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Looking for advice: have long sample (3+ minutes) with barely audible beats...

  • 28-03-2009 3:40pm
    #1
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭


    Hello

    I hope someone can give me advice on this.

    I have an old sample which I really like. Throughout this sample the beat is barly audible. I would like to replace this beat with a new, louder version. So I would follow the same beat pattern - I am just laying an improved louder version on top of it.

    I know I could use reason or something to create a new beat, but I think it would be difficult to layer it perfectly on top of the original beat.

    Is there a way I can build up a beat by listening to the sample and adding individual beats on top of the original beat? If you could imagine this would be like playing the sample and having a real-life drummer play the drums along with it.

    I hope the above makes sense!

    Any advice appreciated.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Neurojazz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭Neurojazz


    Put the sample into something like re:drum and trigger it so that it runs along - then turn the looping off so that the whole sample plays and turn the click on - then turn the speed up and down like a DJ until you can see what the tempo is - or post a short section of it here and we can probably tell you (at least 4-5 bars of it with the beat)


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    If you're on pro tools, beat detective..


  • #4
    Anima
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,945 ✭✭✭Anima


    If the beat is barely audible, I dunno how well triggering would work. Why not just do it manually?


  • #5
    PMI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 801 ✭✭✭PMI


    Toontracks new drum tracker will do it for ya.... this is where it really shines :)

    check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA95qe7uCY4

    its very quick to, so its all up to your mouse control :D

    If you can pump up the waveform, ie: normalise (only for this experiment cause noise floor doesnt matter) then you should have an easier time !


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