thanks for that kent!
i've added it to the Gdrive and will check it out as i'm a big ableton user
:)
On 3 March 2015 at 04:07, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 44 lines If you use Ableton Live you know that when you load a track (or any sample
> If you use Ableton Live you know that when you load a track (or any sample
> basically) you can 'warp' the track, meaning you detect the proper track,
> mark where it starts, and as necessary, add 'warp' markers to keep the
> tracks in time.
>
> I've done this for the 174 files currently in Chris Tranter's AFX google
> doc tree.
>
> I've uploaded a Live project with JUST the ASD files (they tell Live what
> the tempo is, where the warp markers are, etc etc).
> http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/AphexUnreleasedLiveProject.zip
>
> Chris, feel free to add this to that AFX Google drive folder.
>
> Observations after warping 174 files:
>
> 1. Tempos are almost all very consistent, making me think that he used
> accurate clock sources & DAT recordings from very early on. There are a
> very few with the telltale 'cassette stretch' tempo drift.
>
> 2. There are several with 'Sequencer Stop' pauses where he stops the
> master clock device, allows the effects to decay, and then restarts the
> sequence off beat. This blows Ableton Live's mind. I've fixed these as
> best I can, basically pinning a warp marker on the last beat and then
> dragging the point where the sequencer restarts to the next measure start.
>
> 3. Only a few had 'intergral' BPMs, i.e. 130, 140, etc. Meaning that the
> tempo clock was only accidentally set to an intergral tempo. Or the
> sequencer device and Ableton Live don't agree about intergral tempos.
>
> 4. A couple of them were unwarpable, and I gave up on those.
>
> 5. This set of songs was a torture test for Ableton Live's automatic
> warping, and I wasn't impressed, even by the new 9.2 beta version which
> supposedly improved automatic warping. It rarely found the downbeat
> properly, was confused by beatless intros etc. Even though the tracks have
> a very steady tempo.
>
> This was an interesting project to undertake, and it allowed me to
> 'needle' drop in every track. There's a lot of impressive tracks in this
> collection. I also warmed up to the harsher industrial tracks. Some of
> those are killer.
>
>
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