Aligning an AIF to a grid

[andyr]

Hi everyone,

I have a track I recorded on 4-track cassette years ago that I would like to add tracks to. Can I somehow tap in markers so that midi tracks I record will easily line up to the correct beats? How would you go about doing something like this?

Thanks,

Andy

[Rev. Juda Sleaze]

Beat Mapping: http://help.apple.com/logicpro/mac/9.1.6/en/logicpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=34%26section=3%26tasks=true

[andyr]

Thanks. Hopefully it works the samé way in Logic 8! I'll try it when I get home.

[Rev. Juda Sleaze]

Yeah, I've got Logic 8, looks the same to me.

 

Good luck

[andyr]

Yes, it is the same in Logic 8. I started trying to do it last night. There is a lot of cool distortion and syncopation in the audio on the AIF so there are tons of gnarly transients. Even with adjusting the sensitivity of the detection I think I've decided that going through the whole 4-minute song is just too painstaking a job to undertake at this time. I think I'll just up re-record the track and go for a different sort of sound character (the original track can't be duplicated). But thanks for reminding me/steering me towards beat mapping. It will probably come in handy in the future. I like to record stuff "wild" in the field and then I'm always looking to sync stuff up with it., one way or another.

[Rev. Juda Sleaze]

There's still some approaches you could use to make the transient detection easier - like gating or using strip silence then bouncing & useing as a dummy region.

 

Maybe easiest is to play a percussive sound in time with it with a midi instrument, drag any waywardly-timed notes into place, then beatmap the midi region.

[Eriksimon]

Create a software instrument track, load a drum- or percussionkit (either with EXS24 or Ultrabeat), choose a snappy sound (woodblocks, claves, rimshot, closed hihat or similar), hit record and tap along on you MIDIkeys or drumpads in time on the first beat, or on the first and third (or second & fourth, whatever you want) beat, during the entire song. It is boring, but it only takes as long as the song. After recording, listen back and tighten up early or late notes where necessary, then use that drumtrack/region for beatmapping. Much easier than "hunting" for transients.