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Subject:Beginner here...sampling question...be gentle!
Posted by: RawLo
Date:1/12/2000 3:24:00 PM
Hi everyone! I'm new to the board, new to Acid period! I recently purchased Acid Music 2.0 to help me create my hip- hop type tracks...I don't know too much about Acid, so any help would be appreciated! What I'm trying to do is "sample" maybe 4 to 7 second snips from CD's to loop, but have no idea on how to do it...can someone please point me in the right direction??? I didn't purchase a separate sound editor, like SoundForge (expensive!), but was wondering if I need something like that to sample stuff from CD's, or even to edit existing loops (chop up, play only certain portions). Anyone willing to take the time to help a newcomer? I'd appreciate any assistance at all!!! Peace! RawLO |
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Subject:Re: Beginner here...sampling question...be gentle!
Reply by: interfecto
Date:1/13/2000 10:30:00 PM
brian burke wrote: >>Hi everyone! I'm new to the board, new to Acid period! I >>recently purchased Acid Music 2.0 to help me create my hip- >>hop type tracks...I don't know too much about Acid, so any >>help would be appreciated! What I'm trying to do is >>"sample" maybe 4 to 7 second snips from CD's to loop, but >>have no idea on how to do it...can someone please point me >>in the right direction??? I didn't purchase a separate >>sound editor, like SoundForge (expensive!), but was >>wondering if I need something like that to sample stuff >>from CD's, or even to edit existing loops (chop up, play >>only certain portions). Anyone willing to take the time to >>help a newcomer? I'd appreciate any assistance at all!!! >> >>Peace! >>RawLO Greetings Rawlo, Find the section of the CD that you wanna sample. Pause the CD a few seconds before the part you wanna keep. Open Acid and Hit the Record Button. Start the CD and then press Play in the Record Dialog Box. Stop recording a few seconds after the sample passes. Fit the Track to Time and use Snap to Ruler. Line up the beginning of the part you wanna keep to a Ruler Mark. Set the Loop Markers on top of the Track List to designate the beginning and end of the Loop. Verify that the Track your Sample is on is the only Active Track. In the Pull-down Edit Menu choose Mix to New Track. Acid will cut the Loop out and install it on a New Track while saving it where you designate it to be saved. Do this a coupla times. Check the Record Level Meters. You need to get a feel for Recording. The peak of the Record Level Meter before you record should be about -6 dB in order to get a good Finished Product. Salute, Jon |
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Subject:Re: Beginner here...sampling question...be gentle!
Reply by: rio
Date:1/24/2000 12:13:00 PM
You can't really "edit" samples in Acid, but you can just record the portion of the track you want directly into Acid and then clip it to the length you want. To perform major editing you should get SoundForge, expensive but well worth it. Keep mixing brian burke wrote: >>Hi everyone! I'm new to the board, new to Acid period! I >>recently purchased Acid Music 2.0 to help me create my hip- >>hop type tracks...I don't know too much about Acid, so any >>help would be appreciated! What I'm trying to do is >>"sample" maybe 4 to 7 second snips from CD's to loop, but >>have no idea on how to do it...can someone please point me >>in the right direction??? I didn't purchase a separate >>sound editor, like SoundForge (expensive!), but was >>wondering if I need something like that to sample stuff >>from CD's, or even to edit existing loops (chop up, play >>only certain portions). Anyone willing to take the time to >>help a newcomer? I'd appreciate any assistance at all!!! >> >>Peace! >>RawLO |
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Subject:Re: Beginner here...sampling question...be gentle!
Reply by: eyeswidesmile
Date:1/26/2000 8:59:00 PM
I take a different, slightly easier approach to this. I grabbed a copy of WINDAC, a shareware program that will digitally rip audio tracks from a CD into a WAV file. This usually gives me a 30-40MB WAV file. I then use SoundForge to mark just the section I want, then copy it and paste the section into a new audio file. This way, I get a LOT of control over the result. Cheers, JS Jon Jenkins wrote: >> >> >>brian burke wrote: >>>>Hi everyone! I'm new to the board, new to Acid period! I >>>>recently purchased Acid Music 2.0 to help me create my hip- >>>>hop type tracks...I don't know too much about Acid, so any >>>>help would be appreciated! What I'm trying to do is >>>>"sample" maybe 4 to 7 second snips from CD's to loop, but >>>>have no idea on how to do it...can someone please point me >>>>in the right direction??? I didn't purchase a separate >>>>sound editor, like SoundForge (expensive!), but was >>>>wondering if I need something like that to sample stuff >>>>from CD's, or even to edit existing loops (chop up, play >>>>only certain portions). Anyone willing to take the time to >>>>help a newcomer? I'd appreciate any assistance at all!!! >>>> >>>>Peace! >>>>RawLO >> >>Greetings Rawlo, >> Find the section of the CD that you wanna sample. Pause the CD a >>few seconds before the part you wanna keep. Open Acid and Hit the >>Record Button. Start the CD and then press Play in the Record Dialog >>Box. Stop recording a few seconds after the sample passes. Fit the >>Track to Time and use Snap to Ruler. Line up the beginning of the >>part you wanna keep to a Ruler Mark. Set the Loop Markers on top of >>the Track List to designate the beginning and end of the Loop. Verify >>that the Track your Sample is on is the only Active Track. In the >>Pull-down Edit Menu choose Mix to New Track. Acid will cut the Loop >>out and install it on a New Track while saving it where you designate >>it to be saved. >>Do this a coupla times. Check the Record Level Meters. You need to >>get a feel for Recording. The peak of the Record Level Meter before >>you record should be about -6 dB in order to get a good Finished >>Product. >>Salute, >>Jon |