to store on ones hard drive
anyways. plus just get your own because ACIDS loops are so
bad theyll make you feel like your in the 80's your a pimp
and your in a really bad cheesy techno rave...BUT if you
get a bunch of wav's and you still here static well then im
sorry to say your gonna need a new sound card bub!!

Subject:Re: Acid Loops
Reply by:
Date:3/18/1999 5:00:14 AM

>as far as i know i had to buy the cd inorder to get the
>loops because there are to many to store on ones hard drive
>anyways. plus just get your own because ACIDS loops are so
>bad theyll make you feel like your in the 80's your a pimp
>and your in a really bad cheesy techno rave...BUT if you
>get a bunch of wav's and you still here static well then im
>sorry to say your gonna need a new sound card bub!!

Dude, you are far off base. ACID's loops are great material. Those
loops
that come bundled with the product are better than many collections
that
cost $$$.

It's your studio technique that's suffering. No software product is
a magic
wand. You need technique, taste, and good ears to manipulate raw
material
into great sounding work. You have to learn to use effects, editors,
and
mixing tools. None of this comes easy.

Making your own loops is also very important to getting a good sound,
but
that's beside the point. I guarantee you I can take a bunch of loops
from
that ACID disc, and blow your mind with them...and you'd never be
able to
recognize them in the tune, even if you A/B'd the loops and the
tune.

I'm not trying to rag you, I'm just suggesting that you might dig a
little
deeper into the technical aspect of music production. You won't be
capable
of producing anything beyond simple remixes, otherwise, and ACID can
do much
more than that.

--
Bruce A. Richardson
Purple Iguana Productions
bandmaster@sprynet.com




Subject:Re: Acid Loops
Reply by:
Date:3/18/1999 5:03:32 AM

Loops come bundled with the various ACID product discs, and also are
available from Sonic Foundry and other third-party developers.

I think there are some DEMO tunes on the website that might put a few
loops
on your machine.

Any wave file can be cut into a loop.

ACID is the most powerful loop composing tool there is. Don't even
think
twice about buying it. It has paid for itself one hundred times since
I
started using it.

--
Bruce A. Richardson
Purple Iguana Productions
bandmaster@sprynet.com

Devin wrote in message ...
>I have recently downloaded the ACID demo and tried to start learning
how
everything works. But I just
>can't seem to find any loops that are playable



Subject:Re: Acid Loops
Reply by: Benny
Date:8/2/1999 6:51:00 PM

Bruce:

You stole my thunder but you put it quite nicely! ACID's loops are
GREAT material to work with. It is an art to properly compose a
song. You don't just turn on your computer and throw in some loops
and "viola" a masterpeice. If it was that easy I would want nothing
to do with it.

Rob



Bruce A. Richardson wrote:
>>>as far as i know i had to buy the cd inorder to get the
>>>loops because there are to many to store on ones hard drive
>>>anyways. plus just get your own because ACIDS loops are so
>>>bad theyll make you feel like your in the 80's your a pimp
>>>and your in a really bad cheesy techno rave...BUT if you
>>>get a bunch of wav's and you still here static well then im
>>>sorry to say your gonna need a new sound card bub!!
>>
>>Dude, you are far off base. ACID's loops are great material.
Those
>>loops
>>that come bundled with the product are better than many collections
>>that
>>cost $$$.
>>
>>It's your studio technique that's suffering. No software product
is
>>a magic
>>wand. You need technique, taste, and good ears to manipulate raw
>>material
>>into great sounding work. You have to learn to use effects,
editors,
>>and
>>mixing tools. None of this comes easy.
>>
>>Making your own loops is also very important to getting a good
sound,
>>but
>>that's beside the point. I guarantee you I can take a bunch of
loops
>>from
>>that ACID disc, and blow your mind with them...and you'd never be
>>able to
>>recognize them in the tune, even if you A/B'd the loops and the
>>tune.
>>
>>I'm not trying to rag you, I'm just suggesting that you might dig a
>>little
>>deeper into the technical aspect of music production. You won't be
>>capable
>>of producing anything beyond simple remixes, otherwise, and ACID
can
>>do much
>>more than that.
>>
>>--
>>Bruce A. Richardson
>>Purple Iguana Productions
>>bandmaster@sprynet.com
>>
>>
>>
>>

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