can't get homemade loops to sync in ACID

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Howdy, all. I'm taking my first shot at creating my own loops and I'm running into some problems.

I've created a loop from a drum machine (so it's in time), I edit it in Sound Forge to get the dead air off the front and back and ACIDize it (which I've also tried in ACID) but it just won't line up -- toward the end of the loop it falls out of time... The strange thing is that if I save it as a one-shot and place them back to back (like a loop), it syncs perfectly...!?!

Any advice on how to edit a homemade loop to get it to sync correctly? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

J

http://www.mp3.com/30SoS/
 
Do you have your BPM's in Acid set to the same tempo as the Beats Per Minute of the track from the drum machine?
 
Yep, both set to the same tempo. It's just a very open loop with a lot of space and a relatively slow tempo (87bpm), so I think ACID is having a hard time finding the beat. Any suggestions on adjusting the markers in the beat properties in ACID? Could I fix it that way and, if so, how? Since the same 'sample' lines up as one-shots back to back but not as a loop, I'm assuming the problem has to be in the way that ACID/SF has added the markers. Any other thoughts...?

J
http://www.mp3.com/30SoS/
 
If it is working as an "one shot", why would you want to convert it into a "loop"?

Just paste your "one shots".
 
I can be kind of bullheaded that way... ;-)> I can get by with the one-shots for now, but it is a rhythmic loop (with some pitch to it) so if I want to change the tempo or the key, put this sample in a different song, etc., I'd be stuck. I want to make sure that I can successfully create/edit homemade loops -- if I have to do everything as one-shots, it kind of defeats the purpose of ACID to a degree... Any other ideas?

J
http://www.mp3.com/30SoS/
 
Yeah, I know what you mean.

I'm about to cook my kids some dinner.

I'll have an answer for you tonight.

peace...

spin
 
Yeah, I know what you mean.

I'm about to cook my kids some dinner.

I'll have an answer for you tonight.

peace...

spin
 
If you don't want to have Acid changing the properties of your sample, then you should change it to DISK BASED.

But, then you will run into the same problem as having it being a "ONE SHOT".

What you could do is this...

Open it up as an ONE SHOT.

Solo the track.

Mix it down to another track (MIX TO NEW TRACK).

Then once it's (Acid) done that, it will in a looped "form".

(On a new track).

Let me know if that works for you.

spin
 
sorry i didn't get back to you, spin. i toyed with your suggestion a bit and couldn't really get the process itself to work (i know nothing about recording audio on ACID -- i use it soley for prerecorded loops). i literally couldn't get it to record, which shows you my knowledge of that program... :-/>

anyway, i ended up editing and re-editing the loop and finally got it to line up the hard way... thanks for taking the time to help me try and work this out. sorry again i didn't reply back.

j
http://www.mp3.com/30SoS/
 
Sorry about that, I should have walked you through the process.

Change the drum pattern into an ONE-SHOT.

Solo (S) the track that contains the ONE-SHOT.

Goto EDIT, then goto Mix to New Track.

That should do it for you.

peace

spin
 
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