KVR Audio

pavvel · Post by **pavvel** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:12 pm

Whats the easiest way to do this with a raw uncut piece of vocal audio??

Been trying a few methods and it isn't really happening

Mr. Tunes · Post by **Mr. Tunes** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:40 pm

i think a common method is to line the accapella up with the original track so they phase. when you know the original track's tempo and loop points then you can mirror that editing on the accapella track. i'm curious if anyone knows more detail on these techniques though.

pettinhouse · Post by **pettinhouse** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:29 am

what kind of music is it? depend if we are talking about pop music or something you can recognize more and less which tempo it has.

Put the voice in a multitrack and try to recognize which tempo it has.
Mute the voice track and create the song you want to fit with the voice
Now when you have created the song just sync the first words, seconds of the voice with the song and everytime is going out of tempo just split the track and move it untill you get the tempo again. Continue doing that till the end.

"Le je son fè"

Andrea

pavvel · Post by **pavvel** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:15 pm

Thanks for the tips guys, ill try some of the suggestions out

neverfall · Post by **neverfall** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:24 pm

Ableton Live is the answer. Learn how to work with warp makers and you'll "usually" find it EXTREMELY EASY to speed up or slow down areas in a vocal to match it with any tempo you want.

Seriously, Live is the best thing to happen to the remix in years.

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:41 pm

Make a click-track by hand: just do a bit of table-drumming while playing the track, and record that on another track. Then you can determine the tempo of the click-track.

If you've got rythm and still can't do it this way, then it's not possible I'm afraid.

Sundance_k1d · Post by **Sundance_k1d** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:29 am

Pawel wrote:Whats the easiest way to do this with a raw uncut piece of vocal audio??

Hi.

There are several metods. If the accapella is from a commercial song: get that song and use a free dj program called "Mixmeister BPM analyzer" and analyze the song. BPM analyzer works pretty good, its not 100% accurate but I think it is a very handy program. I use this metod alot myself when remixing hiphop.

Another metod, which I think is much cooler, is to take the accapella and make a beat for it. Then to synch them together, just change the BPM of your beat and "use your ears" to hear when the accapella sounds good to the beat. This way, an accapella remix can acctually work at a different beat then the original - this makes your mix more original and sometimes, much cooler then the original mix.

Third metod, beatsynching with a simple metronome. Put your accapella in a multitrack editor and turn the metronome on. Most songs (not all) are divided into parts that are dividable by 2,4,8: even numbers. Try to count the beats: alot of songs will have a verse that is say: 4 bars 4/4 or 8 bars 4/4. Of course this doesnt work with all songs, and its ofcourse a major help if you know the time signature of the song that the accapella is taken from: 4/4, 6/8, 3/4. 4/4 is the most common time signature in todays popular rock and pop music. 3/4 is mostly used in waltz and folkmusic. 6/8 was used alot in the 50-60s and is still frequently used in some rock songs.

Finding a vocals tempo