so i've been messing with drum editing on pt 8 hd 3
i tried three methods last night
first method was tab, b, conform, smooth
it went alright, but a lot of parts in the song were shifted early or late because quantize can only do "nearest note" which is no good in my world. thats why i edit drums manually on cubase. especially because drummers switch from straight to triplet all the time, at least dotted can be handled in straight
second i tried beat detective
this was ok, but beat detective is kind of pointless to me. i feel like beat detective is for lazy people. and its not that acurate! it quantized the whole song, but shifted the entire thing by like an eighth note. some other parts were shifted in the wrong direction, etc. and once again BD doesnt handle switching from straight to triplet on the fly
third i tried tab, b, manual move, per hit
this was the best, because the computer didnt have control of where the hits were goin to, I was in control. the problem was, i dont know pro tools well enough to know how to quickly execute the moves, when you hit tab and get your 0 point, then hit b, you're left with a new region to move, by looking on the screen you can see where this hit needs to be. at this point i need to know some more options... so far i know these are the options
slow:
use the smart tool the whole time, grab the region, either quantize or move it
slower:
switch to the grabber tool, grab the region, drag it
slowest:
switch to the grabber tool, grab the region, press alt+0
so, does anyone have any tips on quickly executing the move after tab, b?
i tried three methods last night
first method was tab, b, conform, smooth
it went alright, but a lot of parts in the song were shifted early or late because quantize can only do "nearest note" which is no good in my world. thats why i edit drums manually on cubase. especially because drummers switch from straight to triplet all the time, at least dotted can be handled in straight
second i tried beat detective
this was ok, but beat detective is kind of pointless to me. i feel like beat detective is for lazy people. and its not that acurate! it quantized the whole song, but shifted the entire thing by like an eighth note. some other parts were shifted in the wrong direction, etc. and once again BD doesnt handle switching from straight to triplet on the fly
third i tried tab, b, manual move, per hit
this was the best, because the computer didnt have control of where the hits were goin to, I was in control. the problem was, i dont know pro tools well enough to know how to quickly execute the moves, when you hit tab and get your 0 point, then hit b, you're left with a new region to move, by looking on the screen you can see where this hit needs to be. at this point i need to know some more options... so far i know these are the options
slow:
use the smart tool the whole time, grab the region, either quantize or move it
slower:
switch to the grabber tool, grab the region, drag it
slowest:
switch to the grabber tool, grab the region, press alt+0
so, does anyone have any tips on quickly executing the move after tab, b?