4Leaf Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 I have been working on my song for a while now and have run into a few speed bumps that I should address before moving on. So far I am happy that I am finally starting to get the hang of this Remixing stuff, but that isn't to say there are not at least a few problems. 1. I don't really know how to make my song longer without destroying the entire thing. What I did was Import a Midi file of the song I want to remix just so I could get the notes of the song (Since I am not ear trained). What it did was put the song over enough measures so that it reaches about 1 minute. As I am trying to build my own song using some of these notes obviously I want my tracks that I make to be longer than 1 minute, but each track seems to default to a minute. How can I remedy this? 2. My song requires me to change the speed of the notes being played mid song. I have been reading the threads here, but they all seem to assume I know more than I do. I tried right clicking tempo and doing an automation clip, but I had no idea how to work it. It used a piano roll just like everything else does... I have no clue how pitch has anything to do with the speed of the song, but whatever. I just need to know how to do that. 3. I want to be able to use sounds such as fire burning, wind blowing, and water running in my song. (subtle noises) What is the best way of importing/getting these sounds into the program? Thank you very much for your patients. I just picked this program up and started using it yesterday so sorry if I am a bit clueless. Quote
Zephyr Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 You have to learn to crawl before you can walk, and walk before you run. I'd suggest building a song around what you CAN do and then working up and learning new things as you go. I'd save automation for later. I have absolutely no clue what you mean by each "track" defaulting to one minute. To get mp3's into the song, either create a new audio clip and load the file into there, or put them into a folder that you can find in the browser, and drag'n'drop. Quote
4Leaf Posted March 9, 2009 Author Posted March 9, 2009 Yeah that is very true! But I gotta learn it sometime bro... =o Is it a complicated process or am I just over complicating it? Quote
Skrypnyk Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 I'm gonna side with zephyr~~~~~~~~~ and say that if you do know how to do really rather simple stuff (i.e. loading samples), then working on a remix is probably not the best idea. Fool around with the program and one of the demo songs. Quote
4Leaf Posted March 10, 2009 Author Posted March 10, 2009 Mmmkay for now I suppose I will just skip that part and fool around with other things. And yeah I tried that thing. ; I could not find anything I needed in it. Quote
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