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By mattskillz1000 Wed Nov 23, 2005 4:45 pm
someone posted something about a software that does all your calculations for you awhile back - i downloaded it but can't find it and don't remember the name. searched the search engines and nothing. anyone know what i'm talking about and if so, what is the name of the software and where can i get it. thanks

By sparq Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:41 pm
if you have the audacity program or any other program that will allow you to timestretch by bpm here is something that i wrote on here a long time ago:

sparq wrote:just thought i drop a jewel with timestretching using audacity.

you can get any sample to stretch and fit any tempo (be mindful of not distorting samples by stretching it too much) it's a little formula that if done correctly, it will work EVERY time.

let's say your sample is 4 bars and the time sig is 4/4 and you want to get the sample to be 93BPM.

the formula will be:

4*4*60 divided by 93. you take that answer and highlight the sample in audacity and go to effects > ...change tempo > then on the bottom where you can adjust it by seconds put your answer there.

now that sample will fit your bpm of choice and you can save as wav and bring it to the mpc.
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By Remedial Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:55 pm
sparq wrote:if you have the audacity program or any other program that will allow you to timestretch by bpm here is something that i wrote on here a long time ago:

sparq wrote:just thought i drop a jewel with timestretching using audacity.

you can get any sample to stretch and fit any tempo (be mindful of not distorting samples by stretching it too much) it's a little formula that if done correctly, it will work EVERY time.

let's say your sample is 4 bars and the time sig is 4/4 and you want to get the sample to be 93BPM.

the formula will be:

4*4*60 divided by 93. you take that answer and highlight the sample in audacity and go to effects > ...change tempo > then on the bottom where you can adjust it by seconds put your answer there.

now that sample will fit your bpm of choice and you can save as wav and bring it to the mpc.


But I appreciate the fact that you used Audacity for the example; that way all users with a PC or Mac, and especially the broke ones, can try it.
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By mattskillz1000 Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:15 am
thanks guys - huge help. i just figured out how to do it in pro tools - easy and super fast. imma check out audacity though. good lookin' skillz
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By TFunk13 Thu Nov 24, 2005 4:12 am
Cubase gets the job done. Believe it or not, FL Studio has real nice timestretch and it's real time. Very smooth.