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Elements => Tha Studio => Topic started by: Don Seer on February 16, 2001, 01:37:32 AM

Title: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Don Seer on February 16, 2001, 01:37:32 AM

Whats the easiest/best way to layer vocals over a track?

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: jay on February 16, 2001, 06:12:18 AM

get coolpro
itz a perfect programm to record your voice over a beat .

try http://www.astalavista.com

and type coolpro or coolpro + full ( for the cracked version)

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: jay on February 16, 2001, 06:18:10 AM

http://www.astalavista.com

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Don Seer on February 16, 2001, 07:10:20 AM

I have cool, and sound forge.

I was thinking from this perspective.

I've laced a beat - its not final, and I've got someone who wants to spit over it.
So I send them what I have and they send back some rhymes over it.
I can tweak the track behind to insert things in between verses or whatever.

Thinking of it like this i'd like to be able to see the tracks above one another - and be able to edit the vocal track to extend / decrease pauses, and tweak the volume etc

Is cool edit able to do this?
(i'm used to sound forge)

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Don Seer on February 16, 2001, 07:12:38 AM

btw : I mean.. the MC sends back an acapella.

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: -1 on February 16, 2001, 07:17:26 AM

the easiest way + a accurate way is too record your vocals on sound recorder (go to start>programs>accesories>entertainment>soundrecorder      and your there

u just press record, rap it, then mix the beat in...very easy..thats what i do

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: RC on February 16, 2001, 09:07:56 AM

MR. STYLE,,,,CAN IT B SAVED ON A DISK? IF SO HOW? AFTER U RECORD IT,,WHAT,WHERE,,,HOW DO U MIX IT.....
I WOULD RATHER PUT THE BEAT DOWN ON IT FIRST,,,,BUT ANYTHING WILL DO...

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Don Seer on February 16, 2001, 11:39:30 AM

Thats what I'm talking about *i know exactly how to create the acapella in the first place* - its mixing it with the track behind - properly, being able to shift the vocals about to match beats etc

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: joe hoover on March 08, 2001, 06:33:47 PM

I was just wondering what you were talking adjusting tha beat and stuff?  Do you think you could just explain a little bit about that for me?  w/b

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Don Seer on March 10, 2001, 03:10:21 PM

well i mean,
depending on the flow of lyrics  i'd want to move things around so the song better fits the lyrics, and add things like effects to emphasie whats being said.

i've decided since i wrote this post i think i'd have each verse (and the chorus) as seperate samples and treat them as such within the song

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Trauma-san on March 10, 2001, 03:17:35 PM

YO!

 I'm Your Man For This One, I've Done SEVERAL Remixes, With Acapellas.  IF The Emcee Uses The Same Beat That You're Gonna Use, It's Easy, Because The Timing Will Be Perfect.  What You Want To Do Is Get Cool Edit PRO, Not Just Cool Edit 2000, Because Pro Has Multi-Tracking.  You Pull It Up, And It Has 64 Channels, And You Can See EAch Audio Wave On Each Channel.  One Channel Can Have Lead Vocals, One Channel Can Have The Beat.  One Channel Can Have Maybe Some Drums You Added, It's Awesome.

Another One That Would Work Is Cakewalk.  It's The Same Thing.

Since You Can See The Different Audio Waves, You CAn Cut, Stretch, Push, Loop, Delete, Mute, Whatever The Hell You Want, It's Amazing, Actually.

Ask B-pLeAsE, He's Heard Some Shit I've Done, It's Nice.

Using Sound Recorder Works, But It's Shitty Quality, And You Can't Go Back And Change Anything.

Using Cool Edit Or Cakewalk Will Be The Closest Thing To Having Complete Control, Just Like They Do In The Studios.

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Don Seer on March 10, 2001, 06:31:52 PM

Ahhh the Pro version ;)

Sounds like what I need.

I think splitting the acapella into samples up into sections and triggering them on beat would give absolutely perfect timing.

I'll see how I get on once my production is up to speed.

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on April 11, 2001, 01:42:12 PM

I just do it over a tape-recorder with my Keyboard playing beats i tha backround..LOL

Title: Re: Recording Over Beats (MCs)
Post by: Don Seer on April 11, 2001, 01:43:28 PM

LOL

I've got cool edit pro now.. it makes sense :)