Help With Acapellas
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Help With Acapellas
I sure this has been asked but how do I synch up acapellas. I know the BPM for both the acapella and the track but I'm new to this. I need tips or someone to point me in the right direction.
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I'll be a little less cryptic... the key word is *warping*. It may need to be done manually..
And if you still haven't sussed it read this:
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11736
And if you still haven't sussed it read this:
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11736
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Unlike other files, acapellas usually need to be done bar to bar by hand. There usually isn't anything that Ableton can grab to determine tempo in an acapella. Find a word that hits on the one and set the 1 there. You said you know the tempo, so "warp at ### bpm from here" from the one and go from there. The "1" you find might not be the first bar of the acapella but you can work backwards.
Then you need to go through the whole thing and make sure the acapella doesn't drift off tempo. Apply warp markers accordingly.
Hope this helps.
Then you need to go through the whole thing and make sure the acapella doesn't drift off tempo. Apply warp markers accordingly.
Hope this helps.
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I would like to counter that opinion and say that even if you don't know the original tempo I *still* feel that as few markers as possible does a better and quicker job. I've heard waay too many remixes with screwed up vocals because the vox had been liberally manipulated. (damned liberal manipulators! )
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Yeah, I agree with that. It's just that some things don't lock to tempo and you have to make some adjustments. Less warp markers is always better but sometimes you gotta make with the yellows!
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if you really know the tempo:
in arrangement make a click- or drumtrack with the correct tempo
make a second track, put in the acapella, unwarped, move it it forward and/or backward until it sits fine in the rythm.
now select the acapella and the empty gap before it begins. consolidate. press the warp button. voila, the consolidated clip should be a perfectly warped acapella.
in arrangement make a click- or drumtrack with the correct tempo
make a second track, put in the acapella, unwarped, move it it forward and/or backward until it sits fine in the rythm.
now select the acapella and the empty gap before it begins. consolidate. press the warp button. voila, the consolidated clip should be a perfectly warped acapella.
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