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just reading that, made me decide, fuck it, i am getting ableton, right now like.
| quote: | Originally posted by DjTez
Definitely not the way to go. The whole point of ableton is to have the entire track warped, so you can mix in and out at will...and layer things on top of a track. The only way to do that is to make sure the entire track stays in time.
I read a thread on the abelton forums a few months ago and it helped me a good bit....here's the link.
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11736
I use a combination of all the ideas the guys were talking about in the thread. Not every track is the same as well...some take more work to warp.
Quick rundown of how I warp a track.
-Bring the track in and let it autowarp
-Ableton almost never gets the first beat right, so you have to zoom in and set 1.1.1 to the first beat.
- Then I go every 32 bars in the track and set a yellow warp marker.(position 33, 65, 97, 129 etc.) As you go through the track, make sure the marker at those locations falls perfectly on beat. Zoom in to get it right. Also use the metronome to spot check each section as you go through the track. The markers set every 32 bars also are a great visual help while mixing as well, since the phrases are all there for you. You can drop tracks in and out at those points.
Also, set the global quantization to 1 bar. This way, you can click on say, bar 32, anytime within the 4 beats before that point and ableton will start that track at the first beat of the next bar.
As with anything it just takes a little time to learn , and there are many ways to get a track properly warped. This method works for me everytime, and only take a couple minutes a track. The first few will take you a while but once you get the hang of it, they go more quickly. Once you get a few tracks warped and start to play around you'll see how powerful and how fun ableton can be. |
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