What is the rubberband editor

rictheobscene · Post by **rictheobscene** » Tue May 18, 2004 7:53 pm

I was reading a tutorial on Live 3, and it kept referring to the rubberband editor. I can not seem to find that editor in the manual. Does anyone know what the tutorial is talking about

Thank you

Porpy · Post by **Porpy** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:33 pm

Hi Ric

is the tutorial online?

There is no rubber band editor, in Live. Lives approach to audio is often described as elastic audio. Perhaps this is what the reference is? In which case the part of Live would be the warp markers, which you get to by double clicking on an audio clip in either the session view or the arrange view.

regards

porpy

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:40 pm

perhaps it refers to when you can click and drag around audio in the Arranger?

rictheobscene · Post by **rictheobscene** » Tue May 18, 2004 11:16 pm

is where the tutorial appears, specifically on page 42, middle column, item 2 under the Rhythmic Gating section states:

"Switch to the rubberband editor, then highlight that quarter-note segment....."

I am not sure how much of the article I can type here since it is the current issue.

I would hope the magazine would have checked this for accuracy.

Porpy · Post by **Porpy** » Tue May 18, 2004 11:20 pm

you use either the clip envelopes in the clip editor (bottom of the live screen) or use the automation envelopes on an arrange track to do any kind of rhythmic gating.

Ric if you wish, pm with me a bit more of the article so that i can get a better sense of the context which is being described.

regards

porpy

rictheobscene · Post by **rictheobscene** » Tue May 18, 2004 11:48 pm

I hope it makes sense.

Porpy · Post by **Porpy** » Tue May 18, 2004 11:57 pm

Hi Ric, yep it makes sense

Okay what they are referring to is to take the clip envelope editor out of draw mode (the pencil icon at the top of the live screen in the control bar)
Alternatively press the key command cmd(mac) or ctrl (pc) - B

This allows you to select the part of the clip envelope that you have drawn the volume gating.
You can quickly copy it by choosing duplicate from the edit menu, or press cmd/ctrl-D

as for your other questions, the downbeat is the first beat of the bar, and syncopation is where you accent a beat that is normally not accented like any of the 16th notes that are not on the beat - this can have the effect sometimes of throwing the beat.

hope this all helps

regards

porpy

tjwett · Post by **tjwett** » Wed May 19, 2004 3:32 am

once your are out of pencil mode you can also double click sections of the envelope line to make manipulation points. probably obvious i know.

rictheobscene · Post by **rictheobscene** » Wed May 19, 2004 10:25 am

Since I am an Ableton Live rookie, nothing is really obvious. I have been using Cubase, Reason, and a plethora of hardware synths for quite some time, but I am finding that being "self-taught" has left some holes in my musical background. Slowly but surely, I am augmenting them.

Thanks for your help

What is the rubberband editor

What is the rubberband editor

May 2004 issue of Keyboard magazine pages 40 to 48

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