> Hi Paul, I've been a hugh fan of Ableton Live since it's inception. > The whole time stretching > concept is a great way to work but it's not what Beat Detective is > designed for. > You can do many things with BD but I believe it was designed mainly > for engineers who > used to "Grid" drums in PTools day in day out. > It is still a method some people use (Gridding) but it is > incredibly time consuming. Usually > about 4 to 6 hours to complete a 3.30 multi drum track. > People were employed just to do that job. > Beat Detective saved our collective butts and is a viable > alternative to the Gridding > method. > To be able to tighten a performance of 12 tracks of drums and keep > them in phase is a > phenomenal leap forward...........and like it or loath it the > results are what you are hearing > on the radio everyday. > One of the reasons why PT is an industry standard and a very big > reason why I use it > everyday......despite the midi hell. Hey Phil, Have you experimented with the multitrack warping Live 6.0.7? I noticed it in the read me and thought it might be a viable, albeit different, alternative to BT.. I haven't had the need for it just yet (as most of my work is a few vocals over the top of a bleep and squeak track). I noticed you need to be a member of the 'womb' to read the forums, so I haven't had the priv to read the BT tutorials. However, I did have a bit of a scout around the site there... Those dudes are pretty hard core! ;-) Best Regards, Matt Audio - Music - Post Production Web: mattrixx.net - Australia 0416 197 883 Snail Mail: PO Box 10395, Adelaide, South Australia. 5000 iCHATav: mattrixx@mac.com Email: matt@mattrixx.net