Downloading Loops

[aimusic]

Hi All,Does anyone on here download royalty free loops and use them in their tracks? I came across this website, and there are some loops that are really interesting and I think I could use em...http://www.looperman.com/index.php?mod=faqwhat you all thinkTake CareB

[andreh]

Quote:it would be easy for a lazy, unethical composer to submit the unadorned song as their own."Unethical" might be a little strong; after all you've ARE using a loop library, not a commercially released track...but where do you draw the line? I'd consider this more of a legal issue than a moral one. Quote:You don't want a client to get sued because you unwittingly used an uncleared loop. That's a career killer if I've ever see one!Agreed that this will irk any client, but ideally [for the client] you've provided or signed a contract that releases them from responsibility should such a suit arise...in which case your reputation may be only half your problem. Glad to see you're still around Mazz!André

[vicky]

Quote:If you're using drum loops, audio versions are just about as easy to edit to custom time signatures as midi versions (if a bit less flexible) thanks to their, ahem, "percussive" nature. I wouldn't let your specific needs steer you away from using them.Andre thanks....where would I look for this?...wheels are turnin' Ibanez and Mazz.....cool I'll check into it.....they don't list audition as a supported program, but it's worth it to ask........just spent 4 hours with the Battery Demo...and it doesn't seem to make loops Adobe audition 2 has VST and should work...I thought of buying the upgrade for Audition, but there is alot online about bugs in the VST area...I have an old Logic and Cakewalk...maybe i can get Addictive drums to work in one of those....I never learned logic, and the old one seemed counterintuitive, so I hope it doesn't want to work in there,,,,thanks so much....I went through all my critiques recently, and it seems I have 5 save-able electronicas if I fix the drums.....urgggthe old Cakewalk has many features for sub-dividing beats 1 through 12...yes 7's and sixes....and tempo drawing with circles....I don't know that many programs that can do this.....maybe I should learn to replace the midi? very new to this....thanks so much....Vicky

[vicky]

I keep that cakewalk around for my practicing...it's the only program I've seen that can program super extreme polyrhythms ....I'll call adobe tomorrow...Me want drums thanks vtbp

[andreh]

Quote:Quote:If you're using drum loops, audio versions are just about as easy to edit to custom time signatures as midi versions (if a bit less flexible) thanks to their, ahem, "percussive" nature. I wouldn't let your specific needs steer you away from using them.Andre thanks....where would I look for this?...wheels are turnin' Just good ol' fashioned editing. Set your grid to whatever note resolution make sense for the desired edit (16th notes work well often, but some of my crazier cuts go down to 64th or even 128th note edits), and chop away! You can pretty easily re-arrange kick, snare, and hat parts of a loop without things sounding funky [unless that's your goal]. And if they do get weird, you can always grab from another spot, or nudge start/end/positions until things gel.Also bear in mind that loops with any "feel" are going to have notes that land slightly before or after the beat, so you'll have to edit accordingly. There are several programs that make this easier such as Recycle, Sound Replacer (Pro Tools only), etc.André

[vicky]

André...right on!!!!! thanks