Sylvan
I'm really into method three right now, it is the one I am currently using the most. I have shied away from any kind of stretching thus far as I cannot allow any artifacts to get through to my clients. I can experiment later when I have some down time with Melodyne, but with the three methods outlined in the videos, I already know there will not be any artifacts. I have Melodyne essential, is that sufficient?

I will report back my findings when I can play around with it. I often get a lot of blast beats with metal bands at my studio so I need to move quickly without artifacts. This is very important. With slicing and crossfading I know it will work. I am skeptical with any kind of stretching but will give or a spin later just to see.

I'm not entirely sure, you do need some kind of multi track ability, I think normally that only arrives with Studio but possibly ARA lets you do it with lighter versions? One project I loaded all WAVs in the standalone Melodyne Studio, for another, I stayed within Sonar.

It wasn't paid work, I just thought "if this is an easy fix and I don't need to repair lots of stuff I'll keep it, otherwise I'll stick with the original and call it a day". To my surprise, it worked really well. The time I did it in Sonar something went wrong the first try, I think I didn't have all notes selected or maybe some tracks weren't set to "percussion". After verifying I tried again and it worked great. Both times I chose the "auto" grid and didn't quantize to 100 percent.

Great videos, Charles! 
Learned a trick or two 

Sylvan

MagicMike
Excellent videos thanks so much!
I've been messing with stretching transient markers across multi-track drums and whilst I'm able to correct timing issues, sometimes the phase relationships don't quite work out (especially on a multi mic'd kick drum).
I'll be using your techniques this weekend :-)

These methods if done correctly will absolutely keep all phase relationships.

Haven't looked at method 3 yet, but phase relationships have to be kept in my 13 mic drum setup.
Thanks.

MagicMike

Sylvan

MagicMike
Excellent videos thanks so much!
I've been messing with stretching transient markers across multi-track drums and whilst I'm able to correct timing issues, sometimes the phase relationships don't quite work out (especially on a multi mic'd kick drum).
I'll be using your techniques this weekend :-)

These methods if done correctly will absolutely keep all phase relationships.

Haven't looked at method 3 yet, but phase relationships have to be kept in my 13 mic drum setup.
Thanks.

Yeah, I often have 14 track drums and these methods keeps everything in perfect phase, there is no altering of those relationships. That is why I do it this way as opposed to any type of stretching.
 
I will try the Melodyne way as mentioned earlier, but I can rest assured that these slicing methods will not alter phase relationships in any way shape or form which is why I trust them.

Tbh I often align the snare mics with the hits on the overheads which is also "messing with the phase relationship" - I don't see any problem there as long as stuff doesn't go OUT of phase. When I tried, it didn't. I zoomed in on a few snares and toms and they were perfect.