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Does anyone know of a way to change time signatures in the middle of a set without effecting the rest of the set, i.e. I have a 4/4 groove but I want to stick in a 1 measure break in 7/8 while keeping the rest of the tune in 4 and synched to the metronome. thanks for any help you can provide.

You can set time signatures on a per clip basis.

-M

ps. Welcome by the way!

But the time signature in the clip is for reference only, and does not effect playback.

I've been wondering this also.

I think it wasn't possible in Live 5 or earlier, not sure about 6 (can't find anything in the manual).

Surely not everyone is making 4 to the floor dance tunes?

fatrabbit wrote:I've been wondering this also.

I think it wasn't possible in Live 5 or earlier, not sure about 6 (can't find anything in the manual).

Surely not everyone is making 4 to the floor dance tunes?

Me to... It seems some times that live is built for 4 on the floor composing only.

is there a way to disable all the time control stuff? i am running 5.0.1 ithink. i dont like how new clips are automatically warped. i usually like to record jams with out putting in the correct bpm and time signature. then when i sit down to add midi stuff i cant get it in time with midi accurately. could somebody help out with a link to info on timing LIVE in general? i am still pretty new to the software. thanks

carsRevil wrote:is there a way to disable all the time control stuff? i am running 5.0.1 ithink. i dont like how new clips are automatically warped. i usually like to record jams with out putting in the correct bpm and time signature. then when i sit down to add midi stuff i cant get it in time with midi accurately. could somebody help out with a link to info on timing LIVE in general? i am still pretty new to the software. thanks

When in Live hit Apple + , to bring up the Preferences.

There's a tab on the left called 'Record, Warp, Launch' and you'll find various options in here to auto-warp or not, as well as other default thing you'd like to happen.

bump cause I really, really, really want time signature automation.

not possible as yet in Live. time sig automation would be nice but an easy work around is: change the main time sig to 1/1 or 1/4 and then you are free to do whatever sig changes you like. You may have to count in your head to keep track of where you are.

thanks aunt acid i think thats all i need to do. so i can record my jam in 1/1, then later change the signiture and it should line up if say its really in 3/4 or any other sig.?

thanks for the suggestion. I would really like to see this feature added in the future! setting the time sig to 1/4 or so would work, but would be a real bummer for arranging, having to manually count bars...


R6

I figured it out from this post.

thatguy wrote:Does anyone know of a way to change time signatures in the middle of a set without effecting the rest of the set, i.e. I have a 4/4 groove but I want to stick in a 1 measure break in 7/8 while keeping the rest of the tune in 4 and synched to the metronome. thanks for any help you can provide.

I was actually very surprised to go digging in to Live and find that you CAN'T do this. Seems like a no brainer to have it be just another automation view in the "Master" track.

Definitely should be in there for Live 7. Please.

jasinski wrote:

thatguy wrote:Does anyone know of a way to change time signatures in the middle of a set without effecting the rest of the set, i.e. I have a 4/4 groove but I want to stick in a 1 measure break in 7/8 while keeping the rest of the tune in 4 and synched to the metronome. thanks for any help you can provide.

I was actually very surprised to go digging in to Live and find that you CAN'T do this. Seems like a no brainer to have it be just another automation view in the "Master" track.

Definitely should be in there for Live 7. Please.

I can't wait until 7. that's way too long for music software to not support the majority of music ever written