here's a mix tutorial based on cockos reaper (but you can do the same with other programs if you know how to change the bpm of a track):
Step 1 - 2: Downloading Programs
1. download any version of cockos reaper
for example try this link: http://www.chip.de/downloads/c1_down...804638&v=3600&
2. download mixmeister bpm analyzer
Step 3 - 7: Detecting the BPM, loading the tracks
3. load your instrumental into the the bpm analyzer -> it will give you a bpm (beats per minute), for example 90.01 bpm
4. load the official track (album or og version) of the acapella you want to mix into reaper, for example temptations
5. load the temptations acapella into reaper
VERY IMPORTANT STEP
6. check if your acapella and your original track have the same tempo/bpm, by moving the acapella over the track
7. If they do you can get over to step 9, if they dont you have to go to step 8.
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a fast way to find out a bpm would be the tapping method, u probably can do it with your program, i use this site for it:
http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm, just tap every snare, if it gives you a bpm of 44 for example the real bpm is 88 (doubled up)
side note: this isn't very acurate of course
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Step 8 - 21: Tutorial based on Reaper
8. do a cut (by pressing s on you keyboard) at the moment the acapella is exactly over the track
9. then move your mouse to then ending of the acapella track, press alt and fasten or slow down the acapella (by moving your mouse and pressing alt at the same time) [everything over 1,0 means ur making it faster, everything below means ur slowing it down, to slow it down detailed, you have to zoom in to some point!!!]
10. check if your acapella fits its original track now, if it does, step 11
11. NEVER LOAD AN ACAPELLA IN THE BPM ANALYZER, always use the official track or original, the acapella will always give you a wrong bpm, and also i wouldnt recommend using fanmade mixes, cause they maybe mixed it at a different bpm and their mixes might be offbeat
12. for temptations the bpm analyzer will tell you the bpm is 90.70
13. load your instrumental (90,01 bpm) in the same project the official track and acapella is in, you will have 3 layers now
14. enter the bpm of the track you want to change into the bpm box (you want to change the acapella, so for this example enter 90.7 in the bpm box)
15. right click the acapella >item settings>set item timebase to beat position, length, ... (tick this 1)
16. right click the official track >item settings>set item timebase to beat position, length, ... (tick this 1)
17. enter the bpm you want to change it to (90.01 bpm) in the bpm box now (notice how your official track and acapella got slowed down to 90.01 bpm, the official track, and in this case the acapella aswell is at 0,992 of the original speed, which means it got slowed down)
your nearly done now, your instrumental and your acapella are the same bpm/tempo now
all you gotta do now is to move the verse to the right bar
you know what snares are? if not you should inform yourself about what snares are, still actually you can also see them, i will make an ^for every snare
^ tell me baby are you lo^nely Don't wanna rush^ya
I can help ya if ya o^nly, let me touch^ ya
If I'm wrong love te^ ll me, cause I get cau^ght up
and the life I live is He^ll see, I never thought^I'd see
the day when I would c^alm down, you ain't^heard
I've been known to clown and^Get Around, that's my wo^rd
and so on ..
18. your instrumental got snares aswell, due to the fact that all your layers are the same bpm now (90.01) the distance between the snares in the instrumental have the same distance as the snares in the official track
19. move the first VERSE SNARE of your instrumental at the same place the first VERSE SNARE of the official track is at
20. mute the official track
21. congrats you got you first onbeat and onbar remix done (atleast it starts onbar, if you layed it on the right first VERSE SNARE)
it might get offbar, if the instrumental is build up with another schema/different bar lenght, but this can be solved by looping
looping is another story, but its not a hard one, i knew how to loop before i knew how to mix
you just cut a part of the instrumental and lay it at a different part where the kicks, snares and all the other instruments are the same/very similar
then you just blend it and you got a loop
mixing actually is piss easy once you know these steps,
with these steps i could make a mix onbar and onbeat without even using my ears, for working more detailed and for mixing & mastering you need ears for sure
anyways good luck & have fun mixing
made some quick video tutorials on
1. how to mix onbeat
2. how to loop out a tag
3. how to mix onbar/how to loop the beat if its too short/too long
1. how to mix onbeat
0:00 step 1-7 already done (noticed acapella got a bit of a different bpm than the original track) step 11 - 13 done too
0:10 - 1:00 step 8
1:00 - 1:45 step 9 and 10
1:45 - 2:20 step 14 - 18
2:20 - 3:30 step 19 - 20
at 3:30 you can see it needs manual fixing
3:30 - 3:50 manual fixing
2. how to loop out a tag
3. how to mix onbar/how to loop the beat if its too short/too long
Step 1 - 2: Downloading Programs
1. download any version of cockos reaper
for example try this link: http://www.chip.de/downloads/c1_down...804638&v=3600&
2. download mixmeister bpm analyzer
Step 3 - 7: Detecting the BPM, loading the tracks
3. load your instrumental into the the bpm analyzer -> it will give you a bpm (beats per minute), for example 90.01 bpm
4. load the official track (album or og version) of the acapella you want to mix into reaper, for example temptations
5. load the temptations acapella into reaper
VERY IMPORTANT STEP
6. check if your acapella and your original track have the same tempo/bpm, by moving the acapella over the track
7. If they do you can get over to step 9, if they dont you have to go to step 8.
-------------
a fast way to find out a bpm would be the tapping method, u probably can do it with your program, i use this site for it:
http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm, just tap every snare, if it gives you a bpm of 44 for example the real bpm is 88 (doubled up)
side note: this isn't very acurate of course
-------------
Step 8 - 21: Tutorial based on Reaper
8. do a cut (by pressing s on you keyboard) at the moment the acapella is exactly over the track
9. then move your mouse to then ending of the acapella track, press alt and fasten or slow down the acapella (by moving your mouse and pressing alt at the same time) [everything over 1,0 means ur making it faster, everything below means ur slowing it down, to slow it down detailed, you have to zoom in to some point!!!]
10. check if your acapella fits its original track now, if it does, step 11
11. NEVER LOAD AN ACAPELLA IN THE BPM ANALYZER, always use the official track or original, the acapella will always give you a wrong bpm, and also i wouldnt recommend using fanmade mixes, cause they maybe mixed it at a different bpm and their mixes might be offbeat
12. for temptations the bpm analyzer will tell you the bpm is 90.70
13. load your instrumental (90,01 bpm) in the same project the official track and acapella is in, you will have 3 layers now
14. enter the bpm of the track you want to change into the bpm box (you want to change the acapella, so for this example enter 90.7 in the bpm box)
15. right click the acapella >item settings>set item timebase to beat position, length, ... (tick this 1)
16. right click the official track >item settings>set item timebase to beat position, length, ... (tick this 1)
17. enter the bpm you want to change it to (90.01 bpm) in the bpm box now (notice how your official track and acapella got slowed down to 90.01 bpm, the official track, and in this case the acapella aswell is at 0,992 of the original speed, which means it got slowed down)
your nearly done now, your instrumental and your acapella are the same bpm/tempo now
all you gotta do now is to move the verse to the right bar
you know what snares are? if not you should inform yourself about what snares are, still actually you can also see them, i will make an ^for every snare
^ tell me baby are you lo^nely Don't wanna rush^ya
I can help ya if ya o^nly, let me touch^ ya
If I'm wrong love te^ ll me, cause I get cau^ght up
and the life I live is He^ll see, I never thought^I'd see
the day when I would c^alm down, you ain't^heard
I've been known to clown and^Get Around, that's my wo^rd
and so on ..
18. your instrumental got snares aswell, due to the fact that all your layers are the same bpm now (90.01) the distance between the snares in the instrumental have the same distance as the snares in the official track
19. move the first VERSE SNARE of your instrumental at the same place the first VERSE SNARE of the official track is at
20. mute the official track
21. congrats you got you first onbeat and onbar remix done (atleast it starts onbar, if you layed it on the right first VERSE SNARE)
it might get offbar, if the instrumental is build up with another schema/different bar lenght, but this can be solved by looping
looping is another story, but its not a hard one, i knew how to loop before i knew how to mix
you just cut a part of the instrumental and lay it at a different part where the kicks, snares and all the other instruments are the same/very similar
then you just blend it and you got a loop
mixing actually is piss easy once you know these steps,
with these steps i could make a mix onbar and onbeat without even using my ears, for working more detailed and for mixing & mastering you need ears for sure
anyways good luck & have fun mixing
made some quick video tutorials on
1. how to mix onbeat
2. how to loop out a tag
3. how to mix onbar/how to loop the beat if its too short/too long
1. how to mix onbeat
0:00 step 1-7 already done (noticed acapella got a bit of a different bpm than the original track) step 11 - 13 done too
0:10 - 1:00 step 8
1:00 - 1:45 step 9 and 10
1:45 - 2:20 step 14 - 18
2:20 - 3:30 step 19 - 20
at 3:30 you can see it needs manual fixing
3:30 - 3:50 manual fixing
2. how to loop out a tag
3. how to mix onbar/how to loop the beat if its too short/too long
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