Reference Manual

127 Audio Clips, Tempo, and Warping
Using the Context Menu to Direct Auto-Warp.
Directing Auto-Warp is also relatively simple when you have imported a perfectly cut loop. You
can tell Auto-Warp to work accordingly using the Warp As ...-Bar Loop command. Live will pro-
pose a loop length that makes the most sense given the current Live Set’s tempo. Decreasing the
Live Set’s tempo can, for instance, lead Live to assume the loop is 8 bars at 90 BPM instead of
16 bars at 180 BPM.
Sometimes more accurate control of Auto-Warp is necessary. The best way to go about warping
a clip that requires more detailed attention is in sections, working gradually from left to right. You
can set a Warp Marker by double-clicking in the sample to the right of each correctly warped
section, “pinning“ it into place. The shortcuts for working with the clip loop brace and start/end
markers can speed up this process considerably (page 104).
You might also find it helpful to select multiple Warp Markers for moving by selecting them with
the [Shift] or [CTRL](PC) / [CMD](Mac) modifiers held down.
The four Warp From Here commands provide various ways of resetting Warp Markers to the
right of the selected grid marker or Warp Marker, leaving Warp Markers to the left untouched.
These commands are also available from the start marker.
•Warp From Here runs the Auto-Warp algorithm on the material to the right of the selected
marker.
•Warp From Here (Start At ...) directs Auto-Warp to use the current Live Set’s tempo as a
starting point for tempo tracking. The strategy here is as follows:
1. Deactivate the Warp switch for the clip so that it plays unwarped;