Thank you SO much for posting this! This was EXACTLY what I needed to help me over my beatmatching problem, and you presented it WONDERFULLY, both visually and aurally. Thanks so much for producing such a crisp, helpful tutorial.
Thank you, oh god, thank you. trying to do a cover song to fit to this. I couldn't find anything, till i typed making a song fit with an acapella.... even though it's recorded to vocals. you saved me a shit ton of time, thanks.
If we can make video requests, here's mine: Can you make a video outlining the steps to warping really old tracks that aren't, more or less, pre-quantized like this Metric track? I'd be great to learn the most efficient way to warp tracks for editing/using in sets, etc that aren't already easy for Ableton to figure out. Thanks.
Great tutorial! Please could you help on a question about remixing though. How would I go about making stems of a track for a remix of my own choice? Thank you
Laura...Yours is one of the best tutorials on this subject...I'm wondering if you can give me some specific information: I have a song with a narration for an intro with background music at a slow tempo...When the pickup into the song occurs...the first beat does not fall on 'one' ! How do I warp this ? Thank you...I'm former Beach Boys band member. John Renner Beach Boys, Bobby Darin, Aretha, etc.
+John Renner HI MATE lovely too see such a famous person using ableton:) bit late youve probably found out how by now but nonetheless, you just want to go to the first beat right click in the clip view (waveform display at the bottom of the screen) and select set 1.1.1 from here:) hope this helps buddy:)
Great Video! I have a quick question. I downloaded a track for remixing with stems from the site that was mentioned. I'm using Ableton Live 8.2.6 The problem is the stems (bass, pad, lead etc.) are not the same length as the full track as it is shown on this video. They are only short clips. Must I lengthen the clips to the same length of the full track? Is there a way to have the clips correspond to the same bars that they appear in the full track? Help!
@Sincrol try automating the tempo with audio clips though :/ . i used FL for 6 years and love FL, but just started ableton a couple days ago and its so much better workflow wise, and just various things here and there
How did you get it so the different tracks in the song, like the vocals and drums were separate? Can you split them in ableton or do you have to get them from somewhere else?
I'm using the Ableton Live that came with my APC40, I only see warp modes : Beats, tones, textures, re-pitch . Is the complex pro only in full version?
I'm stuck towards the end... Underneath "Warp" there is just a blank area, I don't have the choice to change it to Master?... Any ideas?... Also, it doesn't show me the audio itself, besides when I click on one of the tracks and it comes up along the bottom, not in the main window with all the separate audio waves?...
@CVholik me too! ive been using fl over the last 10 years or so... and just started using ableton... my main problem right now is with the Automotion... wich is very, very... very limited, compared to FL's. but, in terms of effects, ableton is king!
@CVholik it doesnt have the curves and it wont snap to the grid.. you need to select the area and move the line in order to snap it... a bit time consuming with you need to make tons of automotion variation without a midi controller... another aspect of ableton i dont like is the Piano roll, the FL's is much more complete in terms of variations you can make with it... i mean, you can even reverse the order of the midi notes...arpegiate it and so on.
I suppose you mean taking a 118BPM song and making it into a 128BPM song? Basically, do first all she says, and then change track tempo :) . Don't change track tempo right from the start. Basically, Ableton first needs to know what tempo the audio is. So this entire video is about figuring out what tempo the stems are and syncing them correctly to the bars so they're in sync with the metronome. Once that's done for all stems, you can change track tempo and Ableton does the rest.
The words your using are not helpful to noobies just incase you didn't know... when you talk to a noob you need to be at the bare minimum to the top in tutorials
because if you're going to learn how to produce music, you might as well know how different techniques, kinda lazy otherwise, you might learn something by actually applying this knowledge as well.
Amazing video. Laid out very simply with detailed instructions. These tips have already saved me hours of trying to manually warp bar by bar.
Great tutorial, just used this myself. Gotta love all the enthusiasm from Escude: "now...the remixing fun can start".
Couldn't give this tutorial enough thumbs up, this is what I've been looking to find out for awhile now.
Thank you SO much for posting this! This was EXACTLY what I needed to help me over my beatmatching problem, and you presented it WONDERFULLY, both visually and aurally. Thanks so much for producing such a crisp, helpful tutorial.
Great Tutorial, much thanks for the helpful tutorials that have help me cross barriers that were hindering my work flow.
@DubSpot you wouldn't believe how much I have learnt from your videos... Keep them coming!! :D
Awesome tutorial and nice demo at the end. Thank you for sharing.
Laura, you're officially in charge of all warping tutorials from here on out... ;)
Thank you, oh god, thank you. trying to do a cover song to fit to this. I couldn't find anything, till i typed making a song fit with an acapella.... even though it's recorded to vocals.
you saved me a shit ton of time, thanks.
Simple, straight-forward tips. Awesome.
Thank you! I'd love to understand way better the different warping modes!
If we can make video requests, here's mine: Can you make a video outlining the steps to warping really old tracks that aren't, more or less, pre-quantized like this Metric track? I'd be great to learn the most efficient way to warp tracks for editing/using in sets, etc that aren't already easy for Ableton to figure out. Thanks.
Great tutorial!
Please could you help on a question about remixing though.
How would I go about making stems of a track for a remix of my own choice?
Thank you
Awesome tutorial. How'd you manage to get the Help I'm Alive tracks? I've been looking for the acapella for a remix for ages...
haha thanks, I didn't know about tapping session view and it was driving me nuts. Always used an external metronome to tap... ;D
where did the 6 stems come from? Is that a select sound pack or recorded audio?
Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing!
Laura...Yours is one of the best tutorials on this subject...I'm wondering if you can give me some specific information:
I have a song with a narration for an intro with background music at a slow tempo...When the pickup into the song occurs...the first beat does not fall on 'one' !
How do I warp this ?
Thank you...I'm former Beach Boys band member.
John Renner
Beach Boys, Bobby Darin, Aretha, etc.
+John Renner HI MATE lovely too see such a famous person using ableton:) bit late youve probably found out how by now but nonetheless, you just want to go to the first beat right click in the clip view (waveform display at the bottom of the screen) and select set 1.1.1 from here:) hope this helps buddy:)
Great Video! I have a quick question. I downloaded a track for remixing with stems from the site that was mentioned. I'm using Ableton Live 8.2.6 The problem is the stems (bass, pad, lead etc.) are not the same length as the full track as it is shown on this video. They are only short clips. Must I lengthen the clips to the same length of the full track? Is there a way to have the clips correspond to the same bars that they appear in the full track? Help!
@Sincrol try automating the tempo with audio clips though :/ .
i used FL for 6 years and love FL, but just started ableton a couple days ago and its so much better workflow wise, and just various things here and there
Yeayy! Metric! My fav band
Nice tutorial. Thank you.
Great Video !! what if i want to change the tempo of the song from 118 to 128 ? wat do i do then is it the same thing
This helped me alot! Thank you so much! :)
How did you get it so the different tracks in the song, like the vocals and drums were separate? Can you split them in ableton or do you have to get them from somewhere else?
good job laura
i was the exact same, great tutorial!
How would you approach warping a song that has a 2 16th note snare hit lead-in before the first downbeat??
I would like to know how to get stems from other artists that are not available through the web.
I'm using the Ableton Live that came with my APC40, I only see warp modes : Beats, tones, textures, re-pitch . Is the complex pro only in full version?
I'm stuck towards the end... Underneath "Warp" there is just a blank area, I don't have the choice to change it to Master?... Any ideas?... Also, it doesn't show me the audio itself, besides when I click on one of the tracks and it comes up along the bottom, not in the main window with all the separate audio waves?...
can we tap the tempo and compress it like in the video with only the acapella of the song and not the original one?
@Sincrol for what ive used automation for im fine with it. it doesnt have all the curvers and stuff yeah
why didn't I know you in High School when my counselor sent me to the best music college and they asked me on the first day, "What is an MPC 60?"
one thing i didnt understand is when do you put down warp markers and why?
@CVholik me too!
ive been using fl over the last 10 years or so... and just started using ableton...
my main problem right now is with the Automotion... wich is very, very... very limited, compared to FL's.
but, in terms of effects, ableton is king!
@K1KLASSIC as many as you like eventually if you keep tapping it the tempo should stay pretty constant. you could tap it forever
What if i dont have the original track ? (great tutorial btw)
What if I wanna change the tempo because I want it faster/slower than the original?
Extreemly usefull tip THANKS
how to tap if you dont have a MIDI? is the computer keyboard helpful?
Anyone wanna explain how to make them sound correct when you want to change the tempo? Like, going from 140 to 128?
@CVholik it doesnt have the curves and it wont snap to the grid.. you need to select the area and move the line in order to snap it... a bit time consuming with you need to make tons of automotion variation without a midi controller...
another aspect of ableton i dont like is the Piano roll, the FL's is much more complete in terms of variations you can make with it... i mean, you can even reverse the order of the midi notes...arpegiate it and so on.
I suppose you mean taking a 118BPM song and making it into a 128BPM song? Basically, do first all she says, and then change track tempo :) . Don't change track tempo right from the start. Basically, Ableton first needs to know what tempo the audio is. So this entire video is about figuring out what tempo the stems are and syncing them correctly to the bars so they're in sync with the metronome. Once that's done for all stems, you can change track tempo and Ableton does the rest.
This young lady knows her shit...
great stuff indeed
finally!!! thanks alot
Thank you soooo much!!
awesome!
Why is there automation on the master tempo now?
Can't you just use an accapella and not use stems? and if so can you still warp an accapella like you warped this??
why go thru that trouble when you can just use a bpm reading program(mix meister bpm analyzer) or traktor if you have it.
does anyone have the acapella for this???
Nice.
omg thank you.
oowh f*ck yeah, was waiting for this.
Thank u very much xD
yay help!
@vetten123 you should do a remix of one of my songs.
Negative-Earth
yessssssssss
wish you translated this for PC users cause its still hard.
U can by my nizzy, great tut.
sweet
Its a matter of time till its possible ;)
nice tuttoirial guy's#
in fl you just select "detect tempo" or "fit to tempo".
DONE.
Press Tab I believe.
@Sincrol no its not lol
>Volumes/Big Daddy/
Why did that make me laugh so much?
Like a boos!! She said get to remixing lol
I dont see why not
Hard Drive: "Big Daddy"
itd be cool if this actually worked.
The words your using are not helpful to noobies just incase you didn't know... when you talk to a noob you need to be at the bare minimum to the top in tutorials
because if you're going to learn how to produce music, you might as well know how different techniques, kinda lazy otherwise, you might learn something by actually applying this knowledge as well.