PAUSING clips?!?!

jer · Post by **jer** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:31 am

I would be interested in being able to stop a clip in the session window (quantize option of course) and then have it pick up where I left off by launching it again, this would be especially useful for full tracks since having to make two copies of a track and then set a start point on the second one to pick up where the first left off just to do this is a little tedious. I know there is a way to do this in the arrange page by holding shift which essentially stops time and starts it back up but is there a way to do it in the session window? also not having time stop so you could still play things on other tracks would be great and having it able to be triggered via midi wold be great. Is there already a way to do this? it seems like there should be.

best
J

jasefos · Post by **jasefos** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:25 pm

Howdy Jer,

I can't say I've ever wanted to pause clips in the middle of a live performance (and resume play immediately at the pause point) - I guess I haven't considered the possibilities this would offer.

When Warp markering long pieces of audio it is very tedious having to manipulate the start point to navigate/preview/playback at different points in the file.

jer · Post by **jer** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:14 am

imagin you are playing a track and are in the breakdown and you have a delay over it with feedback...you could pause it right before the track comes back in and let the delay fade out to silence...maybe a beat...maybe a bar or two and then after that anticipatory moment bring the beat crashing back in and it would seem that much bigger!!

this can obviously be done with two clips where the end point of one is the start point of the next but having it easier to do would let you be that much more spontaneous in doing things like these.

what I'm suggesting I guess is another launch mode for tracks called pause or resume that would have the track remember where it was stopped and then continue from that point...sort of like legato mode but without it continuing to run while the other clip is playing.

the trick is how to cancel it if you decided you wanted it to play from the beginning again instead...I guess you could just change the launch mode before triggering it again...any thoughts?

best,
J