Using a drum machine with Acid Pro 4 -ACID Product Family

Subject:Using a drum machine with Acid Pro 4 Posted by: Napalm Date:9/14/2007 4:01:58 PM I use acid pro 4, sound forge 6 and a zoom sb-246 drum machine.I tap out the drums for 8 bars(recording audio in Acid Pro). What's the best way to sequence the drums so that they loop continously for the entire song? How can I extend the drums to 16, 32 bars etc..(I dont want to cut and paste the drums)
Subject:RE: Using a drum machine with Acid Pro 4 Reply by: JohnnyRoy Date:9/15/2007 10:07:29 AM ACID has three different types of files: Loops, One-Shots, and Beatmapped. The default for recording into ACID is Beatmapped. What you want to do is tell ACID that the wave you recorded is a Loop. To do this: 1. Right-click the event on the time-line and select Clip Properties 2. In Clip Properties window change the ACID Type: to Loop 3. Press the Save File (Ctrl+S) icon (small diskette icon in the upper right of the window) to save this meta-data back to the wave. 4. Drag the end of the event out as far as you would like, 8, 16, 32-bars, and it will repeat. Now whenever you add this wave to a project, ACID will know it's a loop and treat it appropriately. ~jr
Subject:RE: Using a drum machine with Acid Pro 4 Reply by: Napalm Date:9/15/2007 3:35:53 PM That's it!!! Thanks alot.

Subject:Using a drum machine with Acid Pro 4

Posted by: Napalm

Date:9/14/2007 4:01:58 PM

I use acid pro 4, sound forge 6 and a zoom sb-246 drum machine.I tap out the drums for 8 bars(recording audio in Acid Pro). What's the best way to sequence the drums so that they loop continously for the entire song? How can I extend the drums to 16, 32 bars etc..(I dont want to cut and paste the drums)

Subject:RE: Using a drum machine with Acid Pro 4

Reply by: JohnnyRoy

Date:9/15/2007 10:07:29 AM

ACID has three different types of files: Loops, One-Shots, and Beatmapped. The default for recording into ACID is Beatmapped. What you want to do is tell ACID that the wave you recorded is a Loop.

To do this:

1. Right-click the event on the time-line and select Clip Properties
2. In Clip Properties window change the ACID Type: to Loop
3. Press the Save File (Ctrl+S) icon (small diskette icon in the upper right of the window) to save this meta-data back to the wave.
4. Drag the end of the event out as far as you would like, 8, 16, 32-bars, and it will repeat.

Now whenever you add this wave to a project, ACID will know it's a loop and treat it appropriately.

~jr

Subject:RE: Using a drum machine with Acid Pro 4

Reply by: Napalm

Date:9/15/2007 3:35:53 PM

That's it!!! Thanks alot.