Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9 -ACID Product Family

Subject:Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9 Posted by: storyteller Date:6/26/2014 8:43:00 AM How do I bring my composition of (orchestral) loops to a neat conclusion in Acid Studio 9? Surely a fadeout is a cop-out--and would become funny after the 2nd or 3rd time? A pad in the right key seems to be the only option, but that's very limited. I'll be grateful to anyone who can help.
Subject:RE: Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9 Reply by: VMP Date:6/26/2014 1:12:56 PM You could place an one-hit at the end, or fade out, or repeat the pattern three times just to end it. To name a few. VMP
Subject:RE: Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9 Reply by: storyteller Date:7/2/2014 5:34:45 AM Thanks for your prompt reply--will do.
Subject:RE: Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9 Reply by: Frank Z Date:7/17/2014 10:27:46 AM You asked this a while ago but my technique is to fade out the tracks one by one going out leaving what I consider to be the fundamental essence of the track as the last to fade out. Most of the time it'll be the secondary percussion but I have tracks where the item was an insect sample and another time it was one of the repeating vocal phrases I had sampled. Fades aren't that bad if you do them in a non-copout way. Like VMP said a repeating phrase isn't bad and you can also fade that out. Sometimes I "bring it back" after a second or two of silents either fade in or loud depending on the sound. Lots of options....
Subject:RE: Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9 Reply by: b.complex Date:7/19/2014 10:06:22 AM I would like to offer the following suggestions: 1. Ritard. Free yourself from the snapping grid in ACID and start spacing things out a little bit in the last couple of bars to simulate the orchestra slowing down for emotional impact. 2. Use the ability to draw volume envelopes to create a swell on that final orchestral pad or to simulate the dynamics of a "real orchestra"

Subject:Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9

Posted by: storyteller

Date:6/26/2014 8:43:00 AM

How do I bring my composition of (orchestral) loops to a neat conclusion in Acid Studio 9? Surely a fadeout is a cop-out--and would become funny after the 2nd or 3rd time? A pad in the right key seems to be the only option, but that's very limited. I'll be grateful to anyone who can help.

Subject:RE: Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9

Reply by: VMP

Date:6/26/2014 1:12:56 PM

You could place an one-hit at the end, or fade out, or repeat the pattern three times just to end it. To name a few.

VMP

Subject:RE: Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9

Reply by: storyteller

Date:7/2/2014 5:34:45 AM

Thanks for your prompt reply--will do.

Subject:RE: Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9

Reply by: Frank Z

Date:7/17/2014 10:27:46 AM

You asked this a while ago but my technique is to fade out the tracks one by one going out leaving what I consider to be the fundamental essence of the track as the last to fade out. Most of the time it'll be the secondary percussion but I have tracks where the item was an insect sample and another time it was one of the repeating vocal phrases I had sampled. Fades aren't that bad if you do them in a non-copout way. Like VMP said a repeating phrase isn't bad and you can also fade that out. Sometimes I "bring it back" after a second or two of silents either fade in or loud depending on the sound. Lots of options....

Subject:RE: Ending a tune in Acid Studio 9

Reply by: b.complex

Date:7/19/2014 10:06:22 AM

I would like to offer the following suggestions:

1. Ritard. Free yourself from the snapping grid in ACID and start spacing things out a little bit in the last couple of bars to simulate the orchestra slowing down for emotional impact.

2. Use the ability to draw volume envelopes to create a swell on that final orchestral pad or to simulate the dynamics of a "real orchestra"