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Backing tracks
Track a simple riff, load it into DreamSampler, and generate a backing track around it.
Finding the perfect backing track is nearly impossible — so make the one you need. Track a simple riff, feed it into DreamSampler, and the engine keeps regenerating a backing layer around it while you adjust knobs and faders. Build a full mix, or steer toward the single instrument you're missing.
How to do it
- 1Track a simple riff and bounce it to a file (or export the region).
- 2Add DreamSampler to an instrument track, click
Connect, and feed that riff as the source. - 3Prompt toward the accompaniment you want and pick a matching style.
- 4Keep Structure high so the backing tracks your riff's rhythm and sections; use Timbre to set the instrumentation.
- 5Play the buffer in Classic mode (or fire it with 1-Shot) while you adjust knobs and faders live.
- 6Record the backing to a new audio track alongside your riff.
Tips
- Full mix or one instrument
- Prompt the whole band, or steer toward the single part your track is missing.
- Keep it in time
- Higher Structure holds the backing to your riff's feel; lower it to let the arrangement wander.
- Perform it
- Nudge the controls while it plays until the layer sits right under your part.
Output is audio — best for feel and texture behind your part rather than clean note-by-note editing.