Tallmale Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Hi everyone, Does anyone know a way to make specific parts of an Apple Audio Loop louder? So that it has more prominence in the drum beat? Is there a particular effect that will allow you to do this? Or there is another technique I need to use? Any tips would be great. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 One way to do it: 1) Cut the part into a new region (for example select with the Marquee and click with the Pointer). 2) Use the Gain parameter in the Region inspector to make the new region louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscwilde Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 A few more options....as I don't know what you're specifically trying to achieve / don't know which loop. - Automation. - Transient detection - slice the loop up. Drag the hits etc. to another audio track. Change the gain of the new track. - Use a sidechained track / Ducker. - Multiband compression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriksimon Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Let's be clear; if say: a basedrum, a hihat and a snare all hit at the same time, you cannot alter one and leave the others as they are. You can only give more or less volume for the combined hit. So, you cannot give just the snare or just the hihats or just the basedrum more volume or emphasis. For that, you need a MIDI drumloop(-track), where you have full controll over each hit of each separate kit-element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallmale Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks David, Oscwilde and Eriksimon, For your informative responses. The Audio Loop I am trying to edit is a drum loop called "Take Over Beat" and what I would like to do is make the vocal chants within this loop louder. I am having difficulty separating the vocal chants from other elements of the drum beat though. Its a shame that all of the Apple Loops are not MIDI Loops which can be readily edited. Many thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Unfortunately, just like you can't separate a baked cake into its original ingredients, you cannot unmix mixed audio into its separate elements. So what you're asking is not possible. You could experiment with EQing or compressing the loop to see if you can tame certain undesirable parts, but that's about as far as you can go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallmale Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hi David, What about automation? Would this work? To raise specific volume levels of the track where these elements are present while keeping other parts of the track at a different volume level. Or would this create an uneven drum track? Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 What about automation? Would this work? No. There are no tools that allow you to effectively manipulate individual elements within a mix. There are tricks that can help... for example if cymbals are too loud you can cut high frequencies out of your mix to lower the level of the cymbals. But you're cutting high frequencies from your entire mix, meaning everything will be duller, not just the cymbal: the vocals, the snare, the guitars etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscwilde Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Zynaptiq make some bold claims about their plugs. http://www.zynaptiq.com/news/ I haven't used them so can't comment, but they might be the "holy grail" the OP is seeking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallmale Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Thanks once again David for your advice. And Oscwilde I will take a look at that plugin to see if its suitable. Thanks for everyones input in this discussion thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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