Jarred playback: wtf???

[crytek]

Hello,

I'm here trying to work a tune in reaper. Basically, I have a hi hat loop which plays at 119bpm. Now the bpm of my tune is 170, so I had to tempo map the hi hat loop. So after tempo mapping, the loop is playing at the correct speed, but something is wrong. When I solo the loop and play it back, I can hear if flawlessly for about 2 seconds, and then the output sounds chopped. I'm checking around and it looks like my cpu is being maxed out. I find that odd because there is no fx's on the track yet.

Here is a pic.


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If you notice on the transport controls, there is a red bar there. My guess is that it's probably related to buffering. Any advice on setting up smooth playback?

[Justin]

Yeah, the item being stretched is making it use timestretch (which defaults to elastique Pro I believe -- you can set it on the item or in the project settings). What CPU are you using?

-Justin

[crytek]

Yeah, the item being stretched is making it use timestretch (which defaults to elastique Pro I believe -- you can set it on the item or in the project settings). What CPU are you using?

-Justin


I have a 1.42 GHz PPC G4

One thing I've noticed when I did the tempo map.. it applied the tempo globally. I though this would only effect a sample. Is there a way to timestretch a sample instead of applying the changes to the whole track?

I'm also going to give freezing a go... see if that changes anything.


[EDIT: I think you may have answered my other question... going to experiment now]

[EDIT 2: Yes you did answer my question. I just had to set it to the single item. Now only certain things that I stretch are effected and everything else remains unchanged. Plus.. I'm getting flawless playback with no jitters or drop outs!!! Thanks Justin!!]