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In this video from Berklee Online’s Ableton Live Fundamentals course, author Erin Barra walks you through the powerful Warp tool in Ableton Live. Warping allows us to independently manipulate the pitch and time of an audio file. While the software handles much of the process, it’s our job to provide Ableton with key information about these files to ensure it works effectively. Not all files are created equal, but the general process for warping audio is the same. Erin uses the breakbeat from Young-Holt Unlimited’s “Wah Wah Man,” which came out in 1971, so the track was understandably not recorded onto a grid. Incidentally, the beat for “Wah Wah Man” has been sampled to great effect on such songs as “XXX” by Kendrick Lamar feat. U2, Eminem’s “Brainless,” Primal Scream’s “Higher Than the Sun,” and many more. Erin goes on to show how Warp analyzes rhythmic structures and places markers at key points in time. Watch as she identifies the beat’s BPM, downbeat, and transients before warping the track, and eventually showcase the creative possibilities that the Warp feature offers to make all sorts of different beats that often stray far away from the original sound.
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Erin Barra is an educator, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and music technology consultant. She is an associate professor in the Songwriting department at Berklee College of Music and is one of the leading product specialists for Ableton. She works with artists and bands looking to integrate laptops and digital technologies into their writing, production, and stage setups, and has developed and taught several music technology curriculums.
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