3 Quick Newbie Questions

[oolongcamio]

1) How would I go about reversing a track of audio/midi ? If someone can explain in detail how to do this? Basically play a track back in reverse....

2) Is there a way to copy a segment of a loop, cut it out and paste it in a new clip ? Or is there a way, per say, if I had made a 4 bar loop but only want to use the last 2 bars..( I could just use the sliders to select the part to loop but). can I select that part I want and drag it back to the very starting position of the clip erasing the first 2 bars and therefore having only a 2 bar loop? I hope I made sense....

3) Any good way to record guitar and have it not sound so wobbly and distorted when you try playing the audio back with a different tempo ?

[longjohns]

1- look in the clip view. next to the (audio)clip name there is a little backwards arrow button for reverse. i don't think you can reverse a midi clip (?)

2- a few different ways to do this:

in arrangement view: you can just select whatever timeframe you want of a clip and then you can copy/paste/duplicate etc.

OR do it on a session clip: in clip view, move the start and loop markers to frame whatever bars you want to use of the original clip.

if you've changed start point and loop points for a clip, (and have loop mode engaged) then you should be able to drag it longer in arrangement view, rather than having to copy/duplicate it

3 - best warp mode is complex but also most cpu intensive.

[DeadlyKungFu]

seriously, read the manual, or at least check it first...

1) hit the reverse button in clip view. this will be easy to find in the manual.

2) copy the clip to another spot and move the loop markers.
what you don't get is that Live works with only one sample regardless of how many times it's used in clips. In other words, you have a song, you put it into a clip and loop the intro, then you put the song into another clip and you loop verse 1 and make another clip with the chorus looped. Live does not make new samples for each clip, it REFERENCES the original. A read of the manual would make this clear.

Another method for handling stuff like this is to BOUNCE the clip to another clip (record it into another track).

3) nope. try higher sample rates or whatnot, but in the end you can't vary the sample's playback speed THAT much, it's simply a matter of math. Maybe with some sort of audio plug-in you could mask the warbles, dunno. You might also try slowing it down with another audio editor, Live does basic audio editing but they pretty much leave that open to the user, so they put a button in clip view so you can instantly open the clip in an audio editor of your choice.

Open the .pdf of the manual and SEARCH for keywords. Live is a great program and you'd be amazed at how much it CAN do. I've been using it since 3.0 and I'm still learning new stuff.

[oolongcamio]

thanks for the replys guys. while i understand there is a manual, i like to ask questions directly , i feel better that way. again i appreciate the replys very much.