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If the /Auto-Warp/ algorithm does not quite do what you want, you can control its results with the grid markers' $ContextMenu context menu.
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The /Set 1.1.1 Here command/ realigns the grid so that the selected grid marker becomes 1.1.1. This is useful when /Auto-Warp/ guessed the tempo right but got the downbeat wrong. This $ContextMenu command is also available for the start marker.

The /Warp From Here commands/ offer options for resetting Warp Markers to the right of the chosen position. Warp Markers to the left are left untouched.

-> /Warp From Here/ simply runs /Auto-Warp./
-> /Warp From Here (Start At ... BPM)/ directs /Auto-Warp/ to use the project tempo as a starting point for tempo tracking. Using this, you can: Turn off warping for this clip and play it unwarped; use the Control Bar's Tap button to tap along and set the project tempo; then turn warping on again and use this command to tell /Auto-Warp/ to use your tapped tempo.
-> /Warp From Here (Straight)/ tells /Auto-Warp/ that this is a clip with no tempo variations, i.e., an electronically produced piece. /Auto-Warp/ will therefore set a single Warp Marker according to its own tempo guess.
-> /Warp ... BPM From Here/ forces /Auto-Warp/ to interpret the piece as exactly matching the project tempo. This is useful in cases when you happen to know the exact BPM value of an electronically produced piece.

/Warp As ...-Bar Loop/ tells /Auto-Warp/ to assume this clip is a perfectly cut loop of 1, 2, 4, 8, etc. bars. Live will propose a loop length that makes the most sense given the current project tempo.  Decreasing the project tempo can, for instance, lead Live to assume the loop is 8 bars at 90 BPM instead of 16 bars at 180 BPM.


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You can direct Live's assumptions about new samples using the Default Preferences. If the /Auto-Warp Long Samples/ preference is on, Live assumes that long samples contain music that should be played in sync with the project tempo. If you'd rather have Live default to playing long samples as they are, disengage this preference.
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Regardless of how Live interprets new samples by default, you can always override these decisions on a per-clip basis by toggling the Clip View's Warp switch.
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