making an R&B remix ??

[Sal Paradise]

has a thread been done on here as to how to approach remixing a 60 bpm'sh R&B track into a house remix? Didn't find anything in search. Any beginning pointers would be really helpful. I am working on Logic.

[blackwax]

thats real tough
to time strech a vocal like that will make it sound horrid IMO

what sort of tempo you want the house track at?

[Sal Paradise]

thats real tough
to time strech a vocal like that will make it sound horrid IMO

what sort of tempo you want the house track at?

you would not have to time stretch it. it's just the half time. 60/120 62/124 and so on. A lot of the Darryl James kind of R&B remixes are taken from R&B jams that are down at that tempo.

[blackwax]

oh shit oops my bad you are right Sal

[dj aakmael]

you would not have to time stretch it. it's just the half time. 60/120 62/124 and so on. A lot of the Darryl James kind of R&B remixes are taken from R&B jams that are down at that tempo.

Nah, if you have the tempo set at or around 60ish, you could do a 120bpm track and be good. Just lay the vocals as is firstly, then edit

peace
aak

[DJ Keith Porter]

you would not have to time stretch it. it's just the half time. 60/120 62/124 and so on. A lot of the Darryl James kind of R&B remixes are taken from R&B jams that are down at that tempo.

Thats time streching in reverse. Works well with very low tempos tacks.

If you have this down then what are you really looking for?

[Sal Paradise]

Thats time streching in reverse. Works well with very low tempos tacks.

If you have this down then what are you really looking for?

it's all new to me Keith. So just any kind of tips. When I posted this I had not attempted one yet. The process I went through for my first attempt at one was to first lay down a four to the floor that aprox matched/doubled the original . Then I cut and lined up the vocal to the four on the floor. Then I eq'd the vocals low end out and starting adding production elements. Now if I had only been in key I thought I was, but I think my ears tricked me. I just picked up mixed in key so I am hoping that program will help me. Though I am not sure I trust it completely. I guess it at least gives you a good ballpark.

[blackwax]

start with the vocal make sure that is in time (you may need o chop it up) then lay your dums over it

you may find it easier that way

[Sal Paradise]

start with the vocal make sure that is in time (you may need o chop it up) then lay your dums over it

you may find it easier that way

I had no problems sinking the kick to the vocal. I chopped the vocal and lined it up with the kick. I mean time consuming sure. But the result was good.

[DJ Keith Porter]

it's all new to me Keith. So just any kind of tips. When I posted this I had not attempted one yet. The process I went through for my first attempt at one was to first lay down a four to the floor that aprox matched/doubled the original . Then I cut and lined up the vocal to the four on the floor. Then I eq'd the vocals low end out and starting adding production elements. Now if I had only been in key I thought I was, but I think my ears tricked me. I just picked up mixed in key so I am hoping that program will help me. Though I am not sure I trust it completely. I guess it at least gives you a good ballpark.

Keep going!!

[DJ Keith Porter]

start with the vocal make sure that is in time (you may need o chop it up) then lay your dums over it

you may find it easier that way

Start in the bathroom. This way you can get rid of the shit sounds. hahahaha

I couldn't resist..

Carry on.
:-)

[drilla]

sal,

one way to find the key, assuming that the original was in key, is to use the original track with the vocal. listen to how the song changes as the vocal changes and try to understand those progressions within the key or a change in key if that is the case.

one way to do this would be to put the original song on a track in your sequener. then make another track...set it up for a bass sound or just a piano sound. then try to play over the original song, attempting to find the same notes or key changes or however the song may play out.