Loops go out of time after a while

graceslick · Post by **graceslick** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:29 am

Just when I finally worked out how to (sort of) use loops, I now have a new problem.

It doesn't happen with all my songs, but sometimes if I have say 4 separate tracks and they're all looped and say, 4 bars long, when I play them back together, they're perfect for about the first 8 bars or so, but then 1 or more of them will begin to go noticeably and frustratingly out of time.

I've tried moving the offending track's loop markers the tiniest amounts along to fix it, but by doing so, it makes it either too slow (after about 8 bars) or too fast.

How do I get around this?!? It seems if I want the timing perfect for the first 8 bars, it's always gonna go out afterwards.

Oh, when I say 8 bars, I mean 8 repetitions of each of the 4 bars in the track. So it takes a few minutes for it to go out of time, not a few seconds.

jok · Post by **jok** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:06 pm

Hi Gracelick,

a good reference for the length of your loops are the Loop Length/Position fields in clip view. Do your loops have even length consisting of full bars? (eg. 4:0:0)? In case it does not seem possible to adjust the length without affecting the timing of the clip, please adjust the clip´s warp markers.

Please contact [email protected] if you need further assistance.

Best,
Jörg