Shortest possible arrangement loop

Lovin Teris · Post by **Lovin Teris** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:48 pm

Hi

I've made some simple sound effects, the shortest of which is just a single note played in Simpler.

To export them (six in all) I lay them out in A-view, select each clip and loop the selection, then render. Works a treat.

The only problem is, the loop is too long for the shortest snippets. Looks like the smallest it gets is a quarter note.

Am I missing something? If not, why does this limitation exist?

djsynchro · Post by **djsynchro** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:14 pm

Because no-one ever conceived of someone wanting to render something shorter than a quarter note?

I'm intrigued! What are your sounds like?

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:17 pm

maybe use the duplicate command to extend the length, at least to the point where you can loop

Lovin Teris · Post by **Lovin Teris** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:52 pm

djsynchro wrote:I'm intrigued! What are your sounds like?

Nothing intriguing, I'm afraid.

They're just short sounds to use in a quiz in Flash, to illustrate "yes" and "no".

Live's perhaps not the program to use, but it's what I've got.

HD1 · Post by **HD1** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:54 pm

what you need is a free audio editor...render as usual then use the editor to get the snippets you want...

heard of audacity ? ...not sure if its mac or xp only...but there are free editors out there...

not the answer you were looking for, but it might help

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:23 pm

Yes, Audacity should workand it is cross platform.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Lovin Teris · Post by **Lovin Teris** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:35 pm

Thanks.

I have Audacity and Kristal, both freeware. (No, I did not get them "bundled" with a Behringer "product".

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I just wandered if there was some setting in Live I had missed. There's no big issue in using the files as they are.

jtpack · Post by **jtpack** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:16 am

You can render bits of audio of any length. Just don't loop. Select the audio and render.