djxander Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 someone a couple days ago said something about how easily computers time stretch now, was wondering if someone could give a walk through/explaine what they mean by this. I time stretched this one sample i lifted (its like a 4 bar sample) and the outcome was that it sounded like it had delayed/quikly repeated hits. How do you time stretch "easily" and effectively? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 it depends on the software you usei know in sound forge 7 for example, there are about 15 different settings for timestretch, each is more suitable to different kinds of musicie one setting works best on drums, but would make a vocal sound weirdeach software is different though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 The time stretch in cooledit is miserable. Just makes everything sound bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banano Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 it really depends on how much you want to expand or compress something time wise. Ultimately there will be two factors that determine how 'real' the end result will be - these are the sample rate (and to a lesser extent, the bit-depth) of the original sample, and the also the quality of the algorithm that that is doing the stretching. All the major sequencers have very good time stretching features (pro-tools still has the sweetest audio engine) but they'll all start to show artifacts with extreme stretching. In answer to the original question:The absolute easiest way to time stretch is by using either Ableton Live or Sony Acid. These programs will allow you to throw any sample or loop into your current arrangement and they will instantaneously stretch/compress it to the right length to make it fit with your chosen tempo. Money. Ableton is the better of the two btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 (edited) wat i noticed with Sound Forgeis that the more u time-strech a sample (say some vocals)it starts to stutter and jolt resulting in it not staying in beatmeaning starting all over again having sed that once i got it right it worked really well! Edited October 5, 2004 by Dj Phology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 i think in sound forge it is about choosing the best preset method to suit the sample you are stretching (ie drums, vocal, bass)and once it has been stretched once, it will sound worse if it is stretched againalso, i instaqlled cool edit pro recently and tried its timestretchit didn't have any options to tailor the stretch to the sample, but it sounded quite good on the samples i was doing it onacid pro does seem to do it the best, but i would have thought it used the same technique as sound forge as they are from the same company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blak Randy Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Without a doubt the best Timestretch Iv'e heard is the Waves plug ins with Wavelab. You can apply the effect in real time and it's phenominal. You can strech the sample by absolutely loads without it sounding fucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 i haven't installed the waves bundle yet, i'll give that a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blak Randy Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 i haven't installed the waves bundle yet, i'll give that a try Yeah theh're ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshow Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 i've tried the waves timestretch now and it is definitely the bestmakes the soundforge one look like a toy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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