Timestreaching?

First of all I have sampled a lot of stuff and I am curious how timestreaching helps cause I have never used it and never had too many hang ups getting my samples to loop properly, can someone please give an example?

timestretching: you have a sequence running at 90BPM. you sampled a pianoloop, you set the looppoints so the loop runs smooth (no pops and on beat). you calculate the BPM of the loop and you come out with 98,6BPM. now you have two options: you can 1) pitch the loop down so that it becomes 90BPM OR 2) you timestretch to 90BPM so that the piano keeps its key but slows down (no pitching).

timestretching is verry handy if you want to fit a loop to a sequence and you want to keep its original pitch. but remember: you still have to set the good looppoints.

Gotcha, thanks man really appreciate it.

multiman wrote:timestretching: you have a sequence running at 90BPM. you sampled a pianoloop, you set the looppoints so the loop runs smooth (no pops and on beat). you calculate the BPM of the loop and you come out with 98,6BPM. now you have two options: you can 1) pitch the loop down so that it becomes 90BPM OR 2) you timestretch to 90BPM so that the piano keeps its key but slows down (no pitching).

timestretching is verry handy if you want to fit a loop to a sequence and you want to keep its original pitch. but remember: you still have to set the good looppoints.

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multiman wrote:timestretching is verry handy if you want to fit a loop to a sequence and you want to keep its original pitch.

It is also very handy for extending one shots, I do this often.

is there any way for example to take a 2bar paino loop on a 4 bar track...then change the pitch up (so it wont b as boring) for bars 3 and 4 but keep the original tempo?

The Beat Conductor

What settings do u use for oneshots? I usally use the timestretch on drums, usaly snares, but most of the time I get bad results.

u got any tips?

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I don't really any tips for one shots, I just move the slider in Sound Forge until it sounds how I want it to sound. If the sample starts to break up while I'm stretching it I just try to extend it as far as it can possibly go.

tx pimp wrote:is there any way for example to take a 2bar paino loop on a 4 bar track...then change the pitch up (so it wont b as boring) for bars 3 and 4 but keep the original tempo?

yeah man, just pitch up your second sample, recalculate BPM and stretch (in this case its ascually compressing but whatever) it back down.

some audio software will let you preserve lengh while pitch shifting (ie- aurto timestreches back to original temp)

hope this helps

bobbydesign wrote:some audio software will let you preserve lengh while pitch shifting (ie- aurto timestreches back to original temp)

...Sound Forge.

The Beat Conductor wrote:

bobbydesign wrote:some audio software will let you preserve lengh while pitch shifting (ie- aurto timestreches back to original temp)

...Sound Forge.

CoSign......I Was NEVER a FAN of the MPCs timestreach..........................

thanx yall...and so time stretching isnt that good on the mpc? its easier with soft ware?

Correct.

How do you calculate the BPM? Sorry if this sounds like a newbie retarded question...

The Beat Conductor wrote:

multiman wrote:timestretching is verry handy if you want to fit a loop to a sequence and you want to keep its original pitch.

It is also very handy for extending one shots, I do this often.

another way for stretching a sound is to loop a short fragment from that sound.
Probably old news, but hey, just trying to help