Are there any ableton sites for complete muppets?

[AcidTrash]

??

[alsynthe]

www.ableton.com

[auditory hallucinations]

Have you tried using the demo sequences in the actual program itself? They are pretty good, walk you through the basics...worth checking out.

Or if you've got some specific questions, I or someone else on here might be able to help...

[AcidTrash]

getting two tracks to beat match on the right beat would be nice.

[alsynthe]

u have to chop the start of the tracks so all wav's u use in the program start with a beat for example, if theres a little gap they wont sequence properly, use sound forge or summat to edit them

[TechMouse]

u have to chop the start of the tracks so all wav's u use in the program start with a beat for example, if theres a little gap they wont sequence properly, use sound forge or summat to edit them

Can't you use warp markers for this?

[alsynthe]

duno ive not investigated that to be hinest, ive always cropped the loops/tracks so they all come in on beat

[AcidTrash]

when I hit play on the second track its not even beat matched and it sounds like a pair of trainers in a tumble dryer.

[alsynthe]

add me to msn man ill talk u through it

gabbaheaduk@hotmail.com

[TechMouse]

duno ive not investigated that to be hinest, ive always cropped the loops/tracks so they all come in on beat

If you warp all your tracks then it does all the hard work for you.

[AcidTrash]

my msn isn't working

[alsynthe]

duno ive not investigated that to be hinest, ive always cropped the loops/tracks so they all come in on beat

If you warp all your tracks then it does all the hard work for you.

no techmouse i dont think u get me. i meant once uve warped the tracks sometimes due to little gaps before the beat kicks in at the start sometimes they dont blend and are out even though they are sequenced

[alsynthe]

u any other means of communication over the net mr trash?????

[TechMouse]

duno ive not investigated that to be hinest, ive always cropped the loops/tracks so they all come in on beat

If you warp all your tracks then it does all the hard work for you.

no techmouse i dont think u get me. i meant once uve warped the tracks sometimes due to little gaps before the beat kicks in at the start sometimes they dont blend and are out even though they are sequenced

When they're correctly warped, the first marker is the first beat of the track, and this is where it comes in.

[AcidTrash]

u any other means of communication over the net mr trash?????

Just BOA really.

[AcidTrash]

basically, all I want to do is press play on one track and then at the right time press play on the second tranck and for it to come in on beat. Atomix MP3 can do it so I expect ableton can.

[alsynthe]

for every track u use in ableton u need to warp it. this is done using the sample box that pops up at the bottom. all u do is click warp button and input exact bpm of the track ur inserting. do this with both tracks then set the master bpm to what u want in the top left corner and ur away!!!!

[Mirsha]

u have to chop the start of the tracks so all wav's u use in the program start with a beat for example, if theres a little gap they wont sequence properly, use sound forge or summat to edit them

No you don't.

Click on the sample so it brings up the markers. Drag the [1] to the first beat, stick 1.1 on the second to roughly match it up then jump to 2 and put it on the fifth beat. Go through the rest of the sample making sure it's all matched up locking a marker occasionly in case the sample starts to change speed at some point. One thats done take the play marker and move it onto the [1] marker.

Sample snorted.

In the years I've been using Ableton I've only used the "edit sample button" once, which was a few days ago when I wired up Ableton to Reason and was wanting to rip a bit of a loop before Recycling it into a Dr Rex loop for which you do need to have the loop properly trimmed or else Recycle complains really stupidly.

[AcidTrash]

for every track u use in ableton u need to warp it. this is done using the sample box that pops up at the bottom. all u do is click warp button and input exact bpm of the track ur inserting. do this with both tracks then set the master bpm to what u want in the top left corner and ur away!!!!

Tried that. doesn't work.

[Mirsha]

basically, all I want to do is press play on one track and then at the right time press play on the second tranck and for it to come in on beat. Atomix MP3 can do it so I expect ableton can.

Drag your clips into the session view and make sure quanitizisation is on and it behaves exactly like this. If it's set to bar it waits until the bar is finished before it will change over to another sample. Though it's entirely possible to create exceptions to this as well, each sample can be launched from one of several method and the timing of it can be messed with as much as you want.