Importing Pre-Existing Songs

[blobofme]

Hello there! So I have been able to successfully import a preexisting song that was a .ogg into LIMM using the plugin that comes along with it. The problem that I see now is that you have to start at the very beginning of the song every time you want to hear it because the song is treated as a note, and if you play halfway through a note, nothing is heard at all. I see that you could split the .ogg into intervals so that you wouldn't have to start at the very beginning, but does anyone know a better workaround to the problem?

[Gps]

I have the same problem, and no idea if this can be solved.
I would also like, that if I slow down the song, the imported song slows down too.
In some way sync it to the bpm.

[Eino]

I don't import whole songs as ogg. Just samples that I have, or have made.
I think it can be done by stretching out a note for the whole duration of the song tho.

[Gps]

That's how I do it at the moment, I have one note long enough for the entire original song to play.

But that hip hop cover was the first song ( prob because its made on a computer too) were the original stayed in pace with what I made.
With all other imported original songs, I can get it right for max 30 seconds.
Then either the imported song, or mine versions goes ahead.

[blobofme]

Well, that is quite lucky that the tempo matched the tempo of the song. I guess that the best method as far as I can see is to just divide the song into fragments meticulously. If I had a feature that I wish that the developers would add in, it would be the ability to hear a sound clip from anywhere on a note and not just the beginning. Thank you guys so much for your information and if I come up with anything or a workaround, then I will definitely mention it to you.

[musikbear]

i can assure you that this issue has high focus, but it is far from simple. Some deep core things has to be altered. Maybe something like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-4G_5d1ggU
will be 'in' for a transient period, but it has not been accepted at all, because it do not implement a real solution, only somewhat of a work-a-round, but you can do that manually, with the bmp-setting - In fact.. You can even do the trick with automation, because lmms reacts correctly to moved automation, in live playback

[Gps]

Sounds great that that there might be a solution in the future.

I once noticed when trying to do an Vangelis cover, ( slow build up) that if I raised the speed of my song twice 1 bpm during the song I was damn close.
Never tried this with the automation editor, but that sounds interesting.

[Eino]

Thank's now I have a solution for adding some of my long samples to my music, rather than stick to short samples, or using midi.