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By NewAkaiUser Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:45 pm
Why does the Tune option in Sample Edit not work with Timestretch?

Having a 140bpm sample, I want to Tune it down -2.
Then timestretch it to 96bpm (with tune settings)
The sample is not stretched properly. Only setting Tune back to 0 helps.

What am I doing wrong?
By 40Beatz Fri Oct 09, 2020 7:11 pm
Ive had some success with Warping a Sample in Prog Edit....Then....16 Level the Pad.

Its only as good as the initial Warp tho.

But thats more or less Pitch Shifting
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By justineastwick Fri Oct 09, 2020 9:07 pm
When I find a loop I like, I go to SAMPLE EDIT and press the “FROM BPM” so it’ll automatically tune it and then then I just adjust the pitch back to 0.00.

So, if after I tune my loop and it’s -5.86, I’ll just adjust the pitch to +5.86 to get it sort of back to the original sound.
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By NewAkaiUser Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:27 pm
Ok, I've figured it out.

1. First you need to detect BPM (It will probably be wrong anyway).
2. Tune sample
3. Calculate a new BPM based on the tune parameter and the number of bits in the sample.
This point is strange. Sometimes for a sample with a real 4 bits, you need to select parameters 8, 16 or 32.
But it finally works, you can change the key of the sample and keep its BPM.
4. Go to Process > Timestretch, set new BPM. Done.

The warp option in program edit is more convenient, but by slowing down the sample there, you cannot chop it after that.

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By justineastwick Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:40 pm
NewAkaiUser wrote:Ok, I've figured it out.

1. First you need to detect BPM (It will probably be wrong anyway).
2. Tune sample
3. Calculate a new BPM based on the tune parameter and the number of bits in the sample.
This point is strange. Sometimes for a sample with a real 4 bits, you need to select parameters 8, 16 or 32.
But it finally works, you can change the key of the sample and keep its BPM.
4. Go to Process > Timestretch, set new BPM. Done.

The warp option in program edit is more convenient, but by slowing down the sample there, you cannot chop it after that.

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Yeah, see I do the third step and then just pitch shift back to 0.00.