Tap Tempo and Warping?
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:20 pm
I've been delving into warping a bit more lately, but for the life of me I don't understand how tap tempo figures into the equation. The relevant manual section says:
Warp From Here (Start At ...) directs Auto-Warp to use the current Live Set’s tempo as
a starting point for tempo tracking. The strategy here is as follows:
1. Deactivate the Warp switch for the clip so that it plays unwarped;
2. Use the Control Bar’s Tap Tempo button to tap along, thereby setting the
Live Set’s tempo to match that of the clip;
3. Turn warping on again and use the Warp From Here (Start At ...) command
to tell Auto-Warp to use your tapped tempo as a reference.
...which all makes sense, except when I try to do it, the playback of the song I'm trying to warp jumps all over the place making it impossible to accurately tap the tempo out. I can play back the tune I'm trying to warp in iTunes or Winamp separately while I tap the tempo to Live, but I feel like I must be doing something wrong to not be able to get it to work right in Ableton. Advice? Thanks in advance.
Warp From Here (Start At ...) directs Auto-Warp to use the current Live Set’s tempo as
a starting point for tempo tracking. The strategy here is as follows:
1. Deactivate the Warp switch for the clip so that it plays unwarped;
2. Use the Control Bar’s Tap Tempo button to tap along, thereby setting the
Live Set’s tempo to match that of the clip;
3. Turn warping on again and use the Warp From Here (Start At ...) command
to tell Auto-Warp to use your tapped tempo as a reference.
...which all makes sense, except when I try to do it, the playback of the song I'm trying to warp jumps all over the place making it impossible to accurately tap the tempo out. I can play back the tune I'm trying to warp in iTunes or Winamp separately while I tap the tempo to Live, but I feel like I must be doing something wrong to not be able to get it to work right in Ableton. Advice? Thanks in advance.