Telescoping Warp

Telescoping Warp can be applied to any audio clip before or after a Warp marker as long as no other Warp marker precedes or follows it accordingly. The audio can be on a sample- or tick-based track. Telescoping Warp is especially useful for adjusting audio files to match the session tempo map and Bar|Beat grid.

To apply Telescoping Warp to a clip:

In Warp view, do one of the following:

With the Grabber tool, drag any Event marker that is after the last Warp marker in the clip to the left or right to Telescope-Warp the audio that is after the Warp marker in or out. If no Warp marker is present in the clip, one is created automatically at the clip start. The clip start remains anchored to its location on the Timeline.

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With the Grabber tool, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac) any Event marker that is before the first Warp marker in the clip to the left or right to Telescope-Warp the audio that is before the Warp marker in or out. If no Warp marker is present in the clip, one is created automatically at the clip end. The clip end remains anchored to its location on the Timeline.

 

Before and after warping, applying Telescoping Warp with the clip start fixed

Workflow Example

Beat match a song to the session tempo and Bar|Beat grid using Telescoping Warp:

1 Make sure the Main Timebase ruler is set to Bars|Beats.

2 Set the default tempo and meter.

3 Select Grid mode.

4 Import a song, or any other longer audio file from a DigiBase browser.

5 Make sure that Elastic Audio is enabled on the track.

6 Select Warp view.

7 Make sure there are no Warp markers present on the clip. If necessary, delete any existing Warp markers.

8 With the Pencil tool, add a Warp marker at the bar 1 downbeat location within the clip.

9 With the Grabber tool, drag the single Warp marker to the bar in the Timeline where you want the downbeat of the audio file to start.

10 Drag the Event marker on the downbeat of bar 2 of the clip to Telescope warp the audio such that the Event marker matches the corresponding bar number in the Bars|Beats ruler.

11 If the clip’s tempo varies, add a Warp marker to the next downbeat location at the tempo change and repeat the preceding steps.