Changing BPM

[joebataz]

I am importing audio tracks into Live and adding midi tracks to the audio. But a few times now I have brought an audio track in (drag and drop) and when I play the audio a section of it has the BPM slowed/speeded up. The only way I have been able to get the track to play correctly is to shut the WARP off. But when I do that I lose the measures/beats grid in the audio which makes setting timing up a real chore. So either is there a way to get the BPM consistent or get the measures/beats grid to reappear?

Thanks,

Joe B

[yur2die4]

Use the warp markers.

[shacoca]

many times, you'll have to adjust the results of Live's auto-warp, which usually means resetting the 1.1.1 downbeat. for stuff with strong beats for auto-warp to detect, this is probably all you'll need to do. for further adjustment, you can right-click on the 1.1.1 marker and try a number of options to re-warp from that point. if you still don't get a total fix, you'll need to slide warp markers around while listening back with the metronome on. you're usually able to slam a warp marker where a transient has already been found. most times, you can get away with just placing/adjusting a couple of markers toward the beginning and one more toward the end of the track. to keep your markers with the clip, hit the save button in the Sample panel.

[Wbowers]

Also you change the clips default tempo to whatever is your global tempo. as long as those numbers match the audio will sound right.

[Jetplane]

Exactly how does one change the default BPM for clip? I know to click and drag up and down but it changes the BPM to odd decimals. How do I enter an exact number? I can't seem to click on the field to enter a precise numb....

[yur2die4]

First choose a warp marker. Then you type in the bpm. Anything After that marker will be acknowledged as that bpm with every point which is at .1.1 being the downbeat.