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Change the playback tempo or pitch
If you want to combine audio material you have recorded yourself from
different sources, samples from Soundpools, or songs from CD with each
other, then you will often need to adjust the tempo or pitch of audio objects to
match each other. There's an automatic function which automatically adjusts
the tempo of audio objects when they are loaded to the arrangement's tempo,
plus advanced tools like the Remix Agent and the Loop Finder (view page
320).
Automatic tempo adjustment when loading
In general,
MAGIX Music Maker MX Production Suite automatically adjusts
audio files to the arrangement tempo. In normal cases, you won't need to
worry about the different tempo of audio files and Soundpool samples, since
these are automatically matched. But since automatic processes can fail too,
the following process explains when you may need to "manually" adjust things.
In the new arrangement (empty), the tempo will be determined by the first
samples loaded into it. All additional audio files will then be automatically
adjusted to this tempo. If you are planning a remix which is composed of
different samples with different tempo, then try to add the most important
sample first. This minimizes sound distortions compared to the other samples
via timestretching.
In order to be able to correctly adjust an audio object to the tempo, its output
tempo must first be detected. If the sound is a Soundpool sample, then the
tempo saved therein ("patched") will be used, and the tempo adjustment will
always work.
For all other (short) samples, an attempt will be made to automatically provide
the tempo. If the sample is not cut exactly, i.e. it does not contain an exact
number of beats or is incorrectly interpreted by the automatic detection
process, then this may not work. The sample will then be incorrectly stretched
or an incorrect arrangement tempo will be set.
In this case, use the Loop Finder to specify the tempo semi-automatically
(more about this under the chapter "Menu effects -> Audio -> Loop Finder
(view page 320)"). This allows the sample to be cut to an even loop and the
arrangement will adjust to
the detected tempo or vice versa.
The Remix Agent launches optionally for longer samples ( >15 seconds), e.g.
entire songs from CD or MP3s. This also gives you the option of either
adjusting the sample to match the arrangement or the arrangement to the
sample.