Groove 3 Creative Racks & Sampling in Live TUTORiAL

In this video tutorial series, Ableton Live sage Brian Funk, akaAfroDJMac, shares his secrets for building truly unique sampler instruments and racks. You'll see not just how to sample, but how each component in a rack builds upon on the others to create way cool instruments and sounds.

AfroDJMac starts with an explanation of sampling and how to record audio in Ableton Live, and then demonstrates how you can streamline the sampling process by sending MIDI notes to your hardware to trigger them automatically. That leads to a discussion on how to think outside of the box when sampling.

Next, AfroDJMac dives into Live's resampling function, and how you can use it to capture audio during playback. Once the samples are recorded, the next step is to process those samples by cleaning them up and adding effects. AfroDJMac also describes when you might want to use Simpler, the more basic sampler in Ableton Live.

Moving on, you'll explore when to use Sampler, Ableton Live's deep and powerful sampler, and how to work with multiple samples within it. Sampler Tuning, Key Zones, Velocity Zones, the Sample Chain selector, and modulation are then all explained and explored, showing you how to make samples that are unique and stand out.

AfroDJMac now turns to the Drum Rack, revealing how it can be used for non-drum sounds, and how to layer non-drum samples in the Cells of a Drum Rack. Routing in Drum Racks is also demonstrated for even more creative control and options.

Then it's time to delve into the other kinds of Racks in Ableton Live, such as Audio Effects Racks, MIDI Effects Racks, and Instrument Racks, and how each enables further sound design and exploration.

AfroDJMac now talks about the experimental options available, such as how you can stack up to 128 different instruments together, and create Macro knobs to cycle through drum cells or choose between instruments.

Crazy sound design options with Sampler and Simpler's Slicing mode wrap it up, followed by how to organize your presets for easy management.

If you're new to Ableton Live and sampling, or an experienced user who wants to get more deep into sound creation, don't miss "Creative Racks and Sampling in Live"!

31 Tutorials Details:


Tutorial 1
Introduction
Let's discuss sampling and how you can use it to create your own unique sound.

7:58
Tutorial 2
Recording Audio
How to record audio into Ableton Live.

4:22
Tutorial 3
Using MIDI to Sample Better
The sampling process can often be streamlined using MIDI to send notes to our hardware.

3:26
Tutorial 4
Getting Creative
Let's explore outside of the box thinking when it comes to sampling.

3:24
Tutorial 5
Resampling
Ableton's resampling function is a useful tool that allows us to capture all audio currently playing.

7:58
Tutorial 6
Processing Samples
Now that we have some samples recorded let's clean them up and add effects.

4:58
Tutorial 7
When to Use Simpler
Simpler is a powerful sampling instrument that can make use of Live's Warping Engine.

9:56
Tutorial 8
Using Simpler
Let's dive into the ins and outs of using Simpler.

3:33
Tutorial 9
Tuning Samples in Simpler
When creating melodic instruments, it is important to make sure your samples are properly tuned.

2:25
Tutorial 10
When to Use Sampler
Sampler is Live's deepest sampling instrument with the ability to use multiple samples.

7:31
Tutorial 11
Working with Multiple Samples
In this video I demonstrate how to incorporate more than one sample in our Sampler instrument.

2:46
Tutorial 12
Tuning Samples in Sampler
How to properly tune our samples in Live's flagship sampler.

3:25
Tutorial 13
Key Zones
Sampler allows different samples to be played on different ranges of keys on your keyboard.

6:19
Tutorial 14
Velocity Zones
Different samples can be triggered depending on the velocity of incoming notes.

5:45
Tutorial 15
Sample Chain Selector
One of the strengths of Sampler is that we can set up different chains of samples that each playback different samples.

7:14
Tutorial 16
Modulation in Sampler
Sampler has powerful modulation capabilities that can be used to drastically alter the sound of our instrument.

2:59
Tutorial 17
When to Use Drum Racks
Drum Racks can be a powerful sampling tool that excels in certain situations.

1:59
Tutorial 18
Dropping Samples Presets
We can adjust the way Drum Racks deal with samples when they are dropped onto a Drum Rack Cell.

3:47
Tutorial 19
Getting Creative with Drum Racks
Learn to use Drum Racks for sounds that are not just drums.

1:49
Tutorial 20
Layering Samples
More than one sample and up to 128 samples can be dropped on each Cell of a Drum Rack.

5:18
Tutorial 21
Routing in Drum Racks
One of the strengths of Drum Racks are its deep and flexible routing system.

3:29
Tutorial 22
Adding Audio & MIDI Effects
Let's examine our options for creating Audio and MIDI FX.

4:58
Tutorial 23
Audio Effect Racks
We explore the capabilities of Audio Effect Racks.

6:32
Tutorial 24
MIDI Effect Racks
In this video we cover our options with MIDI Effect Racks.

3:39
Tutorial 25
Instrument Racks
The capabilities of Instrument Racks are described.

5:46
Tutorial 26
Layering Synths with Chains
Instrument Racks allow us to stack up to 128 different instruments together.

5:16
Tutorial 27
Creating a Drum Selector
Let's explore how we can create a Macro Knob to cycle through up to 128 drum samples on a single Drum Rack Cell.

2:52
Tutorial 28
Creating a Synth Selector
This video demonstrates how we can use a Macro Knob to choose between up to 128 different instruments.

8:29
Tutorial 29
Experimenting with Sampler
Sampler can be used in some very experimental ways to create sounds entirely different from our original samples.

6:49
Tutorial 30
Simpler’s Slicing Mode
This video explores exciting ways we can use Simpler's Slicing Mode to create evolving sounds and textures.

5:47
Tutorial 31
Saving & Organizing Presets
ow that we have created our own instruments, let's cover the ways to organize them.

Total Length: 2hr 31min


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