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Half Time RealDrums #146780 01/14/12 10:13 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 506 Midwest RobbMiller OP Journeyman
OP RobbMiller Journeyman Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 506 Midwest	Hey all, I have a song that has an average tempo of 128BPM, I would like to use the RD patch RockNorthernBallad which has a native tempo of 65BPM. Is there a way to set RD to halftime? Thanks

Re: Half Time RealDrums RobbMiller #146781 01/14/12 12:12 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Rachael Expert R Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,616	If you can't find a suitable drum kit, try Edit\|Reduce. This may work depending on how many chords per bar you have. R

Re: Half Time RealDrums RobbMiller #146782 01/14/12 02:04 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Cerio Expert C Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,598 Spain	Quote: I have a song that has an average tempo of 128BPM, I would like to use the RD patch RockNorthernBallad which has a native tempo of 65BPM. Is there a way to set RD to halftime? I would put that request on the Wish list forum. It would be a very useful option to have. Last edited by Cerio; 01/14/12 03:32 PM.

Re: Half Time RealDrums Rachael #146783 01/14/12 07:16 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 506 Midwest RobbMiller OP Journeyman
OP RobbMiller Journeyman Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 506 Midwest	Quote: If you can't find a suitable drum kit, try Edit\|Reduce. This may work depending on how many chords per bar you have. R Thanks, I tried this but it messed with my part transitions.

Re: Half Time RealDrums RobbMiller #146784 01/14/12 08:24 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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dcuny Veteran Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 8,187 Sacramento, California	Have you considered rendering the drums as a .wav and using the Audio track to play them? -- David Cuny My virtual singer development blog Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing? BiaB 2025 \| Windows 11 \| Reaper \| Way too many VSTis.

Re: Half Time RealDrums dcuny #146785 01/14/12 09:39 PM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 506 Midwest RobbMiller OP Journeyman
OP RobbMiller Journeyman Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 506 Midwest	Quote: Have you considered rendering the drums as a .wav and using the Audio track to play them? I'm trying to work that out. I've pulled the track into Sonar but the slight rallentando prior to a break that is making alignment difficult.

Re: Half Time RealDrums RobbMiller #146786 01/15/12 05:21 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Tommyc Veteran Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,026	That drum set says it's fastest tempo is 140 .

Re: Half Time RealDrums Tommyc #146787 01/15/12 05:38 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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silvertones Veteran Joined: May 2003 Posts: 8,021 Rio Grande Valley, Texas	You can really use RDs at any tempo. John ESI Gigaport HD+ Lenovo Turion II /4 Gig Ram/ Win7x64 be 15.6" Monitor "The only Band is a Real Band" www.wintertexaninfo.com/BANDS/JohnnyD.php

Re: Half Time RealDrums silvertones #146788 01/15/12 06:51 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Rachael Expert R Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1,616	That drum set tempo range is 45-140. It should have no problem at 128. Now, if for some reason, you absolutely want the 65 to play your 128 tune - you would have to remove some file from the appropriate drum folder. That is using the stretching a little to the extreme though. R

Re: Half Time RealDrums silvertones #146789 01/15/12 07:26 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 506 Midwest RobbMiller OP Journeyman
OP RobbMiller Journeyman Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 506 Midwest	Yes the drums can be used at a wide variety of tempos, but the cannot be used at a tempo other than the project tempo. The tempo of my project is ~128bpm with a couple of 1 bar tempo changes. I would like the drums to play a tempo of ~64bpm.

Re: Half Time RealDrums RobbMiller #146790 01/16/12 04:57 AM Band-in-a-Box for Windows
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Tommyc Veteran Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,026	Just render the drums separate and load it in your song using RB .

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