Introduction

Sometimes it can be interesting to perform an in depth analysis how others built their
tracks. This is, what I call trackrecycling.

Trackrecycling can be usefull or necessary for diffenrent reasons. Maybe You´re new to producing a certain music genre or new to production in general. It can also be interesting for more experienced producers who like to analyze not the
“big picture” of a track but just certain part.

Track recycling can be a good startingpoint for You to build Your own tracks.
It can give You new ideas on doing things, but be creative with the things You have analyzed! Build something new with it. Do not just copy things and call it
your own piece of music!

Different detail levels to perform Trackrecycling

1. Structure
2. Instumentation
3. Performance

These abstract concepts can be used to describe any piece of music.

In the following sections I will give You a brief insight into the different levels and steps to anylyse ond/or
rebuild a given piece of music. This will be a highly subjective description influence by my personal workflow
and - of course - the pieces of software I have available.  So it´s just a suggestion.

Adapt it to Your needs or use another one…. it´s up to You!

2. Structure

At the beginning of the analysis of the structure it is necessary to determin the tempo to the track your analysing or rebuilding.

2.1. Determining the tempo of a given piece of music

Move the imported Audio event to the right so you have a few free bars to the left of the clip.

Turn Off the Snap function.

In the project window move the cursor to the desired position, e.g. a significant downbeat (the “one”) of the event.

Holding [Alt] rightclick to open the contects menu.

Select Audio/Snap Point to Cursor.

The snap point is now set to the position of the Cursor.

Now turn Sanp on an choose . Snaptype Grid and Grid type Bar.

If You now move the the audio Event, it will snap to the beginning of a bar.

Now turn on the click and play back the tune. Adjust the tempo until the click fits the beat. During the tempo adjustments don´t forget to re-snap the event because the tempo change doesn´t affect the position of the event.

3. Instrumentation

4. Performance

4.1. Using Recycle

Track recycling is a good way to understand how others build their tracks.