Albino 3 very basic start

[t0mmy9]

Hi everyone

OK, first of all I am a huge noob at this, and am just starting now. I have got Albino 3 and added it to the plugins for Sony Acid Pro. I can open it in acid and get the settings screen, and change values but can't seem to play the result. How do I save the result and import it into acid and play it, or preview it?

I have read the manual and still can't seem to find it, are there any good tutorials out there too?

thanks for any help.

[tripwire22]

get a better daw?

[jaydot]

Can't you use it as a plug in as opposed to stand alone?

[Mysius]

Draw a midi region on the albino track with the pencil tool. Right click then go to clip properties to get the Piano Roll

[t0mmy9]

I drew a MIDI region on the track then right clicked and chose properties. The only options were start offset and pitch shift.

So I selected enable inline editing (G) to get the piano displayed. I then added a few notes and selected them and opened the albino 3 plugin. I changed some settings but they didnt seem to have an effect. Am I doing this right?

[MidnightMassDubstep]

Dude, what the fuck are you doing...?

Okay, step by step:

1: Insert - Midi track
2: On the track at the left, there should be a little piano, and to the left of that a little 3 pin midi sign. click that, then click insert soft synth and select desired synth (in this case albino 3)
3: Draw a midi clip, then draw in the desired notes that you want to play.
4: Press play and you should hear some noise coming from albino. If not, something's not working.

[silentk]

I wonder why he's using Acid...


I'm sure it was featured in some sort of video about production...


With some kind of really banging producer...

[nowaysj]

[Over7hink]

smh

because we all use DAWs and VSTs that other big name producers also use, we are all trying to clone big name producers.

[nowaysj]

hahaha you're missing it. Homie saw a vid where a producer used a specific daw and a specific vst, and homie knows absolutely nothing about production, dl'ed some cracks and wants to make toons. Nothing wrong with that other than the stealing part. But homie should learn a bit more before jumping in like this. This shit is difficult to get started with, and a poor decision like using acid could cost you serious time and effort later on.

I might suggest flstudio, cubase, or live over acid if homie is on a pc.

[MidnightMassDubstep]

actually i use acid for all of my main arranging and i find it extremely suited to me. saying that i started out making metal with cakewalk so i'm used to that sorta layout. big up the acid kru masseeeev. anyway you might find it a less frustrating starting point to mess around in a fruity loops demo to learn the ropes of sequencing...

[mc wayne]

http://www.renoise.com/order

[Over7hink]

I always thought ACID to be a good program that could have been so much more.

and it was very stable. extremely stable.

Sony fucked it up. I have doubts there will be ACID Pro 8 or anything.

[MidnightMassDubstep]

do you mind me asking how they fucked up...? i use acid 6 anyway.

[Over7hink]

do you mind me asking how they fucked up...? i use acid 6 anyway.

the way I see it ACID could have easily been a program that rivals ableton as far as live performance possibilites. but i guess that wasn't its purpose. acid seems sort of like a half-finished idea.

but thats just me

[shaneynclan]

restart steam

[JBE]

Yea, for a beginner I would definitely suggest a different DAW than Sony Acid. Sony Acid is alright if you already understand the concept of sequencing and sampling. It would be easier to go with a program that uses step sequencers and has a more toned down hands on feel. Something like FL Studio is great to start with. It's can be a very complex program but it's very easy to learn just the main basics of the program. It's also got extensive use so there are a lot of videos on the internet that can show you things with that program. Once you got a decent understanding of what you're doing, then start looking for other programs or choose to stick with FL.

[t0mmy9]

woo thanks MidnightMassDubstep

and yes... I admit I have seen a certain video with certain software but I am just doing this for fun. And I like acid, it doesnt seem too hard to use