Digital music chops when slowed
In Traktor and Ableton, my mp3s (320 kbps) sound chopped up and sometimes miss the kick of the bassdrum when i use the pitch. Is there some way to fix this, or is it just a phenomenon we have to live with?
Hope it’s clear what i mean… It happens the most when i’m pitchin down.
Try turning off your Master Tempo in Traktor and try Re-Pitch mode in Ableton
You mean master tempo, like the button next to the sync button? I’m using traktor scratch, so i guess i’m not using that at all.
Here’s a tiny sample of a plain beat that sounds borked, maybe it clears it up a bit.
I listened to it…doesn’t help.
How far are you trying to adjust?
Is key lock on (it’s the thing that looks like a musical note near the small waveform)?
Traktor and Ableton both have great time-stretching algorithms as long as you don’t do anything dumb like go to minus 20% and think it’s going to sound good.
Yes key-lock is on, i’ll try it without.
Go in to your Traktor settings and go to transport, make your key lock quality is set at HiQ.
I have a strong feeling this works, fully testing it later today.
It works!
Wow that may be the most epic necrobump I’ve ever seen - it took two years to test this out? 
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Haha good eye. Thats awesome, OP finally got it!
Nah, but I just don’t want to disappoint the loyal readers of this topic.
What I’m seeing here is hard to believe..
Dude I think it’s a first, I’ve never seen a bump like that before and the follow up also… Crazy…
Pure genius really. I can hardly wait to hear whether it’s still working in 2015!
Unreal, at least it works