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The Sample Editor
10. With the mouse button still pressed, drag the warp tab
so that the position lines up with the first beat of the bar in
the ruler.
11. Release the mouse button.
Now the first beat in the audio event is perfectly aligned with the corre-
sponding position in the project!
• You can also first add warp tabs at the relevant musical
positions and change their positions later, see “Editing
warp tabs” on page 240.
Next to the warp tab handle in the ruler, a number is
shown. This number indicates the warp factor, i.e. the
amount of stretch. Warp factor numbers higher than 1.0
indicate that the audio region preceding the warp tab is
expanded and will play back slower. Warp factor numbers
lower than 1.0 indicate that the audio region preceding
the warp tab is compressed and will play back faster.
Ö Note that this ratio is limited to a range between 0.1
and 10. This factor is updated when you change the pro-
ject tempo with Musical mode enabled or use the Time
Warp tool.
12. Continue to use the same method to align the first
beat in each bar to the corresponding ruler position.
You only have to add warp tabs where the downbeat in the audio file
drifts from the ruler position and/or if you want to lock a warp tab so that
it is not moved when editing other points.
When you are done, the previously varying tempo of the
audio event will be metronome-steady and will adapt to
any tempo in Cubase.
This example illustrates the general methods of using
warp tabs and the Free Warp tool. But you can of course
use warp tabs for other operations than aligning down-
beats to grid positions. With the Free Warp tool, you can
literally stretch any region within a sample to any position!
Editing warp tabs
Moving the destination of existing warp tabs
To move a destination position of a warp tab (and thus
stretch the audio), select the Free Warp tool and position
the pointer on the Warp line in the waveform so that the
line in the middle of the pointer becomes blue. Then click
and drag to move the position of the warp tab.