← MIDI & Audio
Mission 12 · World 3
Audio Clips
Samples that bend to your will.
Recorded sound, ready to bend to your will.
+60 XP
// WHAT IT DOES
An audio clip plays a sample (a recorded sound). You can chop it, fade it, transpose it, reverse it — without touching the file on disk.
Click an audio clip → Sample Box opens at the bottom. Gain, Pitch, Warp, Loop, Envelopes — all live there.
Think of it like → Like Photoshop for sound. Layers, edits, transforms — the original photo is untouched.
▸ WHY YOU CARE
- • Use any sample at any tempo, any pitch, any length.
- • Edit fearlessly — original file is safe.
// SEE & HEAR IT
Off = raw sample (off-grid). On = hits play at your marker positions.
RAW SAMPLE — drag pink markers onto the transient peaks
WARPED RESULT — what Live plays back (preview)
Alignment:DRIFTING (0.28)
Drag the pink warp markers onto the transient peaks (the dashed lines are the grid).
▸ HOW IT WORKS
Sample → warp engine (per Mode) → gain/pitch → envelopes → track.
▸ Signal flow — watch the dot
▸ SIGNAL FLOW
Glowing dot = your signal travelling through Live.
▸ LISTEN FOR
- • Warp Mode changes the artefacts — Beats clicks at boundaries, Tones smears transients.
- • Re-Pitch sounds like a slowed/sped tape.
▸ WALKTHROUGH (3 steps)
- 1. DO: Drop a one-bar drum loop.▸ LISTEN: Live warps it to project tempo.
- 2. DO: Right-click → Reverse.▸ LISTEN: Plays backwards immediately.
- 3. DO: Switch Warp Mode to Re-Pitch.▸ LISTEN: Tempo and pitch move together.
▸ COMMON MISTAKES
- ✗ Warping a sample that doesn't need warping (a one-shot) — turn Warp off for cleaner playback.
- ✗ Using Beats mode on melodic content — sounds chunky.
// QUIZ (QUICK)
Question 1 / 30 correct
Editing an audio clip is…