Switch the Character to Smooth
Select the clip, open the Character menu at the top of the Inspector’s Warp section and pick Smooth. Each slice is stretched to fill its span, and the waveform runs on without gaps.
Keep Punchy and shorten the stretch
For drums, keep Punchy and bring the Target BPM or Pitch closer to the original. The further you slow down or pitch up, the larger each gap.
Good to know
- Punchy plays each slice untouched. Where a slice runs short, the rest is silent. That keeps transients intact, and the gaps are the trade.
- Pitching up under Punchy makes gaps audible: at
+12 semitones a slice covers half its span.
- Smooth renders in the background. Right after a change, the clip plays with Punchy’s gaps until the Smooth version is ready.
- Gaps under Smooth are a bug. Report it with
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More on both characters: Time Stretching.
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