Hi a question about making drum tracks to go with audio.
If you have multitracks that includes a click track or simple drum beat, what is the best way to add a full drum part to the tracks?
convert the click track to midi some how eg midifier
how then th script / create a full track - soundfonts?
Is there a way to accurately get the bpm of this click audio / converted midi so as to then add a loop track of drums in say acid?
does anyone know of a simple tool to batch change the bpm of an acidized loop? or get the bpm of a clean ripped loop from a cd?
What if you have no click (audio) track to start with?
any feedback would be great.
regards
45er
Add drum tracks after recorded audio?
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- KVRAF
- 12977 posts since 29 Sep, 2003 from Ottawa, Canada
Wow, some tough scenarios--
-If you've recorded into your sequencer with a click track enabled, it should already be synced to your BPM.
-If, however, you have used a drum machine or metronome, you can go back to it and find out what BPM IT was set for and set your sequencer to it.
-If you just have audio clicks and no way to remember what the BPM was, you can find it by tapping the tempo into a freeware program, or directly into your sequencer if it has that capability (Tracktion does, but due to human error, you still have to guestimate). If you remember that your click track was an even number, it'll be easier.
-If there's no click track at all, you'll have to do the same as above, but understand that your musicians will drift. As a result, you're going to have to fiddle with the audio parts to get them to line up to the beat. This is bone-simple for some people who know their tools and have the right software. I don't know my tools and I'm not sure if I have the best software for the job, so I'd hate even trying it.
-Even when I've had the drum track already in place, I've had to shift vocal and instrumental phrases around to get them to line up. In most audio editors and sequencers, you can zoom in on a waveform with enough accuracy to chop in between notes and words, so with a bit of patience, you'll still be able to get the job done.
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-Another option, and one that I personally would not be able to do, is to set up your DRUM track to follow the instruments, maintaining a very human feel. In some ways, this might be the best-sounding solution, but it strikes me as a difficult process, and not one I know how to do, so I can only say that it IS possible, but I don't know offhand how to do it.
Greg
-If you've recorded into your sequencer with a click track enabled, it should already be synced to your BPM.
-If, however, you have used a drum machine or metronome, you can go back to it and find out what BPM IT was set for and set your sequencer to it.
-If you just have audio clicks and no way to remember what the BPM was, you can find it by tapping the tempo into a freeware program, or directly into your sequencer if it has that capability (Tracktion does, but due to human error, you still have to guestimate). If you remember that your click track was an even number, it'll be easier.
-If there's no click track at all, you'll have to do the same as above, but understand that your musicians will drift. As a result, you're going to have to fiddle with the audio parts to get them to line up to the beat. This is bone-simple for some people who know their tools and have the right software. I don't know my tools and I'm not sure if I have the best software for the job, so I'd hate even trying it.
-Even when I've had the drum track already in place, I've had to shift vocal and instrumental phrases around to get them to line up. In most audio editors and sequencers, you can zoom in on a waveform with enough accuracy to chop in between notes and words, so with a bit of patience, you'll still be able to get the job done.
[edit:]
-Another option, and one that I personally would not be able to do, is to set up your DRUM track to follow the instruments, maintaining a very human feel. In some ways, this might be the best-sounding solution, but it strikes me as a difficult process, and not one I know how to do, so I can only say that it IS possible, but I don't know offhand how to do it.
Greg