whats the best Technique to make to loops sit better

Eudawg · Post by **Eudawg** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:25 pm

Hello guys, Just woundering some tecniques to make two loops sit better in a mix also taking a part of a sample then tunning it to another sample or loop until it also sits better in a song,mix...Thx...

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:32 pm

there's no magic secret

eq / compression / your ears

if it sounds right you're good, if it don't keep tweaking

as far as taking a loop apart - in Live 7 you can cut your loops up.

right - click the loop select slice to new midi clip

drop down menu has warp markers 1/4 beat etc - slice away

have fun

knotkranky · Post by **knotkranky** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:05 pm

Also look at the bass. Make sure it is not even a nano second in front of your loop kick drum/s. Put the bass behind a teeny bit. It will punch better.

It ain't the loop so much as the relation to all the other bits. So If multiple kiks n snares are involved, make sure they sample lock consistently.
Flamming will knock down the punch and transients quite a bit.

eamoon · Post by **eamoon** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:43 pm

I often silence large chunks of a loop with volume envelopes. You can do subtle (or not so subtle) "call-and-response" arrangements that way.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:48 pm

also reduce the stereo spread to its own range to not cause so much spatial conflicts

knotkranky · Post by **knotkranky** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 7:51 pm

sweetjesus wrote:also reduce the stereo spread to its own range to not cause so much spatial conflicts

So right.