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Subject:recording problems Posted by: gaz13 Date:12/7/2001 11:01:23 PM I am new at acid and maybe this question has been answered but I can't find it. here is the question. When I record a loop in acid and then clean up the recording in sound forge, when I reopen the loop in acid the tempo/time is all screwed up, it comes out fast and if I slow it down it gets all gargley. I am sure it is something lame. It also claims I am using illegal markers, any help Gaz also what is with this ignore user message
Subject:RE: recording problems Reply by: Iacobus Date:12/8/2001 11:44:30 AM I'm not sure about the illegal markers or ignore user issue, but I may have an answer to your recording problem. You might want to check out the Edit ACID Properties and Edit Tempo commands under Special on the menu bar in Sound Forge. Once you get the recorded sample to loop exactly the way you want it (including cutting out any excess space preventing the sample from looping properly), read on. Basically, you'll want to determine exactly how many beats you want your loop to be using the Edit Tempo function (note that this is only a monitoring type of tool and won't make any changes to your recorded loop). Use the "Selection Length in Beats" option here. (You'll probably want to make it an even number of beats; 4, 8 or 16 for example.) Once you adjust the selection length in beats, the "Tempo in Beats per Minute" option will change to reflect exactly what the tempo has to be to hear the recorded sample as you hear it in Sound Forge. So, if tempo reflects 120 BPM, then you'll have to set the project tempo in ACID to be 120 BPM. From there, you'd use the Edit ACID Properties function to enter the number of beats desired for the loop, which should be the same entered for selection length in beats in the Edit Tempo option (4, 8 or 16). (See the correlation between "Edit ACID Properties" and "Edit Tempo" yet?) Now, if the tempo listed back in Edit Tempo is not desired but you do want to keep the number of beats, use "Process>Time Stretch" on the menu bar in Sound Forge. Change "Input format" to "Tempo (bpm)", choose a mode type and enter the desired value in "Final Tempo". Click OK. Voilà. HTH, Iacobus
Subject:RE: recording problems Reply by: Styrerra Date:12/9/2001 1:41:51 AM Is it just me or do I have it the other way around. I record in SF. Rarely do I come back.
Subject:RE: recording problems Reply by: Iacobus Date:12/9/2001 11:04:43 PM If you plan on using your recorded track as a loop, you'll definitely want to ACIDize it for use with ACID. However, if the track you're recording is just one long solo, for example, you might just want to keep it as a Beatmapped (disk-based) track or as a One-shot track. I was assuming that gaz13 wanted to use his recorded snippet as a loop. Iacobus

Subject:recording problems

Posted by: gaz13

Date:12/7/2001 11:01:23 PM

I am new at acid and maybe this question has been answered but I can't find it. here is the question. When I record a loop in acid and then clean up the recording in sound forge, when I reopen the loop in acid the tempo/time is all screwed up, it comes out fast and if I slow it down it gets all gargley. I am sure it is something lame. It also claims I am using illegal markers, any help Gaz also what is with this ignore user message

Subject:RE: recording problems

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:12/8/2001 11:44:30 AM

I'm not sure about the illegal markers or ignore user issue, but I may have an answer to your recording problem.

You might want to check out the Edit ACID Properties and Edit Tempo commands under Special on the menu bar in Sound Forge.

Once you get the recorded sample to loop exactly the way you want it (including cutting out any excess space preventing the sample from looping properly), read on.

Basically, you'll want to determine exactly how many beats you want your loop to be using the Edit Tempo function (note that this is only a monitoring type of tool and won't make any changes to your recorded loop). Use the "Selection Length in Beats" option here. (You'll probably want to make it an even number of beats; 4, 8 or 16 for example.) Once you adjust the selection length in beats, the "Tempo in Beats per Minute" option will change to reflect exactly what the tempo has to be to hear the recorded sample as you hear it in Sound Forge. So, if tempo reflects 120 BPM, then you'll have to set the project tempo in ACID to be 120 BPM.

From there, you'd use the Edit ACID Properties function to enter the number of beats desired for the loop, which should be the same entered for selection length in beats in the Edit Tempo option (4, 8 or 16). (See the correlation between "Edit ACID Properties" and "Edit Tempo" yet?)

Now, if the tempo listed back in Edit Tempo is not desired but you do want to keep the number of beats, use "Process>Time Stretch" on the menu bar in Sound Forge. Change "Input format" to "Tempo (bpm)", choose a mode type and enter the desired value in "Final Tempo". Click OK. Voilà.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: recording problems

Reply by: Styrerra

Date:12/9/2001 1:41:51 AM

Is it just me or do I have it the other way around. I record in SF. Rarely do I come back.

Subject:RE: recording problems

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:12/9/2001 11:04:43 PM

If you plan on using your recorded track as a loop, you'll definitely want to ACIDize it for use with ACID.

However, if the track you're recording is just one long solo, for example, you might just want to keep it as a Beatmapped (disk-based) track or as a One-shot track.

I was assuming that gaz13 wanted to use his recorded snippet as a loop.

Iacobus