Remixing help

I was wondering what is the best way to recreate a beat for a remix... tap it out to the original beat? i know one of you MPC lovers can help me out

the "how to remix" manual says: use the original beat.
or was it never use the original beat...?
hmm, i think i gotta read it again.

come on, you wannna be a producer? be creative!

CommanderRobot wrote:the "how to remix" manual says: use the original beat.
or was it never use the original beat...?
hmm, i think i gotta read it again.

come on, you wannna be a producer? be creative!

Whatever that means, I agree.

No such thing as the "best" way. It either sounds dope or sounds like sh*t. If anything you can reference the original song for tempo alone but I normally try to veer away from everything the original song embodied tempo included.

poundaproblem wrote:No such thing as the "best" way. It either sounds dope or sounds like sh*t. If anything you can reference the original song for tempo alone but I normally try to veer away from everything the original song embodied tempo included.

I don't understand that at all. Just dropping vocals over any BPM will sound terrible. Maybe that's what Kool Keith does. It's like he don't even hear the beat when he's recording.

You totally misread my post homie. Let me rephrase: If I do a remix I dont even like to use the original tempo. I would rather timestretch (+ or -) to make the vocals faster or slower depending on the beat I am making for the remix.

poundaproblem wrote:You totally misread my post homie. Let me rephrase: If I do a remix I dont even like to use the original tempo. I would rather timestretch (+ or -) to make the vocals faster or slower depending on the beat I am making for the remix.

Got it. I have tried that with mixed results. But at least you are kinda making the artist rap to your beat instead of trying to make a beat fit existing vocals. I usually end up having to chop up the vocals and stretch them to make them fit. Either way works. But my way is better

try it both ways. on one track, you could play along with their drums on. while on another take, play your drums with their drums off, or maybe keep some of the percussion on and the kick and snare/clap off when your laying your drums down.

all you have to do is use the mute button. so it's easy to try it all.

My method is to bring the acapella into my recording software and then figure out the bpm. then i hook my computer to the mpc and then set the input thru on and make the beat over the acapella.

I usually start by finding the oringinal tempo of the original song and the key. Ill then lay the avapella in my daw and start composing around the vocals

primebeatz wrote:

poundaproblem wrote:You totally misread my post homie. Let me rephrase: If I do a remix I dont even like to use the original tempo. I would rather timestretch (+ or -) to make the vocals faster or slower depending on the beat I am making for the remix.

Got it. I have tried that with mixed results. But at least you are kinda making the artist rap to your beat instead of trying to make a beat fit existing vocals. I usually end up having to chop up the vocals and stretch them to make them fit. Either way works. But my way is better

i dont think your way is better.

four eyes wrote:

primebeatz wrote:

poundaproblem wrote:You totally misread my post homie. Let me rephrase: If I do a remix I dont even like to use the original tempo. I would rather timestretch (+ or -) to make the vocals faster or slower depending on the beat I am making for the remix.

Got it. I have tried that with mixed results. But at least you are kinda making the artist rap to your beat instead of trying to make a beat fit existing vocals. I usually end up having to chop up the vocals and stretch them to make them fit. Either way works. But my way is better

i dont think your way is better.

yea, thts to much work. make a beat. load the acapella in a audio editing program on ur computer and time stretch accordingly. the hard part for some ppl is getting the vocals to come in on time. the way ive explained a solution for that is to spit the first line of the verse out loud to see where it should drop---sort of like its your lyrics. does that make sense? also what i do is nod my head to the beat(bpm) of the acapella (a lot of ppl cant do that---it takes some practice) and drop the beat on the 1. im sure it'll take some time to get comfortable with. do u have any dj experience (blending instrumental with acapella's?)
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