References: Target Audio to recreate (includes MIDI for drums in the video's description), Source (Base) Audio, Drum VST I'm using
Important: I've only done very basic audio editing in Audacity (fade transitions, some EQ, and adding some reverb), so basically, ELI5.
So I'm trying to use Cakewalk to line up this MIDI drum track to the source audio to recreate the audio heard in the target audio (or at least, recreate the same parts, since the target audio has an intro section that I can't find a source track anywhere, so I'm just recreating the main part which starts at 0:19 on it). Every time I import the MIDI track, it always seems to be off-timed, especially after transition parts. I've made some subpar amateur patchwork on the MIDI to roughly retime the major parts to where they should be, but it still leaves the entire track feeling wrong on time, not to mention some of the gaps are too big to just leave empty.
Trying to adjust the project BPM to match the original audio's BPM (90) makes the MIDI too slow and long for the audio so I have to work at 179.99 to compensate (which for the most part is fine, but I noticed audio files don't seem to stretch when BPM is changed) (P.S. When I tapped the audio, I found out the BPM is around 178. I'm not sure if this is me or the audio's BPM needs to be stabilized or what.)
Is there any way I can make it easier to adjust the MIDI to match the audio? I can also send the project file if needed, though I'm only working exactly with the things I've listed above.
