Ableton/Live/UG/09 Audio Clips Tempo and Warping/02 Warping/05 Auto-Warping Long Samples
- These cases assume Auto-Warp Long Samples is on, the default.
9.2.5.1 Adjusting Auto-Warp Results
- Auto-Warp usually gets the tempo right. Turn on the metronome while correcting it.
- If the downbeat is wrong:
Shift-drag from a marker to slide the waveform; or put the insert marker on the downbeat and choose Set 1.1.1 Here; or zoom in, add a marker on the downbeat, and drag it to bar 1. - Warp Sample as… fits an already-looped sample to a suggested loop length. Warp Selection as… auto-warps a selected part, such as a break inside a song, setting loop markers to fit.
- For tight control, warp section by section from left to right, pinning each good section with markers;
Cmd-click (Mac) / Ctrl-click (Win) selects several markers to move together. - The Warp From Here… commands reset markers to the right of a point and leave those to the left alone:
- Warp From Here: runs Auto-Warp from that point.
- Warp From Here (Start At …): uses the Set's tempo as the starting guess. Unwarp the clip, tap the tempo to match it, rewarp, then run this.
- Warp From Here (Straight): one marker using the estimated original BPM, for material with steady tempo.
- Warp … BPM From Here: one marker assuming the clip matches the Set's tempo; type the known BPM first.