Hi This may not be big news to everyone, but using Acid to perfectly pitch samples to absolutely exactly the right bpm so that they all layer super tight when loaded into a sampler is a good way of tightening up sounds that always end up slightly slack when just using the sampler to pitch them. I guess Acid is much more accurate than the pitching in my sampler.
I use a Yamaha A3000v2 and when layering two or more breaks they never quite sit properly, but when Acidized to exactly the same bpm as in the sequencer they are fine and even sound like they were recorded in the same take. Just play around with the number of bars for your sample to get it sounding right and record the Acid setup as a mixed wav. file in the save options and use as a normal sample. You can also open up a load of different breaks in Acid in the first place and just blend away (using the volume envelopes and pitch up and down +/-12) and come up with a load of mixed cool breaks instantly without having to manually pitch them in a sampler. Just draw in a one bar loop for each new file (keep the files as small as poss for later). Are other hardware samplers like my Yamaha (which to be fair is great in every other respect) or are the increments on Akais etc much more accurate. All the old tunes on Good Looking and Cert 18 etc etc used to have breaks layering all over the place - what would you have done if you only had a Atari and a sampler in 1994??? Cheers Dan -----Original Message----- From: Nick Lankester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 May 2002 17:12 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Another new tune-ette Hehe.. Yeah, I like Calibre but he knocks out too many tunes to keep up with!! ;) The way I work with accapellas at the moment is to recycle them but not affect the pitch (in recycle).. Play them in Reason and change the pitch on Dr.Rex to get the timing right.. Then use Steinberg's Vocal Designer plugin on that to reset the pitch to whatever (in fact it works quite well with any sound).. It's not a pretty way of doing it but it's practical!.. The chipmunk effect was slightly intentional! (although I try to avoid it where possible!).. ;) OK, cheers! Comparisons to Calibre are always gonna get me motivated!! (even if it's only a little bit).. I'll work in it more and see what I can come up with!! Thanks again, Nick -----Original Message----- From: Brian J. Haag [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 May 2002 16:56 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Another new tune-ette --- Nick Lankester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://cityroad.org.uk/Blunted/Funky7.mp3 The first synth to enter is kinda dry/plain. Filter sweep it, and screw around with the velocities, etc. The drop is a bit sudden. The breaks are pretty tight (sounds like Calibre's remix of Dylan and Ink). I'd try to speed up the vocals without chipmunking them. You can do that by using Recycle on the vocal samples and then writing triggers by hand for the samples (using Dr. Rex, if that's your thing). Kind of a cool track. Listen to LOTS of Calibre, and I think you'll get it going in the direction you want. b ===== Brian J. Haag [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] DISCLAIMER: The Information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or ommision taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. This E-mail and any attachments are believed to be free from viruses but it is your responsibility to carry out all necessary virus checks and Vertase Ltd. accepts no liability in connection therewith. --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
