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Subject:Im getting some serious vibes
Posted by: koko99
Date:2/3/2003 6:13:11 PM

I have downloaded the demo of acid as someone told it was really good for mixing mp3's together. Now whether they misunderstood or thought I meant small loops is beside the point as I have looked and seen how complex this software is but has the potential to really advance what I am currently trying to achieve. I am using mix meister pro 4 for creating seemless mixes of mp3 files and have so far found it to be really good. Looking at Acid4 there are some glaring simularities and as such have excited me. Can I do this in acid ie say grab 15 mp3's and make a seemless mix as if were a dj doing or not. Please offer some guidance or point me to some literature that could tell me how to do it. If its possible a whole new world just opened up for me. Apologies for the newby rant but I really would appreciate any help.

Cheers

An Expectant Mixer

Subject:RE: Im getting some serious vibes
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:2/3/2003 8:11:03 PM

You can do a seamless mix within your project, but remember that ACID itself only burns using Track-at-Once burning. That means if you want to place index points in your mix, you'll need an app such as CD Architect, Vegas, Easy CD Creator or Nero to burn using Disc-at-Once.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: Im getting some serious vibes
Reply by: koko99
Date:2/4/2003 2:44:42 AM

how would i do it - which is the best bit of the help files to learn?

Subject:RE: Im getting some serious vibes
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:2/4/2003 1:45:12 PM

To get you started, select two audio events that should be overlapping on the timeline. Press F on your keyboard, and quick fade edges should appear on the two overlapping events.

You can change the quick fade edge type by right-clicking the quick fade, select Fade Type and choose a type.

There are several ways to continue at this point. One way is to insert regions over the respective tracks in the mix. You could then render the whole mix to WAV, bring it into Sound Forge and use its extract regions function (full version only, not Sound Forge Studio) to extract the regions into separate audio files, which you would then take and place into the Disc-at-Once (or DAO) burning app of your choice.

If you didn't have Sound Forge, you would have to solo two tracks and set the Loop Region over the two tracks up to the point where they crossfade and render using the Loop Region only option. You'd repeat this process until you have all the tracks rendered. You'd then take the tracks and place them in a DAO burning app as I've mentioned above.

HTH,
Iacobus

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