Extending a track by 2 bars to match video. How do do this gracefully?

[hubiedubie]

I'm currently doing a track for the title credits of a TV show. Everything was pretty much done until last night the producer asked me to add 4 seconds (approximately 2 bars) to the length of the song (but not to the ending as the music had to keep 'pumping' for an extra 4 seconds and push the ending bar out by 2bars. The music follows a CCFFCCFF pattern and then the end bar is a C. I've tried a few things for the extra 2 bars but can't quite get it to work.Tried CCFFCCFFFF and then C but it sounds off. I will try a 3 bar fill starting at bar 8 (as opposed to a 1 bar one) to see if this helps.

Has anybody else encountered this problem? If so how did they get around it?


Many thanks,
Hugh

[ggegan]

Originally Posted by hubiedubie

I'm currently doing a track for the title credits of a TV show. Everything was pretty much done until last night the producer asked me to add 4 seconds (approximately 2 bars) to the length of the song (but not to the ending as the music had to keep 'pumping' for an extra 4 seconds and push the ending bar out by 2bars. The music follows a CCFFCCFF pattern and then the end bar is a C. I've tried a few things for the extra 2 bars but can't quite get it to work.Tried CCFFCCFFFF and then C but it sounds off. I will try a 3 bar fill starting at bar 8 (as opposed to a 1 bar one) to see if this helps.

Has anybody else encountered this problem? If so how did they get around it?


Many thanks,
Hugh

Maybe try working with a 2 bar intro fill. That way it doesn't screw up the flow of the cue once it gets going.

Also, have you tried Elastic Audio in Pro Tools?

[danijel]

Originally Posted by ggegan

Maybe try working with a 2 bar intro fill.

Here's your progression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeP220xx7Bs

[ggegan]

Originally Posted by danijel

Here's your progression
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeP220xx7Bs

Exactly what I was thinking! Pogo time!

What about Wipeout!