Seamless loop playback doesn't work in Arrangement View

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Re: Seamless loop playback doesn't work in Arrangement View

Post by RobrechtV » Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:05 pm

Gavin wrote:
Mon Jun 09, 2025 2:13 pm
If I un-warp the clip, then warp and loop it again, I don't hear the clicks anymore. Don't know if that helps
I can't reproduce this. When I un-warp, then warp and loop it again, I still hear clicks.
Strange.

I can very clearly hear it in Arrangement view in the set you provided (after clicking "Back to arrangement", since the Session clip was playing).

Then I click Warp twice in the clip (the one in the arrangement) to un-warp and re-warp it, followed by Loop again (since un-warping has canceled the loop). When I drag on the end of the clip in the arrangement to create a couple of loop repeats, the transitions are clean as a whistle, no click. I tried it several times, going back and forth with Undo/Redo, and the difference is obvious in my setup. I'm on Live 12.1.1.

Of course, the clicks shouldn't be there in the first place, since – I can confirm – the loop is indeed seamless.
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Re: Seamless loop playback doesn't work in Arrangement View

Post by Gavin » Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:38 pm

I click Warp twice in the clip (the one in the arrangement) to un-warp and re-warp it, followed by Loop again (since un-warping has canceled the loop). When I drag on the end of the clip in the arrangement to create a couple of loop repeats, the transitions are clean as a whistle, no click.
I tried to reproduce it again and made a screen recording this time. I show the set up, and then the test starts at 0:40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1zgR7TBj2w

Let me know if I missed a step.

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Re: Seamless loop playback doesn't work in Arrangement View

Post by pottering » Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:01 pm

I think when support says "it's a problem with the audio clip", they meant the Audio Clip abstraction inside Live that refers to a source audio file, not the source audio file.

Because when I disable Warp, then re-enable Warp and Loop and loop the Clip again to 16 bars in Arrangement, then save the Set again, seems the problem is gone (I'm using the Beta version, maybe RobrechtV is too, Gavin clearly is not in his videos).

I mean the problem may be related with some bugged Audio Clip parameter that gets saved in the Set, so if Gavin keeps testing and saving test Sets with 12.1.1 then he (and others that load a Set saved with 12.1.1) will keep seeing the problem.

That may be why it is connected with Session View, maybe the Audio Clip gets some bugged parameter only in in Session View that affects playback in Arrangement later (I suspect it may also be related to disabled Create Fades in the Prefs).

OP should also make his tests in Beta not just 12.1.1.
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Re: Seamless loop playback doesn't work in Arrangement View

Post by RobrechtV » Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:13 pm

Gavin wrote:
Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:38 pm
I tried to reproduce it again and made a screen recording this time. I show the set up, and then the test starts at 0:40. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1zgR7TBj2w

Let me know if I missed a step.
No missing step, that's exactly what I did. The only difference is I'm on Windows and my Live version on my laptop is only 12.1.1 (so not on the beta either)... But I definitely hear the click that shouldn't be before the unwarp-warp operation, so the bug does occur on my system too, it just goes away after re-warping and re-looping. Too bad it doesn't work for you... :(
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Re: Seamless loop playback doesn't work in Arrangement View

Post by pottering » Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:15 pm

dp sorry
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