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Transposing audio clips without affecting the speed?????
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:11 am
by sinsanis
I'm not sure, but I can't seem to transpose a bass line audio clip without affecting the speed of the audio clip. The wav file doesn't even stretch longer or shorter, the sound is just altered in an undesirable way. I've already read one blog post from but didn't get anywhere. I would appreciate some assistance with this matter. Thanks!
Re: Transposing audio clips without affecting the speed?????
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 6:15 am
by yur2die4
Audio clips are warped or unwarped.
Unwarped clips will change in pitch and speed if you transpose them.
Warped clips, you ensure that the clip is warped properly first. Then when you transpose it, the pitch will change but not the speed. The quality of the sound will depend on the type of warp mode selected. They explain the modes in more detail in the manual.
Re: Transposing audio clips without affecting the speed?????
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 3:19 pm
by Stromkraft
sinsanis wrote:I'm not sure, but I can't seem to transpose a bass line audio clip without affecting the speed of the audio clip. The wav file doesn't even stretch longer or shorter, the sound is just altered in an undesirable way. I've already read one blog post from but didn't get anywhere. I would appreciate some assistance with this matter. Thanks!
"Live offers a number of time-stretching modes to accommodate all sorts of audio material. Each clip’s time-stretching mode and associated parameters are set in the Clip View’s Sample Box.
The warp modes are different varieties of granular resynthesis techniques. Granular resynthesis achieves time compression and expansion by repeating and skipping over parts of the sample (the “grains“). The warp modes differ in the selection of grains, as well as in the details of overlapping and crossfading between grains.
Let’s investigate which warp modes work best for different types of signals and how to adjust the warping controls for “clean“ stretching"
Live 9 manual:
9.3 Adjusting for Good Stretching Quality
Let us also not forget that you can also
convert audio to MIDI and reuse melodies and grooves among other things with the MIDI instrument of your choice. It's not perfect but gives you a starting point as an alternative to make out the melodies and rhythms and record your own interpretation of these.
Imperfections in the resulting MIDI file can be re-recorded or edited.