Definition
of warp, warping, warped music & music time correction
First of all its
important to ensure you understand exactly what we are talking about
before you order the service, so lets start by trying to define some
of the terms commonly used in this web site.
The
Definition of warp, warping and warped music
Lets
start by defining what is meant by warp, warping or warped music. When
you load an audio file into Ableton Live you have the option to warp
or not warp the audio. When you don't warp the audio Ableton Live will
play the file in its natural state, however when you choose to warp
the file you are able to give Ableton Live an in-depth understanding
of the tracks speed so it can synchronise the track perfectly with any
others you load into your set. Warping music, refers to going through
this process of telling Ableton Live all the information it needs to
synchronise your full track perfectly. Warping even allows you to synchronise
tracks with many timing imperfections.
What
do we mean by music time correction?
This
is a different process! When you warp music for Ableton Live it produces
an asd file. That files holds all the information the program needs
to load the track exactly the way it was left when we finished warping
it. When we refer to time correction, we are referring to our process
of physically reproducing your music file. The new music file we reproduce
is identical but without the timing imperfections it had before we worked
on it. This means when you receive it, it will fit neatly within your
beat grids or other syncing functions on your DJ software.
OK,
so what is Ableton Live?
Its
a studio quality sequencing program, but with a twist. Its functionality
has revolutionised and often divided the global DJ community. Its unique
warping feature provides the chance for music producers and DJs to work
with recordings that are full of timing imperfections, in the past these
were much more difficult to work with!
So
which service should you choose, warping or time correction?
The
answer to this really depends on how you want to use your music. If
you are going to DJ using Ableton Live then select the warping
service, if however you wish to use a program other than
Ableton Live such as Traktor, Mixvibes, Virtual DJ or any other DJ software
then you really need the time
correction service.