Playing back audio clips (WAV files) as-is

Hi, I'm trying to load several short audio clips/loops (just WAV files exported from my DAW) into the Force in matrix mode, and then be able to trigger them to play back unmodified.

Unfortunately, the Force insists on messing around with the tempo (BPM) of the original clips, which I don't want it to do. This is likely because it notices that these WAV files are at different BPMs and it's trying to be "helpful" by time-stretching those clips, which I don't want it to do.

Here's an example:

- Project tempo is set to 120 BPM
- Clip 1 is at 120 BPM and plays back just fine
- Clip 2 is at 100 BPM and plays back faster (time-stretched), but I want it to play at the original 100 BPM

I went into the sample editor and manually entered the BPM of clip 2 at 120 (assuming that the Force will leave it alone if it thinks it matches the project tempo), but that didn't help.

This seems like such a simple task, just playing back WAV files as they are, but I must be overlooking something.

How can I get the Force to do this?

Go to menu - preferences- audio/export - audiotracks auto warp and put that at off......

There is also auto bpm in programs turn that off as well.

Ordinairy_Rebel wrote:There is also auto bpm in programs turn that off as well.

Where do you find programs in a Force?

Miyaru wrote:Go to menu - preferences- audio/export - audiotracks auto warp and put that at off......

Thank you, but unfortunately, that didn't help.

According to the manual:
Audio Track Auto Warp: This determines how recorded audio track regions are warped. When set to On, any audio track region that you record will be warped automatically to match the current project tempo. You can then adjust the project tempo while the audio track region remains in time.
Note: When you record an audio file, the current project tempo will be embedded with it. This information is stored within the sample file when you save the project. When you warp an audio track region, the warping algorithm uses this project tempo and the current value in the BPM field to generate the “stretch factor.”

So, all that option seems to do is embed the current project BPM in the WAV file metadata.

Any other suggestions?

Ordinairy_Rebel wrote:There is also auto bpm in programs turn that off as well.

Thank you, but I can't find that option. Can you please be a little more precise where exactly that options is?

Timo wrote:

Ordinairy_Rebel wrote:There is also auto bpm in programs turn that off as well.

Thank you, but I can't find that option. Can you please be a little more precise where exactly that options is?

Press Shift+Clip, that should take you to the track editor, I think it's in the 2nd tab. You should see a Warp tab & the BPM that you can change.

B-Wise wrote:Press Shift+Clip, that should take you to the track editor, I think it's in the 2nd tab. You should see a Warp tab & the BPM that you can change.

When I do that, I get a blank screen with the message "track edit not available for audio track" (I only have audio tracks in that project since all I want to do is play back a couple of WAV files).

I've now resorted to making one arranger view project per WAV file - it's trivially easy to make the Force play back WAV files unmolested in arranger view.

But that's an inelegant workaround because that means I have to load a whole new project per WAV file. Clunky.

The Set List feature makes that easier in theory, but that feature doesn't work with projects that only contain audio tracks either

Timo wrote:

Miyaru wrote:Go to menu - preferences- audio/export - audiotracks auto warp and put that at off......

Thank you, but unfortunately, that didn't help.

According to the manual:
Audio Track Auto Warp: This determines how recorded audio track regions are warped. When set to On, any audio track region that you record will be warped automatically to match the current project tempo. You can then adjust the project tempo while the audio track region remains in time.
Note: When you record an audio file, the current project tempo will be embedded with it. This information is stored within the sample file when you save the project. When you warp an audio track region, the warping algorithm uses this project tempo and the current value in the BPM field to generate the “stretch factor.”

So, all that option seems to do is embed the current project BPM in the WAV file metadata.

Any other suggestions?

To make it work, I had to start with an empty project. This means deleting all tracks and it's content or start a new project after adjusting warp to off.

I tried a housesong, a ballad and a popsong and it worked. I made three audio tracks and loaded each song to an audio track. Will try to load them in empty slots on one track, this is maybe what you mean......

Miyaru wrote:

Ordinairy_Rebel wrote:There is also auto bpm in programs turn that off as well.

Where do you find programs in a Force?

Well sample edit is what I mean. Shift + clip second page. This doesn’t work for audio tracks. Something says me you already knew this and choose to be a wise guy instead of helpful.

Thank you all for your help!

Now that I've got my preferences tweaked according to your advice, I'll start fresh with an empty project, and hopefully that will do the trick!