So in three steps, we're going to take a chord
progression that's being played in an audio
loop and change the notes that are in that
chord progression. This is an amazing new
feature in the new Simpler in Ableton 9.5.
I'm going to assume you've already got a sample
loaded up into Simpler. This is the one that
I've picked. [music]
So you can hear it's playing a melody and
a baseline but it's following a chord progression.
Step 1: We need to turn WARP on and select
an appropriate algorithm. I've got Complex,
as this is a complex piece of audio, but you
can change yours accordingly.
And let's just have a quick recap. Before
warping was introduced, if we played a C3,
the sample played back at its default pitch.
[music] If we play a note higher up the keyboard,
the pitch increases but the sample plays back
faster. [music] And obviously if we play a
lower note, it plays back slower. With WARP
engaged, when we increase the pitch, the speed
stays the same. So default. [music] You can
hear the pitch change. The speed is the same.
So Step 1: WARP and choose your algorithm.
Step 2: Turn the Glide function on. So what
this does is it allows us to play one note
at a time, and as long as they overlap, Simpler
will bend the pitch from one note to another.
So let's hear this in action. [music] Now,
we don't want that pitch effect so we're just
going to take the time and literally drag
that down as fast as possible. So now it sounds
like this. [music] So you can hear that immediate
jump with no pitch bent, albeit a little of
dodgy playing.
Step 3: You need to draw your notes in that
you're going to be using. So these are my
notes, and remember, we need them to overlap.
So Command-A to highlight them all, Shift,
and the arrow keys on your keyboard to change
your length. You just need to overlap a little
bit, and that's it. You're ready to go. Okay.
So what I'm going to do is play our version
and then I'll play the version as it was in
its default pitch. [music]
