The EASIEST Way to Warp (most) Songs in Ableton Live 7

1) Open clip (make sure “auto-warp” isn’t set in preferences)

2) Drag clip’s start arrow to very start of first downbeat

3) Right click on that arrow -> Warp From Here (straight)

You’re Welcome,

DJ Oscillator

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Here are 2 videos I made on warping…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JddbTkyKVTE

I have a free video minicourse I’ve made on Ableton which are excerpts from my full 4 hour dvd. They are better quality than the youtube version. Just go to the link below and join the free mailing list and you’ll get a new video every couple days. feel free to email me if you have any questions, i’d be happy to help!
here’s the link:
http://www.musicsoftwaretraining.com/abletondvd

cheers,
Jason
innerstatejt@gmail.com

Comment by jason | May 10, 2008 | Reply
whats the best way to warp an acapella

Thanks

Comment by Marc | July 11, 2008 | Reply
Marc,

Warping acapellas is tough, as theres no way to easily determine the downbeats. You’ll need to listen to the original song, identify words that land on the downbeats, and try to match the warp markers with those as accurately as possible.

Another method is to warp the ORIGINAL song first, then line up the acapella to match the song on a different track. Then you can set the exact same BPM and start point for the acapella that you found for the original.

Either way its tricky business and can take waaay longer than warping an actual song.

-Jacob

Comment by jreed6 | July 16, 2008 | Reply
omg, thank you for this (btw very easy) tip. i think now i don´t need acid and its beatmapper anymore.

Comment by Hauke | September 4, 2008 | Reply