Looping audio clips to playback without warping

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Post by forge » Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:42 am

longjohns wrote:
forge wrote:
set the default in preferences>record/warp/launch to "unwarped one shot"
eh, this doesn't work for me. to be clear, i'm talking about new recorded clips. i've currently got short samples to "unwarped one shot" and auto warp long samples set to OFF

still when i record a new clip, it has warp turned on. i'm using re-pitch so it doesnt really matter but it still seems like there should be some way to make it default to having the warp button off
that must be a bug and you should report it in the bug forum

are you POSITIVE you havent got "warped one shot" selected

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Post by aviavi » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:41 am

I've been requesting looping for unwarped clips since Live 1, but might as well do it again.

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Post by longjohns » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:04 am

forge wrote: that must be a bug and you should report it in the bug forum

are you POSITIVE you havent got "warped one shot" selected
I'm positive that I have got "unwarped one shot" selected AND long sample warp set to OFF.

still, a newly recorded clip gets warp turned on by default.

does this not work this way for other people??

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Post by forge » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:15 am

longjohns wrote:
forge wrote: that must be a bug and you should report it in the bug forum

are you POSITIVE you havent got "warped one shot" selected
I'm positive that I have got "unwarped one shot" selected AND long sample warp set to OFF.

still, a newly recorded clip gets warp turned on by default.

does this not work this way for other people??
that's definitely not how it should behave and I just tried it and got the same behaviour - so you have found a bug!

so if you have a minute you should put a post in the bug forum and link to this thread, otherwise I'll do it later

in fact this must have been introduced with Live 6 because I'm pretty certain I've done plenty of unwarped recording with L5

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Post by dj superflat » Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:29 pm

i'm pretty sure i get warped turned on by default in live 5, so i don't think it's just 6.

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Re: Looping audio clips to playback without warping

Post by alvaro » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:06 am

kineticUk wrote:Alot of the time I dont need my clips to be warped but just loop.
I think its an extra hassle when I am just working in a set bpm and recording tracks specifically for the song. I would like no alteration at all to the sound of the clips that are recorded.
It would save Cpu for normal audio playback as well.
Please add this simple feature ableton.


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Post by Cryptic UK » Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:27 pm

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Yes!

Post by sarth » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:58 pm

Yes! Yes! Bump! Ambient non-synchronized non warped loops! Why not?

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Post by Cryptic UK » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:54 am

Yes why not?
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Post by forge » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:54 pm

I'm not sure what's getting missed here but "repitch" mode is really no different to looping unwarped - in fact that's exactly what it is

if you want to change the tempo or pitch then you have to timestretch

and if you dont then choose repitch mode

the only things I can think of that you dont get are things like sample offset envelopes and things like that that can only be done in beats mode

but straight up looping without warping is exactly what repitch mode does
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Post by Cryptic UK » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:33 pm

yeah sure ive heard that one.

Can we just have the option please thanks.
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Post by forge » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:36 pm

????

what option?

seriously, what are you asking for?

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Post by longjohns » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:07 pm

actually, i thought it was recently demonstrated that beats mode is preferable to re-pitch in this case (??)

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Post by forge » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:21 pm

longjohns wrote:actually, i thought it was recently demonstrated that beats mode is preferable to re-pitch in this case (??)
no not at all

try it

beats mode sub divides everything in beats

if you have a synth or vocal you will hear choppiness

there is a fundamental of digital audio to understand here:

repitch mode operates on a very basic level of speeding up or slowing down the sample rate while the output sample rate stays constant - which means the audio quality will not change one single iota because there is absolutely no timestretching involved

beats mode is at least some kind of timestretching algorithm

the recent point of beats mode being better was relative to other warp modes like tones or texture - but both of them are still a kind of timestretching

repitch on the other had is the digital equivalent of a pitch control on a turntable, all it does is plays the sample faster or slower

so if you are using a sample that you only want to loop and dont want to timstretch or change the key of then using repitch is akin to looping without warping

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