Anyone wanna help a guy who's never used audio snap before?

1. Save a copy of your project with a new name so you have a backup of the original... just in case.   
2. You'll need to edit the tempo map of an existing audio track... Preferably a percussion track. Look for one with clear "hits" that occur right on the beat, through as much of the song as possible.  If there are multiple clips on the track you choose, bounce to a new one using the "Bounce to Tracks" command, and use that new track.  (You can delete this new track when you're done, if you want).  Another excellent way to get a clean percussive audio guide of the tempo would be to record yourself clapping quarter notes along with the track.
3. Edit the tempo map by opening the AudioSnap palette (Type the A key).  Select the clip you're using and click the "Edit Clip Map" button on the palette. 
4. You'll see a bunch of beat markers at the top of the clip.  CTRL+Drag them to the appropriate locations .  So, what you hear/see as beat one measure 4 should have the "4:1" mark mapped to it.  Do this through the whole track.  (Holding the CTRL key while making your changes will make upcoming markers "adapt," saving you work as you scroll through)
5. With the clip still selected, push the "Set Project From Clip" button (for best results use the "Beat" setting).  Doing this won't change the content at all.  It will only adjust the project tempo map to match what you just set up on that clip. (This will, however, affect MIDI, so "Lock" all of your MIDI clips before doing this.)
6. At this point you need to get the project to follow the tempo changes.  Do this by enabling the "Clip Follows Project" button.  Make sure "Auto-stretch" mode is selected. 
7. Go to the tempo view, delete all but the first tempo change.  Set that tempo change to 120. This will make the whole project play at 120.  If you want some tempo variations, insert new tempos manually or draw them into the tempo view.  (Note: you will want MIDI data to be impacted by this change, so it stays in sync with your audio... so "unlock" the MIDI clips before performing this step)
8. When you're done, select everything and bounce to clips (it'll sound better after bouncing, as it will use "Radius" stretching, rather than the real-time alternative).

ChuckC


Karl & Kalle! Ahhh see this is what I mean by I am a NEWB! I don't even know which tool it is that I need to use to correct my problem! THANK YOU gentlemen! I played with audio snap for 3 hours last night.... ultimately found that all I can now do is speed up & Slow down my off time midi drum track with it... but couldn't correct it. What is the proper way to go about correcting some minor timing issues? and can I get the rest of the project to follow this correction or not?

stevec


Bill, if I'm understanding correctly (questionable), wouldn't it be best if Chuck bounced his drum synth track(s) to audio and used that to set the project's tempo map?   Then, force the other audio tracks to follow that new tempo map, delete all the intermediate tempo changes so the tracks are following a steady tempo, and lastly have the drum MIDI tracks follow that as well?