Re: Fw: Drum'n Bass questions - Amen

[Leo Cavallo <cavallo@dada.it>]

hi

>I love ACID, but I haven't really figured out how to work with it as much
as I would like to (the tutorial isn't very clear, at least not for a
computer idiot such as myself).  I certainly intend to continue trying to
learn, but there's an immediacy about Amen that I really like.  Sometimes a
cheap piece of gear just does something for you, you know?

yes, you're right, but if you've got the best software around for audio
editing why not use it? ;)

try this: import a drum loop and use the S key on it. This allows to break
the pattern in every slice you want. rearrange the slices and you'll have
all the variations you need.

>
>A little plug here: I just uploaded a tune created with Acid too. In
>>particular, all the drum programming is done using Acid. 
>
>I downloaded your song, but couldn't unzip it.  Winzip kept saying "This
file is empty", or something like that.  I couldn't erase it, either!  Any
suggestions?  I told you I'm a computer idiot... 

strange... the file is LeoCavalloREMIX.zip (3.5 MB) on
ftp.teklab.com/teklab/incoming. 
Other people downloaded without problems...

ciao
leo

>
>Anyway, many thanks for your helpful suggestions, the drumloop websites, 
>etc.
>
>Esteban Delgado
>
>>At 19.17 11/04/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>>Hello all,
>>>This was a thread on this list a while back; I downloaded the program, 
>and
>>it is extremely cool, just as the posts said.  Thanks for turning me on 
>to
>>this.  I do have a couple of questions, though... 
>>>-
>>>>>>A nice little program to get you going with d'n'b is AMEN. It's free 
>and
>>>>>>comes with an amen break!! and you can chop it up and sequence it 
>forever
>>>>>>very easily within the program, adding differing degrees of 
>randomness
>>>>etc.
>>>
>>>Is it really practical for creating a whole tune's worth of drum
>>sequencing?  My experience thus far has been that if you're going to 
>create
>>say, a 16-bar sequence, the "offsets" become so tiny that it's almost
>>impossible to work with them.  Do a whole tune, and they would be
>>microscopic.  Can anyone tell me what I'm missing here?
>>>
>>>Also, I tried to use ACID loops with Amen but I couldn't, because they 
>were
>>not in "16-bit mono .wav file format".  Is there a way to convert ACID 
>loops
>>(which as far as I know are indeed .wav files, though they are stereo, 
>and I
>>don't know how many bits) to 16-bit mono .wav format?
>>>
>>>Is there a website where I can download 16-bit mono .wav files of 
>drumloops
>>(I seem to recall a post about this very thing not too long ago)?
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>I don't think it's being developed any further though, shame.
>>>
>>>Shame, indeed.  Maybe if we all begged the guy...
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for any and all replies,
>>>
>>>Esteban Delgado
>>>
>>>
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