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Note: If you chose not to change the BPM of the second song, instead press
X
x
/Ctrl+Shift+V
to paste and automatically fit to the BPM of the first song.
Create mashups of your tracks
1)
Rip two or more of your songs that you’d like to combine.
2)
In the Layers Panel (bottom-right of the window) mute (click M) and solo (click S) different layers in
each Rip and play them back to pick out the best parts to use.
3)
Mute a layer that you’d like to remove from a song or delete all of its notes by right-clicking on its
name in the Layers Panel and clicking Delete.
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DeepAudio only: Identify, select and delete any residual unpitched sound associated with the
layer by using the Edit Unpitched Tool.
4)
Select a layer in another Rip by opening that Rip and clicking on the name of the layer in the Layers
Panel. Alternatively, select a vocal phrase, riff or other part of a layer by soloing the layer and clicking
& dragging a selection rectangle over the required notes/unpitched sounds.
5)
Copy & paste the selection to the Rip with the muted/deleted layer by pressing
X
/Ctrl+C, switching to
that Rip, placing the cursor at the point where the selection should be pasted and then pressing
X
x
/Ctrl+Shift+V to automatically fit the pasted selection to the new tempo.
6)
Group the selection by pressing
X
/Ctrl+G so that it can be easily edited as a single object to tweak its
timing and pitch.
7)
To alter the timing and pitch of any of its individual notes/unpitched sounds, ungroup it by pressing
X
x
/Ctrl+Shift+G or hold down
z
/Alt whilst clicking & dragging them up/down or left/right.
8)
Experiment with copying & pasting other parts of the Rips together.
Import MIDI tracks from your DAW
The following contains steps that can only be performed with DeepAudio.
1)
Export a MIDI track from your DAW as a MIDI file.
2)
Click File>Open or press
X
/Ctrl+O to import the MIDI file and convert it into a Rip.
3)
Apply vocal, instrumental, and other sounds to selected notes by choosing the sound in the Sound
Palette, selecting AudioShop’s Replace Sound Tool and then clicking Replace Selection in the area to
the right of Audioshop.
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Tip: All notes assigned to the same layer can be selected at once by clicking on the name of
the layer in the Layers Panel.
4)
If you applied to notes an instrumental sound that differs from the one they had in the MIDI file,
change the layer they are assigned to by selecting them and clicking on the arrow icon next to the
appropriate instrument name in the Layers Panel.
5)
If required, add realism to notes in the following ways:
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Click & drag the starts of notes so that they are no longer strictly in time. (If Snap to Beat
Markers is checked in the View menu, hold down
z
/Alt whilst clicking & dragging.)
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Add vibrato from the Adjust / Effects menu or with Audioshop’s Apply Pattern Tool.