PT Elastic vs Cubendo Audio Warp vs wtf other

[Folkrav]

I already posted the same thing on the Joey Sturgis forum, but as this one has a kind of different public, I'd be interrested to have your opinion as well.

I don't use any of these tools to a great extend. I used to have Pro Tools 8 M-Powered, but sold it with my old Fast Track, and I never used Elastic Audio in a serious way. I own Cubase 5, but I only use Audio Warp in certain situations, for minor changes. Reaper Elastique seems to be one of those time stretching algorithms I never tried.

The exact question should be "which of these algorithms is the best to cope with the possible artifacts / leaves the least". I use those mainly on DIs.

I'm just pretty curious, as I'm pretty much a fan of slip editing and RARELY time stretch anything... Is any of those any better than the other?

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Good question. Maybe a test is in order (I have C5 and M-powered 8).

Not at home atm so I'll see what I can throw up later.

 

[Folkrav]

That would be great. To make it simple, I'm just looking to know which one gives the best results without audible or too notable colouring / degrading of the original track. Not that it would really change my workflow but this is a question that stayed into my head for weeks, and I can't seem to find the answer anywhere.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Elastic audio can stretch a scream to about 10 times of its original length (sometimes even much more) without artifacts.

here's a nice video:



cubase starts sounding shit after you tried stretching somehing to 1.5 the length or something....
haven't tried it in cubase6 to be fair, but back when I used to work in Cubase the Audio Warp feature was practically useless

 

[gabriel g.]

logic 9 algo sounds like shit.

Lasse showed me pt elastic audio on a scream and I couldnt believe what I am hearing!!!

 

[deLuther]

For guitar DIs Audio Warp gives pretty good results if plucked algorithm is used with realtime time stretching (slight, about several %, corrections), MPEX works worse soundwise and is very time consuming (there is choice when flatten is used).

 

[OneDaySky]

Thx for the vid Lasse

 

[MindMunch]

If you´re on Reaper, try the different algos because each one suits a different task (and it makes a world of difference). I believe the Soloist will give better result for DI.

 

[Folkrav]

This thing about elastic audio makes me regret having sold my PT8 M-Powered. If I had known PT9 would have allowed ASIO interfaces to be used, I would have waited a bit then paid the upgrade... I'm kinda sad now. From what I hear over here, Elastic Audio seems much better :/