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by quandry » Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:44 pm
I guess I agree it could be useful, but there are a couple of things to note. If your clip was recorded at the exact tempo (bpm) of your Live set, having warp on in order to loop the clip does absolutely nothing to degrade the sound--yes, the warp light is on so that it can loop, but it is not warping anything because the clips bpm and the sets bpm perfectly match. I personally cannot tell any difference whatsoever in sound or waveform (when rendering test clips), and would love for someone to post some audio and screen shots if they think that a warped clip that matches the sets bpm sounds/looks any different than the same clip not warped. There was another thread on this recently, and someone said complex warp does alter the sound in this case, but none of the other warp modes do--haven't tested complex myself, but have certainly tested the others in this case.
Given that clips whose orignal bpm matched the sets bpm are unaltered in sound even when warped, the only other scenario is unmatched bpms. Obviously if you want your clips to play at the sets tempo in Live, they must be warped to match the set tempo in this case. The third and final scenario (which is maybe what you guys want??!?) would be looping an unwarped clip reguardless of Live's tempo, so that it justs loops at the original tempo. I guess this might work out for some experiemental tones and textures, but for any rythmic source, having two clips of different bpms looping on top of each other will generally sound cacophonus. My question is--is this what people want--clips looping at their original tempos reguardless of the sets tempo??? Or is it that people (possibly erroneously) think that just because the "warp" button is on, that you clip must be degraded in quality, even if it's original bpm matches the Live sets bpm? Experience and testing seem to indicate that there is no altering of sound in the case of exactly matching bpm, imho. Feel free to post audio and screenshots to prove me wrong.
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