Changing a song from 4/4 timing to 7/8 timing

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driven
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Changing a song from 4/4 timing to 7/8 timing

Post by driven » Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:35 pm

Suppose I have a song in 4/4 timing that I want to change to 7/8 timing. I want to, as a batch process, delete the last 1/8th of each measure, then switch the time signature from 4/4 to 7/8 and remove the empty space.

Now I can do this all manually, but I'm wondering if there's a convenient way to do this as a batch process.

jestermgee
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Re: Changing a song from 4/4 timing to 7/8 timing

Post by jestermgee » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:24 pm

http://en.wikiaudio.org/Ableton_Live:In ... ure_change

But I have no idea what else you are trying to do there but that will allow for a signature change at any time.

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Re: Changing a song from 4/4 timing to 7/8 timing

Post by Tagor » Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:34 pm

72 BPM;7/8
if you rename the scene and record this with a mouse-kb-recorder maybe brings one step closer ?

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Re: Changing a song from 4/4 timing to 7/8 timing

Post by chapelier fou » Sat Mar 05, 2016 10:07 pm

@driven : sorry, but you'll have to do this manually. But maybe something can be automated. Are you talking about a liveset or a stereo file ?
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driven
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Re: Changing a song from 4/4 timing to 7/8 timing

Post by driven » Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:14 pm

Ok, thanks - saves lots of time just knowing it's not easily possible. Cheers!

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