Produced, non-live mix - what should I use?

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Posted by BobTheSlob on Jun-22-2005 02:05:

Produced, non-live mix - what should I use?

I just want to make a non-live CD mix, but I'm not sure what to use. I know there is Traktor DJ Studio but that's more for using live. Is there something else out there? I like how with Sound Forge I get a .wav representation of the song, but I need tempo control. If I had tempo control I could probably do it in Sound Forge but I'm curious if there are alternatives.

Thanks

Posted by Cosmic Realm on Jun-22-2005 02:12:

i think Acid Pro 4.0 could do something like what your asking but im not really sure...

maybe at least it will point you in the right direction...

Posted by mef on Jun-22-2005 02:34:

Traktor should be fine. Acid 5.0b (as it is now ) or Ableton Live are a bit more advanced really but can do the same thing

Posted by BobTheSlob on Jun-22-2005 02:43:

Can I do it like .wav/.mp3 editing? Where I can align the tempo matched files and then edit parts of them? That would seem like the easiest, before I start hunting down software reccomendations.

Posted by mef on Jun-22-2005 02:54:

Acid Pro can do that. Chopping its called in there. I believe most of them will but if you are serious about it I would get a proper wav editor like sound forge or cool edit pro (or whatever it is called now). Many of these programs (the dj software i mean) ask to link to external wav editors.

Posted by BobTheSlob on Jun-22-2005 03:29:

I have Sound Forge but I'm not sure how I can mix like that. I need a way to get the songs tempo matched.

Here's basically what I'm looking for. Something like Sound Forge where it gives me a .wav layout

.wav layout screenshot
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/pr...uct.asp?pid=961

but layered, so I can just play one, then have one play later on in the first track, and I can just line the tracks up.

Posted by mef on Jun-22-2005 03:38:

yup... like i said traktor, acid pro or ableton live

Posted by Freak on Jun-22-2005 09:12:

get the demo (ie free) version of pro tools.
Its what sasha, john 00 and all the other djs who didnt want to mix their compilation albums live used- and what others used to edit down track length after the mix in the days before ableton.