please...

dropping some acid and then attempting to mix as you drool all over yourself? Sounds Bonza!

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Take my advice and forget about mixing in Acid Pro. I tried it once and never again. Ableton is much easier and better to use.

Firstly, Acid isn't a live tool so you'll have to automate every single crossfade, eq adjustment etc with envelopes and it takes longer than you'd think.

Then there's the beat-matching. If the tune's have been ripped from vinyl and they drift slightly there's no way of correcting it like you could a 1210. Ableton has warping so you can warp the drift back in line before you even start to play the track.

Trust me, go with Ableton.

Last edited by Trancin on Dec-01-2005 at 14:04

OK OK! I'll consider it, geez!

what the fock is this Ableton thing anyway? It's probably not even easy to use.

and then there's the fact that If I cant get a copy i'm gonna have to use Acid anyway. Besides, I wasnt going to use Acid by itself.


regardless, I STILL need the answers to those last ACID questions!

please

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Originally posted by meneedit oh.... one more question about Acid. (well, maybe a few) I heard that Acid has a beatmatching feature. I can't imagine this feature being very good as some songs have sections where there is no beat at all. 1. How does the beat matching work? does it search for a section in each song that has a beat then compare them?

It doesn't have a beatmatching feature, it has a feature that calculates the bpm (by counting the peaks of the waveform - you can also adjust the bpm manually) and then adjusts it to your master bpm.

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2. How does it determine the speed of each song?

See above.

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I also need to know whether you can change the pitch of a track without altering the speed. I realise that this would involve splicing but i'm not too worried about that.

I'm not sure about that but you can alter the speed of the track without changing the pitch.

Now please, stop the bumping.

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Originally posted by meneedit what the fock is this Ableton thing anyway? It's probably not even easy to use.

Like most things in life, it gets easier with practise. The more you put in the more you'll get out. As far as mixing goes I'm an intermediately skilled user of Ableton and I got there in next to no time at all. Quick read through the manual, asked a few questions on the Ableton forums and away I went. All I need to learn now is all the built in FX.

Get a copy, you wont regret it. If you don't think you'll like it then download a copy first or try the demo.