Time signature changes

gp23 · Post by **gp23** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:52 pm

Has there ever been any indication from Ableton as to whether or not this is going to happen at some stage?

deva · Post by **deva** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:00 pm

+1

especially for video work

jbm · Post by **jbm** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:47 pm

I have to add my vote for multiple time signatures as well... I'm new, as of version 6 (though I've been watching it progress since v1), and I'm really surprised it doesn't have such a basic feature.

Also, I can't seem to get it to actually understand 6/8 properly -- it seems to think of it as 3/4 only. That is, the tempo is wrong... a tempo of 90 bpm in 6/8 is musically played as 60 bpm. This is, of course, because Live is only thinking in quarter-note time signatures, and thus assuming that 3/4 and 6/8 are the same thing... that's not too clever, musically speaking!

Anybody have any secrets for getting the tempo to run properly in compound time?

J.

jbm · Post by **jbm** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:53 pm

Just thinking about this... can I warp all the midi files in this project to triplets? That would amount to the same thing... or close enough, anyway.

J.

conny · Post by **conny** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:50 pm

Just bumping.
This is an essential issue.
A music program must approve and give a good base for different time signatures.

A just hear a 7/4 boggie yesterday...

// C

posssu · Post by **posssu** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:55 pm

Just add a time signature track.

conny · Post by **conny** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:25 pm

posssu wrote:Just add a time signature track.

Yes. And in my mind that may expand to a (scriped) controller track.

// C

chis · Post by **chis** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:45 pm

Bump.

This is a glaring oversight. I'm not always working in 4/4! Timesig automation for Live 7, please Abes.

james Egan · Post by **james Egan** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:20 am

+1

howbout Live 6.1

beubbo · Post by **beubbo** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:01 am

one more vote, here too, for such a basic function !

and btw, doesn't need to be in its own special track as suggested by someone else (no offense

), just in the Master one like Tempo changes...

Thanks

Herne · Post by **Herne** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:20 am

Time signature changes + 1. Anything will do.

I suspect the warp engine is the problem here, especially seeing how the warp engine deals with off meter stuff. A tune of mine in 11/8 is a nightmare to do at the moment in Live, other progs just trundle away quite happily.

Louis.maestro · Post by **Louis.maestro** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:01 am

+1! Please!!!

laurentius · Post by **laurentius** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:25 pm

it would be silly to wait until live 7. they should just update this right now. i cannot believe i bought it!!!! it's useless for me since almost all music i am doing has these time changes. it's ridiculous. should've checked it before... at least they should let us know when they will come up with this feature that i know when i can come back using al...

conny · Post by **conny** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:19 pm

Essential!

7/18 etc (not ironic)

// C

laurentius · Post by **laurentius** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:57 pm

18th notes...mmhhh. interesting