Quote Originally Posted by AcidTrash
Quote Originally Posted by 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!!!!
Tried that. doesn't work.
Sticking in the exact BPM is bad. Because in general you don't know what the BPm is. If you set the warp markers it'll calcuate an average of the bpm and it deals a lot better with stuff in which there could be changes in the bpm in a track. It takes a bit of fiddling about with but once you have it snorted it's the best technique for mashing stuff up quickly.

Anyway a properly warped loop should look something like this



Note as I said before you don't have to trim your sample, in fact it's better if you don't as it's better to have a bit extra that you aren't using than have too little and have an unseable sample. Notice the [1] aligned on the first beat after the breakdown which preceeds it and the |> play marker is set to here as well as thats where we want it to start playing when the sample is triggered.

Global Quantizisation?


Second from the right, the BAR selector.


If I were you I'd really consider reading through the tutorial included in the Ableton program, since all this stuff is covered quite thourghly. Belive it or not reading manuals can be a lot better than just diving in and getting yourself a bit snowed under.