Loop tracks without using warp points?

elsoga · Post by **elsoga** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:58 pm

I need to midi sync a project of a friend of mine, which he maid on his MPC500, with my 2500 to an ableton project file. I don't really work a lot with the application, but that's what he likes to use. Nothing's wrong with the way I midi synced: double checked everything and did it a lot before in other applications.

So what I did: I midi synced every single track to a seperate channel strip within Ableton and made shure that every track had the exact same length. But when I played them all together they all seemed to be out of phase (I think that's the right term here? What I mean: each track's pitch is slightley different from the original song on the MPC, making the complete beat sound like crap.

The only thing that solved the problem completely, was turning the warp points off (tried moving those warp points and deleting some as well, but it didn't seemed to work). The only problem I now have is that you can't just loop the tracks like when the warp points were turned on (something that's quite handy when you are EQ-ing, testing some Effects).

The only solution I could find that was a bit simular was placing a bunch of bars in the arrangement view, so you could hear the beat for some minutes before having to press play again.

Is it possible to just loop those tracks like when the warp points are turned on? Or am I missing some essential knowledge on warp points here?

pmk · Post by **pmk** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:02 pm

i would also LOOOOOVE to know the answer to this. help us please!!

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:13 pm

read this and then get back with any remaining questions:

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... tempo+warp

Bisco · Post by **Bisco** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:24 pm

I'll take a stab at this, but i am not in front of ableton so i might be off, but i think this is a work around.........say you have sample that is 90 BPM originally, and you want it too loop in a 120 BPM track. While you session is set to 120 BPM, turn the warp off, resample the sample. The new sample should have the warp markers on, assuming you have that set in the prefs. It will be the same as the old sample, but because it was recorded while the master tempo was set to 120, Ableton should think its 120 BPM. Then you can loop it. sounds right?