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laura woodswalker
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 463 Location: phoenixville pa
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:
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Another newbie here. I've been going thru the manual to learn cubase but here is a problem I can't seem to find.
Let's say I have a drum sample composed of a single beat. I want to loop this sample so that it plays in 4/4 time at let's say a tempo of 80 beats per minute.
How do I do that? Is there a "snap to beats' command?
Or let's say I want to move soundclips around manually so that they fit in with other events.. Is there a way I can set up a grid composed of the abovementioned 4/4 time /80 bpm so I know where to move my soundclips?
Electronic music is highly rhythmic and never out of time, and I'm wondering how the heck they do it. My stuff in cubase is NEVER in time! _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
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Wayne Higgins
Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 270 Location: Greenville, FL
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:37 am Post subject:
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Thanks for getting me motivated. I've had this problem myself with Cubase, just never worried about it. I do ambient, and base my timings on the loops and echos (and vice-versa). I'll figure this one out soon.
BTW, I checked out your music. Excellent work! |
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laura woodswalker
Joined: Oct 06, 2007 Posts: 463 Location: phoenixville pa
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:07 am Post subject:
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Oenyaw wrote: | Thanks for getting me motivated. I've had this problem myself with Cubase, just never worried about it. I do ambient, and base my timings on the loops and echos (and vice-versa). I'll figure this one out soon.
BTW, I checked out your music. Excellent work! |
THANKS. Nice words for a NEWby.
I'm beginning to wonder if the rigid timing and super-fast beats in trance music are a function of MIDI.
Is it possible to play a chord that is looped to 160 bpm? Perhaps you can set that up in MIDI. Listening to how fast & precise the synth chords are, I don't see how else to do it. I don't know much about MIDI, hoping to learn someday. _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
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Wayne Higgins
Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 270 Location: Greenville, FL
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:
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I have a Yamaha keyboard which is MIDI combat-ible at home that I bought for my son for Xmas a long time ago and he never learned or took an interest (but he's really starting to get into guitar now (got him an Epiphone SG for his Bday (25, I should stop huh? (naw)))). I bought a cable for it a year ago. I haven't unwrapped it yet. |
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Wayne Higgins
Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 270 Location: Greenville, FL
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject:
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I think this is what you need.
Opeations manual, page 438. Beat Calulator.
Under projec, slect beat calculator.
A window appears with the beat calulator.
Select Tap Tempo, and hit the space bar upon star and finish. It will set up the beat for you. I haven't figures out how to enter a specific number. |
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laura woodswalker
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject:
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Oenyaw wrote: | I think this is what you need.
Opeations manual, page 438. Beat Calulator.
Under projec, slect beat calculator.
A window appears with the beat calulator.
Select Tap Tempo, and hit the space bar upon star and finish. It will set up the beat for you. I haven't figures out how to enter a specific number. |
Thanks. I'm still clueless... I'm thinking maybe it's easier to just practice hitting a coffee can in perfect timing than to do all that math. _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
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Wayne Higgins
Joined: Aug 16, 2007 Posts: 270 Location: Greenville, FL
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:06 am Post subject:
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no math involved. insted of hitting the coffee can, hit the space bar
ie: space bar -2-3-4-space bar |
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gravehill
Joined: Apr 12, 2005 Posts: 49 Location: Berlin, Germany
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:28 am Post subject:
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Hmm, you don't mention which version of Cubase you're using but if you're on 4.1 (the latest), the new audio editor will do what you need very easily.
Beat calculator would do the trick (albeit differently) as well. _________________ For mind-boggling experimental music:
http://www.chaosresearch.de |
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laura woodswalker
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:44 am Post subject:
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gravehill wrote: | Hmm, you don't mention which version of Cubase you're using but if you're on 4.1 (the latest), the new audio editor will do what you need very easily.
Beat calculator would do the trick (albeit differently) as well. |
I'm using Cubase LE. I'm not sure what I'm missing by not having the "full" version. _________________ The most important gear is the brain behind the instrument. |
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