Using existing songs for creating new loops

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Posted by Dickie-T on Apr-25-2005 21:05:

Using existing songs for creating new loops

How do i do this? For example, i like the song Lolo - Why and there's a part of 8 beats in there which i want to create a loop sample of... If i do this manually in Soundforge, it will not be a perfect loop --> Because it has to be 100% precise (you will hear its not looping correctly when you play it looped, or when you loop 1000 times it starts to get offbeat compared with the original)...

How do i create this loop? Is there some kind of program to do this?

Kinda noobish question, i know

Posted by aquila on Apr-25-2005 22:02:

Looping in Soundforge is possible, I don't know exactly what you're doing but zoom in and chop off the beginning and end so you're left with the loop. You can even edit Acid properties on the loop if you so desire....

You could also try propellerhead's Recycle.

Posted by Beyer on Apr-26-2005 13:46:

In soundforge, cut the wave right before the first beat (kick or whatever), count the beats, and cut the wave right before the ninth beat. If you know the bpm of the track, you can easily timestretch it to fit with the tempo of your choice. If you drop the loop into fl, it should detect the bpm for you, and strech it so it will loop perfectly. I dunno about the SQ of that, so maybe it's best to timestrech it in soundforge, wavelab or whatever wave editor.
It's important to be 100% presise about the cutting of course. Cut as close as you can.

Posted by BOOsTER on Apr-26-2005 14:24:

if you know the bpm and it's easy to get it
you can just load the song in Acid and use the snap to grid features so you can easily put loop marker on those 8 bars you like and then use -> File Render -> Loop Region only