recording audio from reason and warping

djrevise · Post by **djrevise** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:19 am

I use live to record audio via rewire from reason as many others do I'm sure. I was wondering if warping degrades the quality of the audio because I then bounce to cubase after I play around with effects. The tempo is the same so live isn't stretching or compressing the audio before it goes to cubase, and I turn warping off before I export. I'm curious to know if it degrades it along the way, and if I'm better off just going straight to cubase.

noiseconjecture · Post by **noiseconjecture** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:25 am

In my opinion warping definitely degrades the audio so I have it permanently turned off in the preferences. I suppose the general opinion is that warping is alright for live use but for studio use its not really suitable.

I notice that its your first post, welcome to the forum.

cazwin · Post by **cazwin** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:24 pm

how does one turn warping off? ive tried everything in preferences but with no luck

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:28 pm

The best you can do is to set it like this:

Warp long samples - OFF
Short sample mode - Unwarped One Shot
Default warp mode - Repitch or Beats

djrevise · Post by **djrevise** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:04 pm

thanks for the responses. so does live affect the audio permanently on the way in by warping? or can you turn it off before bouncing and preserve the quality? i ask this because it seems that there is no way to loop the audio besides warping.

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:41 am

warping does not effect how it's recorded, only how it is played back.

one thing to watch out for though is the consolidate command (ctrl+J)

this does capture the warp engine output in the new sample, so if you've got crappy sounding warp artifacts they will be incorporated into the new sample if you consolidate.

artorchestrated · Post by **artorchestrated** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:54 pm

you need to use repitch to get a clean sounding warp. as repitch does not warp but repitches! and if your audio is not changing speed repitch will sound exatly like what ever you put through it.. read the manual the warp section explanes the different stretch algorithims.. hope this helps revise.. oh repitch also is like slow down or speeding up on a turntable and is how i warp whole tracks for djing!

recording audio from reason and warping

recording audio from reason and warping

repitch!!!!!!!!