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21-12-2003, 02:56 AM
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The first step is to get a few drum sounds that you like and load them in a new ACID Project. You should get http://www.getremixed.net/files/drummachine.zipfor this tutorial which has a few drum sounds along with a template for creating a 2-bar drum pattern so that you can follow along with this tutorial.
Getting Started
Open the drummachine.acd file in the drummachine.zip that you just downloaded and zoom in on the project so that you can see the first two measures. To zoom in, drag the right side of the bottom slider until the project fills the screen. Now set the grid spacing to 1/16th notes, you set this from the Options Menu/Grid Spacing/16th Notes.
Click the Play Button and listen to the drum beat, there are four drum sounds being used and each is set to One-Shot Mode. The drum hits are placed in a grid of 1/16th notes to create the rhythm. Also notice the Loop start and stop markers above the timeline (the little yellow triangles on each end of a blue bar) These define the loop playback region and have been set for two measures.
Experimentation
Change the Tempo to a tempo you like and next try moving the drum hits around to modify the pattern, when you have something you like select Save As from the file menu and save it with a unique name that will help you remember what kind of groove it is. Then select Render As from the File Menu, give your new drum loop a name and Render this loop as a WAV file with Stereo, 44,100 Hz, 16 bit PCM wave file.
It should take a second or two to render after it is done select New from the file menu, be sure to save the changes to your drum loop project and then in the New Project find the drum loop you just exported and add it to it. Viola! you have now made your own drum loop with ACID, exported the loop, and then loaded it into a new ACID project as a 2 measure loop that you can easily work with.
Going Further
Most songs have a few 2 measure loops with a couple variations for drum fills and breakdowns. Create a whole group of loops for an entire song with these variation patterns and fills and spice them up by adding effects to the different drum hits before you render them.
Going Even Further
With this tutorial you have learned to create simple 4/4 (common time) dance loops. The next step for advanced users is to create loops with different time signatures (3/4, 5/4, etc) and different lengths (1 bar, 8 bar, 16 bar). You can increase the grid spacing up to 1/32nd notes to help you in this plus you can turn off grid spacing to shift the notes forward and backward in time to create a more human feel to the grooves and to create flams and shuffles.
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The first step is to get a few drum sounds that you like and load them in a new ACID Project. You should get http://www.getremixed.net/files/drummachine.zipfor this tutorial which has a few drum sounds along with a template for creating a 2-bar drum pattern so that you can follow along with this tutorial.
Getting Started
Open the drummachine.acd file in the drummachine.zip that you just downloaded and zoom in on the project so that you can see the first two measures. To zoom in, drag the right side of the bottom slider until the project fills the screen. Now set the grid spacing to 1/16th notes, you set this from the Options Menu/Grid Spacing/16th Notes.
Click the Play Button and listen to the drum beat, there are four drum sounds being used and each is set to One-Shot Mode. The drum hits are placed in a grid of 1/16th notes to create the rhythm. Also notice the Loop start and stop markers above the timeline (the little yellow triangles on each end of a blue bar) These define the loop playback region and have been set for two measures.
Experimentation
Change the Tempo to a tempo you like and next try moving the drum hits around to modify the pattern, when you have something you like select Save As from the file menu and save it with a unique name that will help you remember what kind of groove it is. Then select Render As from the File Menu, give your new drum loop a name and Render this loop as a WAV file with Stereo, 44,100 Hz, 16 bit PCM wave file.
It should take a second or two to render after it is done select New from the file menu, be sure to save the changes to your drum loop project and then in the New Project find the drum loop you just exported and add it to it. Viola! you have now made your own drum loop with ACID, exported the loop, and then loaded it into a new ACID project as a 2 measure loop that you can easily work with.
Going Further
Most songs have a few 2 measure loops with a couple variations for drum fills and breakdowns. Create a whole group of loops for an entire song with these variation patterns and fills and spice them up by adding effects to the different drum hits before you render them.
Going Even Further
With this tutorial you have learned to create simple 4/4 (common time) dance loops. The next step for advanced users is to create loops with different time signatures (3/4, 5/4, etc) and different lengths (1 bar, 8 bar, 16 bar). You can increase the grid spacing up to 1/32nd notes to help you in this plus you can turn off grid spacing to shift the notes forward and backward in time to create a more human feel to the grooves and to create flams and shuffles.
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