How to Warp Long Samples in Ableton Live 11 (Whole Tracks)

[@aufake2585]

Playing the sample outside of Ableton is the best tip! Always got frustrated when the grid kept changing. Thanks man

[@LowHeatBeats]

Aaah, I’m glad you found it useful! You’re welcome.

[@andycordy5190]

I have some old recordings of my own that I would like to bring into the 21st century. I think this is the perfect way to approach that. Many thanks.

[@LowHeatBeats]

I’m glad that the video was helpful!

[@lucasgarcezxyz]

The way you broke it down in small steps was helpful, appreciate it. Looking forward the chopping video.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Thanks for watching man! Chopping video coming soon-ish ✌️

[@mizurashi2643]

I've been looking for this kind info for over two years and you managed to demystify in a few minutes. Saved my life!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Yeah, this method is very efficient. Glad it was helpful!

[@bendecker7342]

Hi, While i kinda knew how to do this, your tutorial allowed me today to smash through a track in 5 minutes compared the normal hour or two of fluffing around. Thanks a heap for taking the time to put up a tutorial on this!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Yeah, this method is very efficient. Glad the video was helpful!

[@darylchanthavisouk6923]

First track warping video I've watched. Straight forward, informative, and articulate. Thanks bro!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@Aljereau]

very helpful tutorial, a lot of guys on YT show the chopping part but the warping is quite important, and you nailed the explanation. thanks a lot!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was helpful!

[@FranciscoAbeonis]

The best warping tutorial I have seen so far. Warping is now crystal clear . Many thanks.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was helpful!

[@foxdonze]

Ive been watching vids all day trying to figure this out, and you were the only one that explained in a way that was understandable to me. Officially my go to channel for Ableton content 👍🏻

[@LowHeatBeats]

Thank you so much 👊

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[@noahmurphy7987]

Holy fuck thank you! never understood this part of sampling for years. GAME CHANGER !

[@LowHeatBeats]

I’m really glad the video was helpful!

[@michaeludeze8470]

Simple and straight-forward. Some people will complicate the simple process to the point of absolute confusion.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was useful Michael!

[@kri8beats778]

Thanks comrade, just what I was looking for, literally yesterday...

[@LowHeatBeats]

I put it up right on time then. 😀 I'm happy to have helped you fam!

[@Bronwyn031]

Thank you So Very Much! I knew how to do this in Samplitude Pro but had no idea how to do this in Ableton Live. 💖💖💖

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad the video was helpful!

[@thee.jhenry]

Great video! That last part was the gem on top of it all (i.e. select, drap, and drop into a simpler track). Thanks!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you liked it!

[@horseburger.studio]

Finally found your video after years of searching. Thanks mate 👌

[@LowHeatBeats]

Nice one! Glad you found it!

[@Jiveness]

love this! Very clear and concise, and even as a long-time ableton user I learned a few new tools and shortcuts for warping!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Awesome! Glad the video was useful!

[@fgpd7710]

simple theory, simple solution :D Thanks for making this easy to understand.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Any time! Glad it was helpful.

[@nsns7993]

This is the second helpful video i've seen from you. Subbed man, very nice work 💪

[@LowHeatBeats]

Awesome, thank you for the sub!

[@tiannarhymes1215]

you saved my life with this one thanks so much!!!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad I could help!

[@DjGoBestMusicEver]

Kool Idea 4 warping !!! Thank you!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you liked it!

[@nderevj]

Great video! Simple and to the point. I just started learning music theory and production, and had a question about when to set 1.1.1. A song I'm experimenting with has a kick drum lead in (I hope thats the right terminology) and then the main rhythm. Do I set 1.1.1 at the first kick drum of the lead in, or the first kick drum of the main rhythm?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad the video was useful! Just set it to the first kick that you're sure is the 1.1.1., it doesn't metter if it's the main beat or an intro.

[@ceemor3404]

Great video man! Learned a lot 👌🏾 Do you have any videos to reprogram a drum beat to change the pattern of an audio track?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was useful! I have such a video and although it's not the most straight-forward way of doing it, it might be useful - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zmi1n3iZbMZmirc

[@karelpadour2690]

Very useful. Thanks for your tutorials and inspiring ideas!!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Salute 🙌

[@ryanregan00]

I recommend Serato Sample. Its a great Sampler and it tells you the key and BPM of the samples. Its frequently on sale. I think its a must have if you dont own any hardware like a Maschine or MPC

[@LowHeatBeats]

I know Serato Sample is good but I feel it's slightly redundant here. The built-in tools in Live are excellent for sampling, actually better than Maschine or MPC. They do it all, except for telling you the key but you can use a free app for this or learn to find it by ear.

[@drumbe4tz546]

Thanks for explaining the warping proces, in a very understandable manner. 👍🏻😀👍🏻

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was useful! Indeed it’s a bit tricky to make it easy to understand.

[@Greencelt5]

So easy to follow. Thank you,

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SnazzyBoxx]

Such a great, informative video. Thank you & subbed

[@LowHeatBeats]

Thank you for the sub!

[@honigtamara]

Thank you, buddy. Great tutorial.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you liked it!

[@anyaradionova8523]

thank you so much!!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Thank you for watching!

[@abithornton8952]

Great advice and a dope of track too.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was useful!

[@matthewojars]

You are such a fantastic human being !!! Many thanks for sharing this knowledge. You gained a sub, an alert 🔔 notification and a like. You deserve more !!!!!!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

[@matthewojars]

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[@LowHeatBeats]

instagram.com/lowheatbeats

[@opon.t4038]

Nice content bro !!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Thanks bro!

[@dd23537]

Hey man, awesome video. Just. a question, what if I want to use the beginning of the sample too? What shall I do once I've set the 1.1.1 position? Thank you

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you enjoyed the video! You need to drag the start if the sample to reveal the greyed-out part. Kinda hard to explain over a KZbin comment but it’s easy to do.

[@djbhe]

The flag marker.

[@finnlight7784]

Great video, keep in up.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Much appreciated!

[@DomCB]

very clear, thank you

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was helpful!

[@3niknicholson]

Thanks for the video. Why bother rounding the tempo to a whole number? What advantage does it bring?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Because it's not very likely that it was the correct tempo to begin with. Tapping the tempo gives you the ballpark bpm but when making music with a sequencer, people mostly use round numbers. With live music it's different of course.

[@noodlesoup94]

So good!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@omgfogomg3055]

Great video. Thanks a lot man

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you liked it!

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

Good video! I just work with a vocal track, and then the transients are not nicely on the beat, so that requires some extra techniques/skills. I guess like fixed grid off. Also weird: Ableton keeps guessing the track is 120 where it is clearly 110. But I understood this is a hard topic. Got it right, but now I have to find out how i did it ;-)

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad the video was helpful! How the Seg BPM is set is also explained in the video though, so maybe re-watch that part if it's not entirely clear.

[@chera030]

Very Helpful Thank you 🙏

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad it was helpful!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Do you use warping for your DJ sets? Or for sampling purposes when making beats? Drop me a comment! ⛄️

[@jentaro]

Yup. Chop, BPM up/down and pitch change = the holy trinity.

[@m3kbeatz]

Yes

[@kri8beats778]

Sampling and getting the tempo just right on some old projects when I didn't know what I was doing yet. Hopefully for DJing by the summertime...

[@MateuszCencyk]

Thank you!

[@LowHeatBeats]

You’re welcome ☺️

[@Allan-et5ig]

Low Heat Beats. I loved it. What I don't understand about Donna Washington track - I understand it takes serious times to keep putting in warp markers and screws up the groove as you add a shedload of warp markers. When you put it in Simpler, was that that remainder of the track or just bars 5-9? What if you need to warp the whole track is the Simpler some kind of solution or were you saying "I've warped as much of this as I need?" And the bit in Simpler was simply to chop? I'll watch your chopping video with pleasure. As you know, if you have a good timing, manually finding great beats or whole sections in Arrangement view is a joy- fun and easy. It's incredibly over-looked considering it's been there forever.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you enjoyed it! Tbh it’s an old video so I can’t answer your questions, I need to rewatch it to do that. I’ve made other videos where I chop samples with Simpler, you may want to check them out. Appreciate you watching and commenting!

[@drjfilix3192]

Hi, Thanks for your video! I have a BPM alignment problem with my 70s / 80s discomusic files. They were played by real musicians and therefore their BPM is not as perfect as a metronome. (Drifting tempo). Also if I want to add a drum loop for the whole project, the warp will fail sooner or later ... I waste a lot of time to warp the whole song :-( Any advice? Thank you for your answer. A greeting DrJFilix.

[@LowHeatBeats]

The advice is towards the end of the video - you need to create warp markers to warp different regions to correct the drifting tempo. I'm afraid there's no way around it.

[@drjfilix3192]

​@@LowHeatBeats The problem is that in my files, the BPM vary very frequently and it can happen that after 1-2-3-4 measures one or more beats are already out of sync ... Much also depends on both the source and how they were sampled. .. a losing fight if I want the whole song with constant bpm. I can't even wear yellow clothespins as I call them only in drum breaks, because the rest would be out of time anyway ... Grrrrrr

[@DJBre]

right on spot

[@LowHeatBeats]

Glad you liked it!

[@carolmotion]

The Best!!!!!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Much appreciated!

[@pfoster1235]

After warping a sample how do you chop it? I saw that you created a simpler. Is this correct? Also, to go to a slower tempo(after warping) just turn down the tempo. Three years of not knowing how to warp, but wanting to.🤣

[@LowHeatBeats]

Yeah, just load a Simpler and check this video on now to chop kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIPcgpKgjr5_ja8

[@RickySaenz]

Hi bro! Thank you for this knowledge.. I have a quick question: Why not also use "Warp from here straight? to make sure it aligns all of the transients for sure. Is SET 1.1. here always enough to align everything, or do you find yourself using both? Thank You!

[@LowHeatBeats]

Yes, if the tempo of the track doesn't change, set 1.1.1 here is sufficient, it has always worked for me. But obviously you can try the other option if the bpm fluctuates and you're having trouble aligning it to the grid.

[@RickySaenz]

Yo thank you for this reply brother!!!!!

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[@LowHeatBeats]

Thanks my friend!

[@Visual1455]

Great video man!! Only one thing, I have ADHD and was distracted by the windmills in the background 🤣🤣

[@LowHeatBeats]

I hear you! I made this video a couple of years go when I used to experiment with this stuff. But your point is totally valid and I no longer add such backgrounds to my tutorials.

[@Visual1455]

@@LowHeatBeats I thought so haha but anyway a very helpful video 👍🏻

[@VillyMarlou]

#SuperDope Thanks for the lesson.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Thank you for watching 👊

[@michaelknight141]

This method makes the Position that you chose jump to 1.1 in the arrangement. I dont want my track to start in the middle of the song. How can I do this without changing the Start position of the track?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Just drag the start of the clip on the arranegement view to the left to uncover the part of the track that's before 1.1.1. You may need to move the clip to the right before doing that.

[@amritgillredhotflame]

complex mode removes high end for me sometimes when I use the second method.

[@LowHeatBeats]

Yeah, depends on the material. Complex is mostly good for full songs.

[@kamz5253]

Cheers 👍

[@LowHeatBeats]

Cheers man ✌️

[@dgtssjg0d]

god

[@LowHeatBeats]

Thanks!

[@paxwebb]

Any way to do this with a music video?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Hmm, good question but I’m not sure tbh

[@mrbass093]

What if there’s no drums in a sample?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Depends if there’s another rhythmic element that can help you establish the tempo. But it’s more difficult if you have no drums or any other rhythms.

[@chestnut40]

and the begin of the track (without kick) ?? should that not warping??

[@LowHeatBeats]

Did I forget to explain this in video? It’s an older video, so I don’t remember if I did.

[@chestnut40]

@@LowHeatBeats you can see it on your own video ;-) but for intro's (mix) is this maybe important (there is no kick or hiat of whatever)

[@LowHeatBeats]

​@@chestnut40 You can just drag the start of the clip to reveal the intro, just be careful not to put it off the grid, no need to warp the intro.

[@chestnut40]

@@LowHeatBeats aaah ok, thanks! I was making a long (audio)mix in Ableton but the first track (intro) i couldn't get tight (there is no kick, beat, hiat or melody) when i shifting the first 1.1.1 marker in the arrangement view, everything will be shifting :-/ (wave-file) but now is resolved (Pin the kick marker and then drag the first marker to a right grid) :)) Thanks!

[@ProudManc]

This is more difficult to do to Accapellas?

[@LowHeatBeats]

Definitely. You don’t have the drums to make it easy to align to the grid and many acapellas don’t start on the first beat of the instrumental, which also makes it harder.

[@ProudManc]

@@LowHeatBeats Is there a reccomended way to do them or have you just gotta do it bit by bit over drums?

[@LowHeatBeats]

@@ProudManc I don't think there's a method that works every time but I'll look into it and try to make a video if I find out something that works most of the time.

[@ProudManc]

Low Heat Beats Thanks bro, Keep up the awesome work 🎶🙌🏻🎶

[@ToKi555]

hallo zusammen, wenn ihr es einfacher machen wollt, liess einfach deine tracks vorher bei Rekordbox ein

[@LowHeatBeats]

DJ software may make it easier to find the BPM but won't align it with Live's grid, so you may still need to do it manually.

[@skennymane]

Really hate that Ableton shifts audio when trying to set tempo. As an engineer trying to move into Ableton from Pro Tools this is frustrating. When mixing a clients project I import all the stems for the project then name/ arrange them all. Then I find the tempo and set Pro Tools grid accordingly. Now all of my effects (delays/stutters) are in time. But Ableton SHIFTS THE SONG. Shit is mad annoying. Wish there was a quick bypass for this.

[@LowHeatBeats]

But that's exactly the point of the video. Did you actually watch it? I've explained how to set your warping settings in the beginning, depending on whether you want long stems to be auto warped or not.

[@loontil]

didn't work for me at all

[@LowHeatBeats]

Try again. As you see it worked for me in the video and for loads of people who left positive feedback in the comments.

[@loontil]

@@LowHeatBeats yes thanks i didn't press "warp from here" !! As you were...

[@LowHeatBeats]

@@loontil Oh yeah, it's a very important step, glad you got it working!

[@M_A_R_L_hs]

OMG Ableton LOL studio 😂

[@marcosrotllan]

Today you can delete this video

[@LowHeatBeats]

I've already made a video about the warping update. And no, I will not delete it, it may still be useful to someone.

[@t.robinson7228]

Thanks!

[@LowHeatBeats]

No problem!