time-stretching....

does anyone understand it... not the bpm match... but the part where you see fem vox... and all that.... what do the percentages mean.... also does the amount affect the percentage.... it seems confusing... if a i have a half-a-bar sample and i want to stretch to a full 1 bar... how would i adjust the percentage and amount to get it to do that....

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To timestretch 1/2 a bar to a full bar, you need to double the length of the sample - so that's 100% timestretch. I doubt it will sound much good after that amount of stretching - 10% or so is the maximum, depending on the sample. The graduated 'adjust' numbers change the effect of the timestretch slightly - by changing these you can reduce the metallic effect of stretching on some samples, but there's no actual rule regarding the use of this parameter.

didnt you post the same message that got the same answer a week ago?

MPC-Tutor wrote:The graduated 'adjust' numbers change the effect of the timestretch slightly - by changing these you can reduce the metallic effect of stretching on some samples, but there's no actual rule regarding the use of this parameter.

Yo, not to put you out there on your own forum, Tutor, but the 'adjust' number is a treble-bass/hi-low scale. To quote akai directly:

"If the selected preset gives near enough a good result, but you feel it may benifit from a little fine tuning, try a few different settings here until you get the best result.
A positive value will help improve high frequency and percussive sounds while a negative value will help improve bass sounds.
Most of the time, this can be left at zero"

Also, xkwest, the letter after the preset (A, B or C) refers to the quality/proccessing time. A is the lowest quality stretch, with the quickest proccessing time, then B's a better quality but slower, and C is the best quality, but MAD slow.

As far as answering this question, though, you could just read pages 106 and 107 in the owner's manual (if you have revision #7 you could, anyway)

Peace1

(if you have revision #7 you could, anyway)

how many revisions are there, anyways?