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BPM and importing a midi clip in Ableton
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| jsrobinson |
I have a midi song file I'd like to use pieces of in a project, in Ableton. If I drag this midi into it's own channel and let Ableton import the time signature/meter data it believes this midi to be 192BPM (for some reason,) and adjusts my master tempo accordingly.
Well, I want my master tempo to be 140bpm. I'm not sure how to have the pieces of this midi clip play at it's original perceived speed, or perhaps at around 75% of the original speed, while leaving my master tempo alone. I can only make the clip play "faster" by 'lowering' the clip tempo. I'm not quite sure why this is.
I'm not sure how to correctly calculate this tempo setup. How might I do this type of thing correctly in Ableton? Thanks for any advice. |
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| DJRYAN� |
well if I'm understanding you correctly, why would you allow Ableton to change the tempo of the midi if its already at the desired tempo? I know it asks if you WANT to do this. Its okay to say NO!
Secondly, you can always go into warp mode and reset the tempo to the original project tempo very easily. Just go into clip view, and either manually adjust the tempo or you can do it via the warp. I think you're over complicating it.
EDIT:
#1. Change master project tempo back to 140
#2. Next double click on .midi file
#3. Bottom Left type in desired tempo or move the tempo to where you want it
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Go to the first beat of the .midi file. Right Click "insert warp marker" then... Right click again and select warp from here at (and you should see 140bpm)
select that..
Your .midi file and you master project file should sync up.
If not, you can do one of two things.
You can either open a program up like Virtual DJ and manually set that tempo so that its sync'd with what's playing in Ableton (which I do for vocals all the time) especially when they DON'T line-up beatmatched.
Or you'll have to go in and manually set warp markers throughout the entire clip bringing whatever sound is playing in the .midi file in phrase or on beat. |
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| jsrobinson |
| Thanks Ryan. That's what I was looking for I believe. |
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