Merging 2 Songs Together

[StarvingEyes]

i am recordnig a band using protools, bringing the bounces to another computer and mastering it, using soundforge. how should i go about getting this done: getting 2 songs to blend together, and even have a guitar/cymbal/whatever fade out of one song into another on the cd.

the two songs have been recorded on one session in PT.
want to have a reverses symbol type of thing at the end of song 1, and as it peaks, have song 2 start, without a pause.


help?

[sloom]

I don't know if SF has a crossfade function, but that's what you do, essentially. You can fade the end of one track, the beginning of another track, and superimpose them somehow... then render them to one track. In Cool Edit's multitrack window this is easy- but doesn't SF come with CD Architect?- or maybe that's a newer version bundle (I've been shopping). Anyway, in CD Arch this is as easy as pushing the two files together. A friend of mine has it...

I'd try sending your finished files to a multitrack program, put them in adjacent tracks, and one way or another getting them to crossfade together as the cursor passes over the wav blocks. If you have to fade each track seperately in your editor, you'll be spending some time getting your timing right, but there you are.

[AlChuck]

Yes, SF can crossfade.

[ethos]

this thread is kind of old but just incase....

fade one song out, and the other in...
then open them in seperate windows, highlight all of the second song, hold 'F8', click and drag the song into the window with the first song, use a marker on the first song so you know where to put the beggining of the second song.

i dont think you can echo one particular instrument of a song though.

anyway...
hope this isnt too late.

[StarvingEyes]

i suppose i put it too vaguely..

ill be putting 1 track into SF that contains 2 songs. the end of the 1st song has a reversed cymbal at the end of it, and right at the peak of it. id like track 2 on their finished cd to commence, with no pause whatsoever.

so i guess the question really isnt about soundforge... the band doesnt need it for another week, and ive been playing around with it. ive got the 2 songs in different windows in SF, but i dont want there to be 2 seconds of silence between the 2 on the final cd, i want the to merge and have track 1 end as 2 begins. i suppose thats in the burning stage.


...sorry for the confusion.

[The First Don]

I would record them both on seperate tracks.

On the second track leave dead air time up until the point that the 1st song ends.

Fade the tracks however you want them to sound.

Figure out what time the 2nd track is to come in.

Insert or remove dead air space from track two to sync them up.

Then mix the tracks.


Of course when you play the CD you wont be able to skip to the second track if you leave it like this.

[Signal 9 Studio]

I use SF for editing and mastering too. I also use CD Architect. I did something similiar to what you r doing. I had the band play the ending of their last song at the beginning of their next song. I then mixed them together with CD architect. It seems like the song never stops yet it changes number on the cd track. It is very seemless and a very cool effect to use.

[frankieballsss]

Originally Posted by StarvingEyes

i am recordnig a band using protools, bringing the bounces to another computer and mastering it, using soundforge. how should i go about getting this done: getting 2 songs to blend together, and even have a guitar/cymbal/whatever fade out of one song into another on the cd.

the two songs have been recorded on one session in PT.
want to have a reverses symbol type of thing at the end of song 1, and as it peaks, have song 2 start, without a pause.


help?

Seems like a pretty unneccesary move to do your "mastering" in soundforge. Pro tools is THE program to do your final mixes in if anything.