Acappella's(vocals)

[classic]

Hey guys I was wondering how u guys use other peoples vocals
to your own beats. I would love to get and vocal of andre 3000 on one of my beats. I hear it on this site all the time so I was wondering if u could help me out

Couple of basic questions

How do u synch up the vocals and the beat

How to u figure out the BPM of the vocals

Can u stretch the beat or vocals to make em fit??

Anyone got any links to some good acapellas

Sorry if some of these sound basic but I have never tried this before.
If u have a link to any tutorials on this. Or any other tips let me know

Ohh yea I’m using cubase SX

Class..

 

[Ash Holmz]

to sync the vocals i time strech but only if the beat is faster than the ryhme or just slightly slower cuz sometimes u get a grainy effect ... or u can change pitch but i dont like doing that cuz it sounds weird to me ...... i figure the bpms by taking a small section like the chorus and making it loop then u can take that loop and put it in the beat calculator and get roughly the right tempo...umm mikelabz had an accapella site i have it somehere but im too lazy to look for it ..try doing a thread search...

 

[Fade]

I haven't messed too much with acapella's when producing, but a good technique when I was DJ'ing was to match the instrumental of both songs, then take the acapella at that same tempo and BAM! perfect match.

 

[DjDelay]

I'll give it a shot of trying to answer you questions:

"How do u sync up the vocals and the beat" - Once you've got the instrumental and the accapella at the same BPM, i align them up just by listening and using my ears. It's easy

"How do u figure out the BPM of the vocals " - Several ways, you could obviously do the maths and divide the 4 beats by the duration of the bar, then multiply by 60. But that is well boring and a stupid way to do it. Easiest way in Cubase is to use the beat calculator (project > beat calculator). Just follow the rythm and tap space on your keyboard.

"Can u stretch the beat or vocals to make em fit??" - Yes, the "time stretch" function will keep the original pitch of what your stretching. But if you stretch TOO much you will notice a slight degredation in sound quality

"Anyone got any links to some good acapellas" - http://www.acapella-heaven.tk/

Hope this helps

L8er

 

[Fila]

for those that want accapella's and know how to use mIRC:

Server: EFNET
channel: #instrumentalz/s forgot if its a Z or a S

and after u use the !list command, the user's name is Dr4gon, he's got ACAPELLA'S on his server. Im sure there is more but that guy is always on, so check it out if ur after some.

Later!