Swing & Groove Question / Tip

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M6live
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Swing & Groove Question / Tip

Post by M6live » Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:21 am

Yo. Would it be possible to apply any sort of swing / groove to the output of an audio track?

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Re: Swing & Groove Question / Tip

Post by longjohns » Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:36 am

yes, if the audio track were playing a clip which was equipped with warp markers

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Re: Swing & Groove Question / Tip

Post by M6live » Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:23 am

what if there is no audio clip on that track, but audio is running through the channel

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Re: Swing & Groove Question / Tip

Post by drb » Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:23 am

M6live wrote:what if there is no audio clip on that track, but audio is running through the channel
Not live audio no.

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Re: Swing & Groove Question / Tip

Post by yur2die4 » Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:04 pm

You'd have to fake it with gating/volume automations, repitching effects w/ synced LFO's, filtering, delays and buffer repeat type fx. :D One simple thing you can try is two AutoPans. set to maybe 50%, that are beat-synced with shape of choice. Adjust the Offset and you are good to go (btw, triplets are fun to use :) ). Just use the fx in awkward intervals and offset in strange ways.

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Re: Swing & Groove Question / Tip

Post by tlennon » Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:08 pm

M6live wrote:what if there is no audio clip on that track, but audio is running through the channel
Simply record the audio to a track unless you are talking about realtime grooving. Which of course, no DAW can do yet.
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Re: Swing & Groove Question / Tip

Post by M6live » Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:53 pm

Thank you for all of the responses. The issue is much clearer to me now.
Simply record the audio to a track unless you are talking about realtime grooving. Which of course, no DAW can do yet.
That would be awesome.

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Re: Swing & Groove Question / Tip

Post by Captain Comeback » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:08 pm

go into your piano roll of whatever midi instrument you are using, and switch the groove to "Swing 16". Then go up to the swing box next to the BPM indicator in the top left of ableton and raise it to your preference.

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