Ableton won't play my samples properly ?

[Patchmouse]

I have a very strange problem with Ableton, it will let me record external audio into the session (audio clips) and the arrangement view, with no problems all is fine. But when I want to load in a WAV, or Mp3 or anything from inside the computer, that has previously been compiled on an audio editor like Reaper or Audition, it goes haywire.

This is what I do....I export the sample from Audition, or Reaper as a WAV file, and then load the clip into Ableton, which plays it at a higher speed, and it sounds like it's got tremolo on it or something ? a warbling effect. I simply can't get Ableton to play things at the right speed, unless it's external audio, recorded directly ?

Hope I've put this post in the right place ? I couldn't find an Ableton link.

Patchmouse.

[jksuperstar]

Have you checked all the sample settings for that clip? Make sure the pitch isn't turned up or it's not synced to a faster clock or something else that might not seem obvious.

Possibly the editor you are using has assigned a sample pitch (root note) to the wave, and Ableton is using a different root note. The two programs might also have different interpretations of what middle C is, (C3 or C4 is typical to represent Midi Note #60). Don't know, just guessing there, especially if it seems to be 1 octave off.

Also, you may be saving the file with a lower sample rate in Audition by accident? Long shot, but worth checking. That info should be in the wav file, but like I said, it could be a long shot.

Also, if your using the other program to edit the audio, did you know you can set up the external editor (I use Cool Edit/Adobe Audition) as the Ableton editor, so that if you click to edit a sample, it will automatically open Cool Edit for example, I edit the waveform, and when I close Cool Edit, the sample is back in place in my Ableton session? It's a nice feature, and covers Ableton from needing a good editor, when I would use cool edit anyway.

[ark]

By default, Ableton plays audio clips in "warped" mode. When you load a clip, it (1) finds the transients, (2) uses the transients to estimate the native tempo of the clip, and (3) sets warp markers that correspond to what it thinks the tempo is.

When you play a clip, it is either in warped mode or not. If it is in warped mode, Live tries to change the clip so that it will play back at the same tempo as whatever the rest of your Live set is currently using.

If you are not going to be looping the clip, you can turn warp mode off, which also entails turning loop mode off. Otherwise, you have to go through the clip (once) to verify that the warp markers are where you want them, and find a warp mode that doesn't make the clip sound weird when you play it. If the clip's tempo matches your Live set's tempo, that will be much easier; but if it doesn't, and you're looping the clip, you have to arrange for the loops to match your Live set's tempo somehow. Warping is what does that.

[Patchmouse]

Thanks chaps ! well, now I ave another couple of things to keep me occupied (other than recording any music!)

My lessons have disappeared into thin air..

"no lessons found"

And, how on earth do you get a clip to stop and playback "where" you stopped it ! instead of snapping back to the marker ? I've read the manual and all I can find are various ways of programming that in, rather than doing in on-the-fly ?