Time Warp

The Time Warp tool allows you to adjust musical positions of events or parts to time positions and to perform warp operations for individual time positions.

You can either use the tool in a Warp Grid mode to manipulate the grid to align positions in musical time-based material with positions in time, or to match material with a musical time base to material with a linear time. Alternatively, you can use it in Free Warp mode to correct the timing of individual positions in the audio material by warping the audio of an event. In this case, the grid is not manipulated.

Note
  • The Time Warp tool can create tempo values up to 360 BPM.

  • For more complex corrections of individual time positions you can use the Free Warp tool in the Sample Editor.

If you activate Time Warp on the toolbar and click Time Warp again, a pop-up menu opens where you can select one of the following modes:

  • Warp Grid

    If you use the tool in this mode, the absolute time positions for all tracks that are set to musical time base are kept.

  • Warp Grid (musical events follow)

    If you use the tool in this mode, all tracks that are set to musical time base follow the changes.

  • Free Warp

    If you use the tool in this mode, you can create and edit warp markers on events. The grid is not manipulated.

    Note

    Warp markers on events are only displayed if the zoom factor is high enough.

In Warp Grid or Warp Grid (musical events follow) mode, the ruler shows tempo events as flags with tempo values.

When you click with the Time Warp tool, it snaps to the tempo grid in the window. If you want the Time Warp tool to snap to a marker or the start or end of an event instead, activate Snap and set the Snap Type to Events.

In Free Warp mode, the audio events show tempo events as flags with tempo values while the ruler does not change.

When adding warp markers with the Free Warp tool, they snap to hitpoints. You can disable this behavior by holding Ctrl/Cmd.

Moving warp markers with the Free Warp tool causes them to become magnetic and to snap to the grid when dragged near the grid.