I'm trying to figure out the best way to correct the tempo of human drums in some of my audio files. The tempo wavers quite a bit in the changes of the song that it's a pain in the ass to ride a mix. I want to stretch and shrink portions of the files to keep the beat consistent. I know I could do this in Audacity but i think one of you might know a better way. Can you do this in Ableton?

(this question is SSL related because once I fix the track I will procede to play the shit out of it in SSL)

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perfect job for the time morphing panel of Pitch 'n Time

wow how much?----Is that a stand alone progaram or is it a plug-in for pro-tools
is that some automatic type "set it and forget it" doodad?

PT Plug-in only, standalone in the works for version 3.

not automated, but simple enough to get something like that into time...

whoa---pro tools+PNT = too rich for my blood

thx josh --i know this goes against your interest$, but is anything else an option?

I take it you don't have the drums by themselves...

nah it's 70 punk funk stuff (the slits-i heard it through the grapevine- in particular)

my friend has ptools. can you save with the demo version of pitch n time?. :0

yep, fully functioning for 30 days...

oh yeah!
thanks josh.....

Beatmarking with Ableton Live and shifting trhe beatmarkers could also work on some tracks.

eyo - ive been using Ableton to correct the tempos. its great. on another note, I used it to cut one blend check it out.

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sorry my friend could only host it at a low bitrate

Theres also melodyne 2 which can stretch each bar to a constant tempo and keep pitch . Or use acid and manualy cut n paste .