I have thousands of tracks but don't have enough time to warp each individual track is this the only way?

Yes

My suggestion would be to only warp the tracks you want to use right away. It would take too long to warp all of them if you're not going to use them.

quote:

Originally posted by orTofønChiLd Yes

___________________

> S u s h i p u n k . P h o t o g r a p h y <

also, inb4howlazyareyouposts

___________________

> S u s h i p u n k . P h o t o g r a p h y <

You can warp an entire artist's tracks by right clicking on the folder, but other then that you have to do it all a folder at a time.

___________________
It's kind of like bang the drum slowly, except the drum is a chick

Ableton can warp any track automatically when you load it, so theoretically you could just make sure you load any track about 20 seconds before you want to play it and you'd be ok, but for best results you really want to warp it in advance, adjust it if necessary and make sure it's right.

It might be possible to set up a slider on a MIDI controller to adjust the tempo of a channel on the fly, CDJ/vinyl-style, but when I had a go a little while ago I couldn't find a quick and easy way of doing it (admittedly I didn't try that hard)

___________________
Stu Cox |

You lazy bastard.

___________________
SOUNDCLOUD : Kriess Guyte - Uplifting, Psy & Tech Trance / House & Techno / Electronica & Chill Out / Classics Mixes & More

"It's not love for music, it's a passion, and it goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby, it's about a way of living. Music is essential for my life"

I was messing around with 8 to make a few edits and i could not for the life of me figure it out. It took me 15 minutes to warp a 35 second sample.

ableton 8 sucks.

___________________

quote:

I am so happy i will be able trance very much agoon. I like trance with all you friends. We go to big clob and do the big line off each other pinis, then jono take me friend in big balloon 3 way fist pump but only in da but. If you not defecate when drop because me grandma carpet not make new but lots money like armin.

quote:

Why you trance friends not like post? Make friends intention for fist pump but only in the but. We paint horse nice colurs put then pointy partee hat to make look like can fly. If take hose in spray towords light make rainbow too! Not like real, but if do pills i buy from bidor it look better and get lots of bifwurst in pants. I try get lazor, but grandmas no say no pew pew..but no care here..she die of concer hope soon. She eat lots so Tom Colontino make sex sometimes. When happen dance!

quote:

Originally posted by Stu Cox Ableton can warp any track automatically when you load it, so theoretically you could just make sure you load any track about 20 seconds before you want to play it and you'd be ok, but for best results you really want to warp it in advance, adjust it if necessary and make sure it's right. It might be possible to set up a slider on a MIDI controller to adjust the tempo of a channel on the fly, CDJ/vinyl-style, but when I had a go a little while ago I couldn't find a quick and easy way of doing it (admittedly I didn't try that hard)

there's not really a way to do that. you can either setup a slider on the master tempo or on the sample tempo, but if you do it on the sample, it retroactively adjusts the entire thing, so, say, if you slid it down, the track would skip forward.

ableton's automatic warping on import never works 100% accurately. It gets the overall tempo close if not spot on most of the time, but the markers are always incorrectly offset.

quote:

Originally posted by Goebbel Goebbel I was messing around with 8 to make a few edits and i could not for the life of me figure it out. It took me 15 minutes to warp a 35 second sample. ableton 8 sucks.

yeah, the new warping is a little odd, compared to past versions. I was really annoyed with it at first, but it just took a little getting used to. I don't even think about it now.

___________________

> S u s h i p u n k . P h o t o g r a p h y <

quote:

Originally posted by shaw there's not really a way to do that. you can either setup a slider on the master tempo or on the sample tempo, but if you do it on the sample, it retroactively adjusts the entire thing, so, say, if you slid it down, the track would skip forward.

I thought as much - cheers for clearing it up

Yet more support for my theory that Ableton really isn't an appropriate tool for 'normal' DJing... I think you have to be doing quite a lot more in terms of arranging loops and much more of a live performance before it makes sense to choose Ableton over Traktor, Serato or just good old CDJs/decks.

But maybe it's just me - I want to be able to turn up and play with absolute minimum preparation (or at least my preparation time should be spent picking tracks and practising technical elements, not warping all of my tunes)

___________________
Stu Cox |

quote:

Originally posted by shaw there's not really a way to do that. you can either setup a slider on the master tempo or on the sample tempo, but if you do it on the sample, it retroactively adjusts the entire thing, so, say, if you slid it down, the track would skip forward.

You can actually midi-map a channels tempo nudge controls to a midi controller and play your tracks un-warped and be able to mix manually, but it's pretty stupid imo.

I saw this guy set-up a template in this style.



Nevermind...actually I think you still need to warp the tracks.

___________________
Youtube
Mixcloud
Twitch

Last edited by Teezdalien on Oct-11-2010 at 07:35