Subject:acid as a multitrack

Posted by: flip_one

Date:8/18/1999 10:15:00 PM

i love the acid pro sequencer. i use it along with
soundforge(which i use as my mPC sampler..hehe). its great
especially when u zoom in and take the snap to function
off..u can make it do anything u want to(along with the
pitch changes)and all that dope stuff. i use this set up
along with my toher equipment such as turntables,4tracks,
and drum machines in order to make underground
hiphop/jungle.
i was playing around with the record function on acid
today. i noticed that u can record multiple tracks like
this (even though it takes up hella space). what i want to
know is does anyone else out there rely on acid strictly as
a multitrack recorder?hmm?how does it function stricly for
that purpose?
thanks for any help.

oh yeah to all u people who want those generic loops: im
telling you..youll be much happier if u just got a sampler
or a software program like soundforge or cooledit and
sampled your own loops! isnt that better than those generic
loops that 80 billion people already downloaded?

Subject:Re: acid as a multitrack

Reply by: KaiWen

Date:8/19/1999 9:26:00 AM

Hi,

I have ACID. What do u by record multiple tracks? Can you record
multiple tracks form different sources at the same time?

I've got some many programs for music, its hard to decide which one
to use have the time.

Right now I'm trying to learn CakeWalk 8.

Peace,
Kai Wen




flip_one wrote:
>>i love the acid pro sequencer. i use it along with
>>soundforge(which i use as my mPC sampler..hehe). its great
>>especially when u zoom in and take the snap to function
>>off..u can make it do anything u want to(along with the
>>pitch changes)and all that dope stuff. i use this set up
>>along with my toher equipment such as turntables,4tracks,
>>and drum machines in order to make underground
>>hiphop/jungle.
>>i was playing around with the record function on acid
>>today. i noticed that u can record multiple tracks like
>>this (even though it takes up hella space). what i want to
>>know is does anyone else out there rely on acid strictly as
>>a multitrack recorder?hmm?how does it function stricly for
>>that purpose?
>>thanks for any help.
>>
>>oh yeah to all u people who want those generic loops: im
>>telling you..youll be much happier if u just got a sampler
>>or a software program like soundforge or cooledit and
>>sampled your own loops! isnt that better than those generic
>>loops that 80 billion people already downloaded?
>>

Subject:Re: acid as a multitrack

Reply by: NotWithStupid

Date:8/19/1999 9:34:00 AM

Acid does not work well as a multi-track. When the samples become
really long (like a whole vocal track), it uses up a lot of
resource. You're much better off trying to break everything down
into little samples that can be looped. The best thing would be to
work up the small sample tracks in Acid, get the composition to where
the basic structure is pretty well solid, then move everything over
to a program that is better suited to multi-track like Vegas.

Subject:Re: acid as a multitrack

Reply by: KaiWen

Date:8/19/1999 9:59:00 AM

I have CakeWalk Audio Pro 8. Would you suggest using that as a
multitrack?

If you had to choose between the two which would you perfer and why
if you don't mind.

I'm so use to doing everything on my K2500 that I'm just now starting
to mess around with PC apps and music.


I have pretty much everything. (well not quite)

CakeWalk 8
ReBirth
ReCycle
SoundFound 4.5
ACID
CDA
Tons of PlugIn
Tons of Sounds and Loops (but u can never have enough of these)
etc...

Any advise would be helpful.

Kai Wen

Subject:Re: acid as a multitrack

Reply by: NotWithStupid

Date:8/20/1999 10:59:00 AM

I use Cakewalk when I need to involve Midi, most often for using midi
drum files. For audio production work, like creating a scene for a
comercial, I think a pure multi-track program works better because
its more optimized to deal with audio. I've used SAW in the past,
but am pretty excited about Vegas now.

For 2 track, its Sound Forge if processing is involved (I love the
built in tools and effects, usually all that's needed for mastering),
and Fast Eddie (comes with Digital Audio Labs cards) for, like the
name implies, fast editing like for a dance school remix, for example.