disk based track editing problem...help! -ACID Product Family

Subject:disk based track editing problem...help! Posted by: tad Date:1/5/2000 10:00:00 AM Okay, I made the mistake of starting a project in Acid as if it was a muti-tracker, Vegas Pro is on the way, but I still need to salvage this project. Here's what we did: We have the main drum tracks as loops in Acid, from there we sent a clock from Acid to a synth and recorded the synth as audio. The synth lines are large disk based audio files, but we only need one bar of each of these (we picked the one that looped best). So, we spliced it and copied the one repetition that we wanted and are using part of the disk based files as loops. How can I export the portion of disk based audio that I want and resave it as a loop file? I don't want to edit the files in Sound Forge because it is all syncing very nicely right now. -Tad Email me directly here.
Subject:Re: disk based track editing problem...help! Reply by: interfecto Date:1/5/2000 8:25:00 PM tad wrote: >>Okay, I made the mistake of starting a project in Acid as >>if it was a muti-tracker, Vegas Pro is on the way, but I >>still need to salvage this project. >> >>Here's what we did: >> >>We have the main drum tracks as loops in Acid, from there >>we sent a clock from Acid to a synth and recorded the synth >>as audio. The synth lines are large disk based audio >>files, but we only need one bar of each of these (we picked >>the one that looped best). So, we spliced it and copied >>the one repetition that we wanted and are using part of the >>disk based files as loops. How can I export the portion of >>disk based audio that I want and resave it as a loop >>file? I don't want to edit the files in Sound Forge >>because it is all syncing very nicely right now. Greetings Tad, Thanks for the AMD Info. I would try this: load up the synth track to a channel and locate the section that you want to use as a loop. Place the loop markers above the section you want to save ( the bar with the two arrows on each end above the Track List ). Designate the track as Solo, make sure no other tracks are active. Then use Edit-- >Mix to New Track and you'll cut out the section as a new Loop. Save as New Track. Check the Level Meters of each track before and after making the Loop. I usually have to set the Original Track to 0dB beforehand in order to get the original level to appear on the New Loop. Usually I lose dBs when Mixing to New Track but it aint no big thang, you know what I'm sayin? It doesn't happen every single time. It's easy to adjust and there's no Guess work. Look at the level of any loop as it plays. If the Peak is -6.2 dB for example. Adjust the Track Volume Up 0.2 dB and then play it back again. The new Peak will be -6.0 dB. Learn by doing and Learn as you go. Monkey with it. Play with it. Work with it. The more you use it, the better you'll get. You'll be an Ace in no time. I hope to hell this helps you because I've just developed a severe case of The Typing Cramps. Salute, Jon P.S. You ever need any Custom Bass Loops, I can make em for you with my Fender Precision or Jazz Basses. I make all of my own Loops by playing the instruments myself. >> >>-Tad >> >>Email me directly >>here. >> >> >>

tad wrote:
>>Okay, I made the mistake of starting a project in Acid as
>>if it was a muti-tracker, Vegas Pro is on the way, but I
>>still need to salvage this project.
>>
>>Here's what we did:
>>
>>We have the main drum tracks as loops in Acid, from there
>>we sent a clock from Acid to a synth and recorded the synth
>>as audio. The synth lines are large disk based audio
>>files, but we only need one bar of each of these (we picked
>>the one that looped best). So, we spliced it and copied
>>the one repetition that we wanted and are using part of the
>>disk based files as loops. How can I export the portion of
>>disk based audio that I want and resave it as a loop
>>file? I don't want to edit the files in Sound Forge
>>because it is all syncing very nicely right now.

Greetings Tad,
Thanks for the AMD Info. I would try this: load up the synth track to
a channel and locate the section that you want to use as a loop.
Place the loop markers above the section you want to save ( the bar
with the two arrows on each end above the Track List ). Designate the
track as Solo, make sure no other tracks are active. Then use Edit--
>Mix to New Track and you'll cut out the section as a new Loop. Save
as New Track. Check the Level Meters of each track before and after
making the Loop. I usually have to set the Original Track to 0dB
beforehand in order to get the original level to appear on the New
Loop. Usually I lose dBs when Mixing to New Track but it aint no big
thang, you know what I'm sayin? It doesn't happen every single time.
It's easy to adjust and there's no Guess work.
Look at the level of any loop as it plays. If the Peak is -6.2 dB for
example. Adjust the Track Volume Up 0.2 dB and then play it back
again. The new Peak will be -6.0 dB.
Learn by doing and Learn as you go. Monkey with it. Play with it.
Work with it. The more you use it, the better you'll get. You'll be
an Ace in no time.
I hope to hell this helps you because I've just developed a severe
case of The Typing Cramps.

Salute,
Jon

P.S. You ever need any Custom Bass Loops, I can make em for you with
my Fender Precision or Jazz Basses. I make all of my own Loops by
playing the instruments myself.
>>
>>-Tad
>>
>>Email me directly
>>here.
>>
>>
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