Subject:elastique precision lacking...

Posted by: jbolley

Date:2/2/2011 1:11:10 PM

Hi,
I'm trying to make a music file a specific length for looping. When I use elastique I can never get the resultant file to be a specific length. It is always longer or shorter than the time in the plug in window. I need the file to be 00:01:50:00 (one minute, fifty seconds) at 29.97 non-drop.
I have SF 10 set to the correct frame rate but elastique seems to only work as "audio time"
I have found a setting of 00:01:50.515 results in a file that is about 00:01:50:00. We'll see...

Jesse

Subject:RE: elastique precision lacking...

Reply by: jbolley

Date:2/2/2011 1:36:53 PM

Update:
I've tried many times but when I enter 00:01:50.000 in the elastique plugin my rendered file is 00:01:49:26.
I could not find any way to make my file 00:01:50:00 @ 29.97 non drop in SF.

Jesse

Subject:RE: elastique precision lacking...

Reply by: ChristoC

Date:2/2/2011 6:07:57 PM

NTSC framerates are not the best to measure time!
Why not is a very long story.
e.g.
01:50:000 @Time
= 01:50:00 @Audio CD time
= 01:50:00 @25fr
= 01:50:00 @24fr
= 01:49:27 @29.97frNon-drop (approx)
= 01:49;29 @29.97frDrop (approx)
= 01:50:00 @30fr
Best to work in real time = for elastique set your timeline to "Time" which is in format 00:00:00:000 = hrs:mins:sec:thousandthsofasecond, which is what elastique uses.

Subject:RE: elastique precision lacking...

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:2/2/2011 6:21:36 PM

To explain the possible reason this is so, just look at NASA ;-)

geoff