How do I turn a midi loop into a perfect audio loop?
I have some drum loops that are in midi format. I want to convert them into a audio file loop. When I bounce the midi file or export it to and audio file the audio starts a little after the midi hits. Basicly it adds an extra silent audio at the begining of the loop and it does not start at the beggining. To make it a perfect loop like the midi I always have to cut off the beggining until the loop really starts. Sorry about my bad explination. I just want to get my little drum loops in midi to be converted to the same thing but in a audio file without the added delay at the begging of the audio file. I am doing this to a lot of loops to make them apple loops. So what am i doing wrong? Or does this allways happen? And is they any quick or better way to do this? It would really help a lot! Thank you!
Mac Pro 2.66GHz,
Mac OS X (10.4.9),
1GB Ram, 3 x 250GB HD in RAID 0
You don't say what audio device is being played by the MIDI files. Is it a plug-in or an external synth/sampler?
If it is a plug-in you may be able to improve things by reduce the audio buffer size in Audio setup and making sure that PDC (Plug-in Delay Compensation) is on before you do a bounce.
If you are starting everything at Bar 1 then this is a known problem! Try moving the start to Bar 2, you will still get your loop but hopefully the first drum will play.
Ok i started it at 3 1 1 1 and it ends at 5 1 1 1 for the bounce but still the first drum hit would not be bounced. I also had the midi section highlighted if that maters or not.
Ok i figured out why its was not bouncing the first midi notes. The way I got it to work was just by dragging the begging of the loop a bar back ( it dont mater how far i just did it a bar so it was easy to cut off later). Then After bouncing them cut off the beggining empty bar. Now I have a perfect loop. Thanks for you help you guys!
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