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The Sample Editor
10. Click and drag the grid line to align the single beat po-
sition with the waveform, and release the mouse button.
• To remove a misplaced beat edit, press any modifier key
so that the Eraser tool is shown and click on the adjusted
grid line.
Ö If you want to hear your changes immediately, you can
activate Musical Mode for this procedure. The warping will
be recalculated after each edit.
Applying swing
If you find that your audio sounds too straight, e. g. after
having used the Auto Adjust function, you can add swing.
Proceed as follows:
1. Activate Musical Mode.
2. On the AudioWarp tab, select a suitable grid resolu-
tion from the Resolution pop-up menu.
This defines the positions that the swing is applied to. If you select 1/2,
the swing is applied in steps of half notes, if you select 1/4, it is applied
in steps of quarter notes, etc.
3. On the Algorithm pop-up menu on the toolbar select
the algorithm preset that fits the audio material best.
For details about the available options, see “Standard” on page 260.
4. Move the Swing fader to the right to offset every sec-
ond position in the grid.
This creates a swing or shuffle feel.
Depending on how far you move the fader to the right and
what grid resolution you chose, this function offers every
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thing from half-note swing to 64th-note swing.
Free Warp
The Free Warp tool allows you to change the timing of indi-
vidual positions in the audio material.
The Free Warp tool creates warp tabs. Warp tabs are a
kind of marker or anchor that can be attached to musically
relevant time positions in an audio event, for example the
first beat of every bar. Warp tabs can be dragged to the
corresponding time positions in the project, and the audio
will be stretched accordingly. Because the Free Warp tool
allows you to freely stretch any part of the audio, you can
use warp tabs for many operations, such as creative
editing.
Warp tabs are typically used for creative tempo editing or
further tweaking after having activated Musical Mode.
Ö Warp tabs can also be created from hitpoints (see
“Create Warp Tabs” on page 280).
!
When you activate or deactivate Musical Mode or
select another Resolution value, all your warp modifi
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cations will be lost.