Beatmapper or one-shot?

[Brad]

Howdy, I am toying with the idea of remixing one of my tunes. My plan is to dump 2 tracks - a guitar and a vocal - into ACID and then add new drums, bass, etc. When I import these wav. files, should I do them as one shots, or as beatmapper files? The tracks will already follow a certain tempo, so I am not sure which would benefit me - I am not planning to change the original tempo of the tracks either - does that help me choose whick type of track I should import?

Does this make sense? It seems like beatmapper would be the best, because it finds the downbeat, and therefore, it should snap nicely into ACID and I can add loops and one shots in time. Is my assumption correct? If I import as a one shots, it seems like I will need to do more work, nudging the track to beat one of a measure, etc. Do I have even a slight grasp on what I am talking about, or am I missing this whole concept? Thanks.

Brad

[SPINSTERWUN]

What's up Brad.

It all depends on what you are trying to do. Because you could go either route.

If you are trying to use small segments of each track, then you should use the Beat Mapper. If you are trying to add accompaning items to the 2 completed tracks, I would suggest using them as One Shots.

It really just depends on which way works best for what you are trying to do. So try both ways

peace...

spin

[bizarre]

Don't quote me on this, but I think if you open large files as beatmap files, you'll use more of your RAM than if you use one shot .... come to think of it - quote me, I'm sure
bizz

[SPINSTERWUN]

Yep, bizarre is correct, Brad.



spin

[Brad]

Thanks guys! I have messed around with beatmappers so far, they seem to be working - I am going to do it as one shots as well, and see if it works just as good or better - thanks for the info!

Brad

[SPINSTERWUN]

No. problemo.