For my live set, I have a 32 slice chain of 1 hit melodic notes in C that I can play on my keyboard controller. I want to be able to change the length (via the rate time stretch knob function) so I can shorten and lengthen notes. However, it seems that I can only do that if I have time stretch turned on in the sample attributes. However, that also means that when I change the tempo of the OT so I can use the sequencer in step with Ableton, the notes automatically time stretch. Is there a way to prevent the notes from stretching/shrinking except for when I manually do it on the rate knob?
Also, I had an issue the other day where I had a sliced drum loop and the rate knob would effect slice 1, but it had no effect at all on the stretching of the slices coming after it. Any ideas as to why that might be?
Probably I didn’t understand an issue correctly but why don’t use Hold and Release Amp setting for shortening length of slices? If I have sample chains of different synth sounds in C and I want to play them via midi keyboard I do the following:
Slicing my sample chain and activating slices on the track.
2a) Disabling time-stretch to have highest quality of the sample sound (in this case pitch will be changed by changing of sample playback speed like in tape and you will not hear granular effect).
2b) In case when current sample was recorded with any time-based effect like delay and I want to keep repeats in sync with project tempo I use time-stretching. In this case you will hear granular effect.
Changing Hold parameter of Amp page to obtain desired length of note and Rel to have tail after key release. Play with both parameters.
Recording my sequence and fine tuning lengths of each notes if it is needed.
The same thing with drum slices. I have nice sample chain with drum samples which I created by sampling Yamaha Motif sounds. When I use it in my projects I always disable time stretch because granular effect appears on long samples like crashes and open hhats.
