Adjusting tempo for "ACIDized" .WAV files?

IWood · Post by **IWood** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:23 pm

This is tangentially related (sort of) to the Time Stretch broken 5.12 thread, but I thought I'd start a new one rather than tack it on there.

I've got Smart Loops Pro Drum Works, ACID edition. My impression was that DP would be able to adjust the tempo of said loops without compression/stretching/pitch shifting of the audio.

I may have been tragically wrong about that; was I?

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:37 pm

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If you mean you expected DP to work with the audio loops just like Acid, I'm afraid you were...

It would be nice if it did, though.

IWood · Post by **IWood** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:56 pm

FMiguelez wrote:.

If you mean you expected DP to work with the audio loops just like Acid, I'm afraid you were...

It would be nice if it did, though.

Nuts.

Just so I know how bad to feel: is there a format that does work that way in DP?

Shooshie · Post by **Shooshie** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:24 pm

I haven't tried it yet (the disks are staring at me on my desk here, waiting for me to install them), but Mach Five-2 claims to be able to do things like that. It says it will sync the loops to your tempo and key and all that. It does not say "but it will sound like chipmunks," but then again, it doesn't say it won't, either. I'm assuming that it will do the job and make it sound good. Until I find out otherwise, I'll stick to that assumption.

You might try the Mach Five forum and ask if anyone has done that, and how the results turned out.

Shooshie

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:29 pm

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Probably REX files, but I've never used those in DP.

I mean, you can always stretch and pitch shift audio in DP, but not in real-time like you can in Acid. Is that what you want?
What's nice about Acid is that you just change the project tempo, and the loops follow, with no offline processing.

If you are heavily into loops, and you already have DP, check out Stylus RMX, or/and Ableton's Live. They work wonders when paired with DP, and very similar to the way Acid handles pitch shifting and stretching in real time.

Just so I totally understand what you want: you thought DP worked exactly like Acid regarding loop work? I hope you're not terrible disappointed...

IWood · Post by **IWood** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:37 pm

FMiguelez wrote:.

Probably REX files, but I've never used those in DP. [...]

I hope you're not terrible disappointed...

Nah, I just may have screwed up and bought the wrong format for my drums. That's all I plan to use loops for--everything else is DI or analogue.

For now, I'm treating DP like a big honking tape recorder: hit REC and go.

twistedtom · Post by **twistedtom** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 2:10 am

If I remember right, I have use Acid loops in Sound Tracks Pro, I think they may work in Garage Band.
You could ajust the tempo then send a file out and import it into DP.
I will test this today.