Can't get sample to fit on beat

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- Opened song in edison and Successfully looped part I want to use
- Open new file
- Import sample into tracklist (so it looks like number 1)
- Then I time stretch the sample to 8 bars (because that's what it was) (number 2 is result of this)
- Play the sample but it's off beat
- So I change the tempo, try to edit it lower and higher and still can't seem to get it on beat with the metronome. I restrech the channels and it still doesn't work. Select tonal and it doesnt work.

What am I missing? I can't seem to figure out why it won't go on beat with the metronome

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Sometimes when my samples are unable to be lined up exactly with the metronome, I chop it up and make it work. It is a lot more work, but some samples were recorded live, and therefore will never have an exact tempo.
 
it's defo not recorded live, it's a famous song and has been sampled plenty of times. May just try chop it up if there are no other options. thx
 
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open ur sample in edison.. cut your loop.. drag it into the fruity slicer and use the slicer to control the pitch and time of your sample...

or just play the loop your using and tap tempo to it and go from there

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if ur not sure how to use tap tempo right click the where ur tempo setting is and select tap...tap along to the sample to figure out the tempo
 
import the sample into a track..../sampler track & then right click the time knob, and it will self stretch to whatever you set it to.... Thats how i used to time stretch in fl.... Hope this helps...
 
You sure you got a perfect 2-bar loop to begin with? Those beats definitely don't seem to be lining up even though it's properly stretched to fit.
 
Apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs here, I'm just trying help. Make sure your timing when counting the bars is accurate. Your best bet is to take the section you want to sample and loop it to see if it sounds smooth. A metronome is a good idea too. When you're counting the bars like 1, 2, 3, 4, if the sample you have contains some drums then you should find that you hear the snare everytime you say '2'. Often we take samples from sections of music where the tempo of the sample changes, or our timing is wrong, so we take a bit more or less of a bar than we should have. In those cases, if you don't have time to re-sample, you're best bet is to either chop up the sample then stretch each chop so that they're the same tempo or mask your inaccuracies with crazy drums that might not be fully quantised. I recommend always having your snares quantised though if you can help it :)
 
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I've faced this problem before but its doable. First I would count the clicks of the BPM (the 1,2,3,4) and place the desired chops on beats 1 and 3, and see what else you can add to beat 2 and 4 to make it a seamless loop. Hope this helps
 
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