Chopping samples manually in Ableton Live and assign to drum rack

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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13 Comments For This Post

  1. William Says:

    Yo,man!, thanks for the tutorial on chopping samples on Ableton Live. Keep dropping that knowledge.

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    saintjoe Reply:

    no problem, always glad to help

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  2. asouthernlife Says:

    thanx homie.cause knowing is only half the battle…”gi,joe”hahaha.

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    saintjoe Reply:

    No doubt yo! Hope it helps ya!

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  3. Kloo Says:

    yo man thanks for the info. Appreciate the help.

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    saintjoe Reply:

    no problem, glad to help

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  4. Great Scott Says:

    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:

    no problem yo, glad to help!

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  5. PaulKey Says:

    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:

    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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  6. alwayzambitious Says:

    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:

    hahahaha, glad u like it man, just trying to share some tips ya know.

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  7. Sean Says:

    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:

    Glad to help Sean, it’s pretty slick.

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  8. try2dream Says:

    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:

    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:

    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:

    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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  9. BG Says:

    Can you do this in Live 7 or does it have to be 8?

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    saintjoe Reply:

    I’m using live 7 so it will def work in there :)

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  10. Metatron72 Says:

    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:

    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:

    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:

    it would just provide a hands on way for people to edit their samples is all.

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  11. seestuff Says:

    THANK YOU SJ!!appriciate the vid,this is going to help me try some different things.

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    saintjoe Reply:

    you’re welcome man, really glad to help out!

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  12. Dolomyte3d69 Says:

    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:

    thanks man, glad to help!

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  13. Brian B. Says:

    Can you change the pitch or time stretch those samples inside of the drum pad?

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    saintjoe Reply:

    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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