Using Acid as an audio editor -ACID Product Family

Subject:Using Acid as an audio editor Posted by: Erik_Nygaard Date:4/11/2002 3:16:56 AM This may be old hat for most of you, but newcomers may benefit. Yesterday I recorded some vocal tracks wich I wanted to use bits from creating a new complete track as well as removing any residual noise inbetween phrases. After lining up the (beatmapped)tracks in Acid I listened through the takes and decided wich phrases were the best on each tracks. The rest I removed along with all pauses inbetween. I uses short fadeouts at the end of each event to smoothe the transition into silence. I also adjusted the volume individually on any events that needed further massaging, kind of automated volume control. This work was about 10 times faster than cutting/pasting/silencing/normalizing in an audio editor and very precise as well. In addition you have a very good view over the whole process in Acid. Also it is so easy to undo/redo by just penciling/erasing. I finished off rendering the massaged tracks to a new complete vocal performance and added a slight amount of reverb to smooth it a bit further. Sounded great and you can still keep your original takes as muted tracks in Acid if you need to go back and redo. Sorry if this sounds like an ad, but for me this was a real timesaver.
Subject:RE: Using Acid as an audio editor Reply by: Iacobus Date:4/11/2002 12:34:40 PM Definitely a great way, Erik. If you need more editing features not available in ACID, and you've got an audio editor like Sound Forge installed, you can easily clean up a recorded file by right-clicking the track and choosing, "Edit in Sound Forge" (or other audio editing app). Once you're done editing, just save in the audio editor and the changes should immediately be reflected in your ACID project. Use the "Reload" button under the Track Properties dialog as well to save new ACID properties. (Be careful, though. You can't undo what's been done in the audio editor. An easy way to remedy this is to just duplicate the original and work with the duplicate.) Iacobus
Subject:RE: Using Acid as an audio editor Reply by: Erik_Nygaard Date:4/12/2002 4:30:55 AM Up until now I have done all audio editing in Sound Forge/Cool Edit, but I will continue to use Acid whenever possible for the kind of work mentioned previously. Also I have stopped using noise remover plugins due to the (for me) audible artifacts involved in the process; timbre variations, warbles etc. This noise tends to be masked under the vocals (and backing music) anyway so I only remove noise inbetween phrases.
Subject:RE: Using Acid as an audio editor Reply by: Iacobus Date:4/12/2002 11:14:40 AM Definitely have to say that using both together is the absolute best for me, especially when I want to get creative. I usually don't use Sound Forge other than to creatively mangle my material. If I can help it, I try to use audio that's as pristine as possible (pristine=the way I want it to sound). You know what they say: Garbage in, garbage out. Iacobus
Subject:RE: Using Acid as an audio editor Reply by: groovewerx Date:4/13/2002 7:45:39 AM "garbage in garbage out"...sounds better much than "can't polish a terd".
Subject:RE: Using Acid as an audio editor Reply by: Iacobus Date:4/14/2002 12:59:32 PM LOL Iacobus

Subject:Using Acid as an audio editor

Posted by: Erik_Nygaard

Date:4/11/2002 3:16:56 AM

This may be old hat for most of you, but newcomers may benefit.
Yesterday I recorded some vocal tracks wich I wanted to use bits from creating a new complete track as well as removing any residual noise inbetween phrases.
After lining up the (beatmapped)tracks in Acid I listened through the takes and decided wich phrases were the best on each tracks. The rest I removed along with all pauses inbetween. I uses short fadeouts at the end of each event to smoothe the transition into silence. I also adjusted the volume individually on any events that needed further massaging, kind of automated volume control.
This work was about 10 times faster than cutting/pasting/silencing/normalizing in an audio editor and very precise as well.
In addition you have a very good view over the whole process in Acid.
Also it is so easy to undo/redo by just penciling/erasing.
I finished off rendering the massaged tracks to a new complete vocal performance and added a slight amount of reverb to smooth it a bit further.
Sounded great and you can still keep your original takes as muted tracks in Acid if you need to go back and redo.
Sorry if this sounds like an ad, but for me this was a real timesaver.