This is just a quick video showing how to chop samples manually in Ableton Live then assigning them to a drum rack.
It’s a quick way to slice samples and still have control over your sections. I showed how to automate chopping in the video how to use ableton live to chop samples like an mpc.
This one is for all the questions I got regarding how to have more control over your chops before you slice and assign them to the drum rack.
let me know what you think, leave a comment below.
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January 31st, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Yo,man!, thanks for the tutorial on chopping samples on Ableton Live. Keep dropping that knowledge.
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saintjoe Reply:
January 31st, 2010 at 10:46 pm
no problem, always glad to help
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February 1st, 2010 at 3:23 am
thanx homie.cause knowing is only half the battle…”gi,joe”hahaha.
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saintjoe Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 7:54 am
No doubt yo! Hope it helps ya!
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February 1st, 2010 at 10:27 pm
yo man thanks for the info. Appreciate the help.
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saintjoe Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 10:28 pm
no problem, glad to help
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February 1st, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Thanks for that Joe.I use Abelton and I have been tryng to figure out how to do that.
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saintjoe Reply:
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:28 am
no problem yo, glad to help!
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February 2nd, 2010 at 5:47 am
Good tutorial. This is the easiest and yet the most convinient way to do this. Thanks again. This will save me time
Cheers.
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saintjoe Reply:
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:29 am
glad you could use it, I have a few peeps asking about it so I figured it’s best to share a quick video on it.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 9:16 pm
great tutorial man…. great tutorial. very very helpful. keep this up, you could be the only lead source of hip hop tutorials for ableton man… i can’t wait to figure out some stuff, so i can do videos for your site too!
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saintjoe Reply:
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:17 pm
hahahaha, glad u like it man, just trying to share some tips ya know.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 3:30 am
I’m just getting into Ableton Live, and this is exactly what I’m looking to do with it. Awesome tutorial man, thanks!
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saintjoe Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:02 am
Glad to help Sean, it’s pretty slick.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 7:49 pm
dope tutorial man, just wondering if theres a way to do ‘16 levels’ like you would on the mpc but to do it with say one sample layed out on all keys of a keyboard controller at different pitches. kind of like the asr-10 sampler style.
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saintjoe Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:13 pm
if you just want to lay a sample out across the keys, drag it into a simpler instead of a full drum rack, then you’ll be able to play it out on the keys
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alwayzambitious Reply:
February 4th, 2010 at 4:58 am
try2dream, I was curious about the 16 level method… is there a song that utilizes that technique that I could learn from. I’m trying to see how that would sound if i applied it
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saintjoe Reply:
February 4th, 2010 at 9:47 am
it’s not really a “sound” it’s just a quick method on the mpc where if I have a sound on a pad I can hit 16 levels and it will spread it across all the pads, each pad with a different pitch or velocity, whichever you choose.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Can you do this in Live 7 or does it have to be 8?
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saintjoe Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:14 pm
I’m using live 7 so it will def work in there
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February 9th, 2010 at 2:19 am
Yeah man, the old MPC mentality never dies does it? I was reading MPC forums the other day, and someone asked why Akai has never put a jog dial on any of the MPD’s.
Not totally necessary, but man that would dope for this.
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saintjoe Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
it’s all about the workflow man! that’s what it is…folks wanna get ideas down quickly without stuff getting in the way, I know u feel me lol
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alwayzambitious Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
im a strictly software guy because i cant afford to get an mpc.. whats the jog dial for that software can’t do?
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saintjoe Reply:
February 9th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
it would just provide a hands on way for people to edit their samples is all.
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February 13th, 2010 at 2:10 am
THANK YOU SJ!!appriciate the vid,this is going to help me try some different things.
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saintjoe Reply:
February 13th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
you’re welcome man, really glad to help out!
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February 21st, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Very straight forward tutorial. Man, I’m loving your site! Thanks for putting in the time to do these videos!
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saintjoe Reply:
February 21st, 2010 at 10:57 pm
thanks man, glad to help!
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March 5th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Can you change the pitch or time stretch those samples inside of the drum pad?
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saintjoe Reply:
March 5th, 2010 at 8:43 am
I don’t think you can timestretch in there but you can change the pitch if you open up the simpler device connected to each pad.
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