right what ive done is chopped out he 8 bar loop, then just repeated that, makes sense cause i can drop it out for the breakdown then. as for the other bits of audio not sure either why i cant open the time machine so i changed the tempo of the main sample to suit them @ 127 which im happy with anyways. will check out the utrabeat tutorial but theres so many other good ones to watch as well i dont have enough time lol cheers for ur help, much appreciated drusif

hi, im using logic 8. the loops are just standard ones i got in an minimal techno pack so i assume there not apple ones. from wat i heard u cant change the apple loop ones?

i wanted to adjust the audio to the tempo of the track, managed to do it with one of them ok but not the other. yea i watched 101 but it was a while back, will go over it again, cheers

i got 2 things im stuck with. firstly. i got the deadmau5 sample pack, and although listenin to some of it, its no where near as good as i thought it would be but i found a nice hihat hit i wanted to use. all the files in the pack seem to be wav. i can open them up in itunes but if i try to open one in logic it says "XF_SynLongC01.wav has a 32 bit format and cannot be played" any ideas why? where should i be dropping the sample pack and openin it from? cause at the minute its just on my desk top and im auditioning the samples from there. secondly im trying to learn sidechaining and everyone seems to send it to a bus? why is this so? cheers drusif

hey rounik, yea ive got the compressor app but not sure how to use it. if logic cant read 32 bit ill see if i can download it agin with a smaller rate. as for the side chaining i think i understand it now. wat i was on about is say i set a kick, snare and hats, i send them all to a single bus...say 7 then add the side chain to bus 7 rather then individualy. is that right?

hey hamish, so for example i have a few different packs with kick drum hits in the i wanna be able to just go to the channel strip to select instrument. go to kicks and then be able to scroll through till i find the one i like, so where would i have to store the samples? as for the side chain its just so i can do it on the kick drum snare and hats, think i got that now! i can also convert the kick to audio and use the audio to side chain other parts then cant i?

ah thats a helpfull link! ive just bought the ultrabeat tutorial and had a few questions about it but i guess this answer it. so the question was, i like ultrabeat but most of the kits and hits etc dont suit me at all..... so if i were to go and buy some kits from a source in my style of music i could essentially make up a perfect kit for me from loading different hits/samples from several kits into one custom kit that i would use time and time again. i also assume if i tweaked the settings on them they would save to? another question though, i was kinda hopin the tutorial would give me some help with wat frequency ranges best suit particular hits, i no its to suit ur own ear but is there anywhere that offers help with that? cheers guys drusif

exs is the next thing for me to look at. wanna get good on ub and the es1 first. its a lot to take in lol. i thought cause ub comes with the oscilators and filters it would be done through that! another thing though, suppose i map out my beats, follow that for 8 bars then suppose i wanna change it so maybe the kick drops out and the hi hats hit more frequently do i make a new channel strip for that? thanks for ur help drusif

ah sweet. thats a big help, thanks. ill crack on with watchin some more of the tutorial tonight. wat do u mean by tuning the drums? tar much drusif

excellent tips hamish, most greatfull thanks!