Subject:Splitting at cursor and more...

Posted by: djcruz

Date:10/17/1999 12:34:00 PM

Hi
I have a couple of easy questions about Acid. what does the
split at cursor feature do why would you use it? Why can't
I get my FX on my Acid Pro? (There are none listed except
for some Cakewalk demos). When I record directly inot Acid
I get skips and gaps however, if I record using Sound forge
I have no problems. What is the cause of that? I have an
AMD K6-2 333, 128MB RAM, SB Live sound card, SCSI CD ROM.
Lastly I am a DJ and want to remix songs but because of the
length of the songs it's hard to get the beats to match to
an underlying beat. Should I, break up the song into
smaller parts or should I just play with the stretching
properties? Thanks
Noel

Subject:Re: Splitting at cursor and more...

Reply by: NickW

Date:10/23/1999 4:17:00 PM

I use split at curser any time I want to move or delete part of a
loop or disc based track, but leave the rest of it where it is. It
lets you divide up any event into sections which can be selected and
edited independently.
There are many different culprits for causing skips in a recording,
but its a good idea to make sure ACID is the only thing running
besides Explorer and systray when you record. You might try disabling
the monitor, just in case it's the video driver using up the bus with
graphics acceleration while you're recording.
If the music you are remixing is electronically based, or has an very
steady tempo, it should be possible to line loops up with it. I
would only use Stretch from tempo if you actually want the ACID
project to be faster or slower than the original song. In that case,
enter the original tempo in "Stretch from" and it will stretch to the
project tempo.
Otherwise, the key is setting the project tempo to the exact same
tempo as the disc based track, lining up the first beat with your
loops, and then you won't need to do any tedious splicing. If you
don't know the exact tempo of the material, you can record a couple
bars of it into Sound Forge and use the Edit Tempo tool to find it
exactly.
I hope that helps

Noel wrote:
>>Hi
>>I have a couple of easy questions about Acid. what does the
>>split at cursor feature do why would you use it? Why can't
>>I get my FX on my Acid Pro? (There are none listed except
>>for some Cakewalk demos). When I record directly inot Acid
>>I get skips and gaps however, if I record using Sound forge
>>I have no problems. What is the cause of that? I have an
>>AMD K6-2 333, 128MB RAM, SB Live sound card, SCSI CD ROM.
>>Lastly I am a DJ and want to remix songs but because of the
>>length of the songs it's hard to get the beats to match to
>>an underlying beat. Should I, break up the song into
>>smaller parts or should I just play with the stretching
>>properties? Thanks
>>Noel

Subject:Re: Splitting at cursor and more...

Reply by: djcruz

Date:10/27/1999 12:54:00 AM

Thanks for the info, I will try it and let you know the results.
Thanks again

Nick Wood wrote:
>>I use split at curser any time I want to move or delete part of a
>>loop or disc based track, but leave the rest of it where it is. It
>>lets you divide up any event into sections which can be selected
and
>>edited independently.
>>There are many different culprits for causing skips in a recording,
>>but its a good idea to make sure ACID is the only thing running
>>besides Explorer and systray when you record. You might try
disabling
>>the monitor, just in case it's the video driver using up the bus
with
>>graphics acceleration while you're recording.
>>If the music you are remixing is electronically based, or has an
very
>>steady tempo, it should be possible to line loops up with it. I
>>would only use Stretch from tempo if you actually want the ACID
>>project to be faster or slower than the original song. In that
case,
>>enter the original tempo in "Stretch from" and it will stretch to
the
>>project tempo.
>>Otherwise, the key is setting the project tempo to the exact same
>>tempo as the disc based track, lining up the first beat with your
>>loops, and then you won't need to do any tedious splicing. If you
>>don't know the exact tempo of the material, you can record a couple
>>bars of it into Sound Forge and use the Edit Tempo tool to find it
>>exactly.
>> I hope that helps
>>
>>Noel wrote:
>>>>Hi
>>>>I have a couple of easy questions about Acid. what does the
>>>>split at cursor feature do why would you use it? Why can't
>>>>I get my FX on my Acid Pro? (There are none listed except
>>>>for some Cakewalk demos). When I record directly inot Acid
>>>>I get skips and gaps however, if I record using Sound forge
>>>>I have no problems. What is the cause of that? I have an
>>>>AMD K6-2 333, 128MB RAM, SB Live sound card, SCSI CD ROM.
>>>>Lastly I am a DJ and want to remix songs but because of the
>>>>length of the songs it's hard to get the beats to match to
>>>>an underlying beat. Should I, break up the song into
>>>>smaller parts or should I just play with the stretching
>>>>properties? Thanks
>>>>Noel