Mixing ??

[Wenchie]

Want to start making mixes
Any help , tips etc regarding software or anything at all greatly appreciated. did I suck up enough yet?

[naz]

ACID Pro is the easiest out of the ones I've used.

Part One: MULTITRACKING

Use the view > explorer option to display the file explorer. Drag a sound file into the centre of Acid. The beatmapper dialog will appear for long tracks. You can skip ahead to the beatmapper part of the tutorial now or later. For this part I cancelled the beatmapper wizard.





A track will appear on the left part of the work area. To start your mix, click the pencil icon and click and drag the waveform right. This can take a while and its quite awkward. To multitrack, load a second file into Acid and start dragging where you want to start the overlap between tracks one and two.

Part Two: ENVELOPING

A volume envelope allows you to control the volume levels. Right-click a track, Insert Volume Envelope. A brown line will appear. Right click the line where you would like to begin a volume transition, select add point. Add another point where you would like the volume transition to end. Drag the points to manipulate volume.

There's a lot more like beatmapping and tempo changes, but the above two steps make basic mixes really easy

[Wenchie]

ty naz youre a legend !!

I think this is gonna be fun!

[naz]

[TheOnlyBob]

look for a program called TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2.0:



I use it and it rocks. ts like having two turntables on your PC.


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[Wenchie]

Thanks bob........will check it out

[theknife]

i see a demo version of Acid Pro - what are the restrictions on the demo version?

edit: never mind - i see 'em: either limited time or limited functionality....

there must be a way around this

[greatdj1]

Originally posted by TheOnlyBob
look for a program called TRAKTOR DJ Studio 2.0:


I use it and it rocks. ts like having two turntables on your PC.

Can you scratch with it?

[TheOnlyBob]

Originally posted by greatdj1
Can you scratch with it?

Yes you can. Its now quite like the feel of vinyl on your hands but it does work.. you just have to get used to it. It would be better to get a external scratching pad if you want to have the feel of vinyl for scratching.

[theflaco]

Two more:

VirtualDj


Atomixmp3

[assorted]

if you want to beatmatch (make one song lead into the next without the beat stopping) you'll need to learn acid. if you want to just try out making stuff that's more like compilations with cool begin/end points on the songs and with samples, etc you'll need an audio studio program, which are easier to learn then acid. cool edit 2k, cool edit pro, and soundforge are all capable of doing that job and are easier to learn then acid.

you'll find there's a section called 'tutorials' on our site that has um... tutorials for all the programs i've mentioned (including acid). though they are short and limited in scope they will easily get you started.

if you make one make sure to send it on to us!