Ableton Tutorial - Tech Tip 13 - Drum Rack Tips & Tricks

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In this Tech Tip we take a look at the features of the Ableton 8 Drum Rack.
The Drum Rack allows you to load up samples and trigger them as and when you want, but it also has a few other features which aren't immediately obvious such as internal send / return tracks and grouping capabilities.
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@eArtrash 15 лет назад

Very helpful! I've been using drum racks for a while but never knew you could group the internal tracks! Will save a lot of space and allow much more on one rack! thanks guys!

@nsjx 14 лет назад

Nice tip on the Multis. I didn't know that assigning them all to the same trigger would group them together as a Multisample on the DrumRack. Now I know. I really appreciate your time!

@sonicacademy 15 лет назад

hi, this is not an insert, it is an internal return track. an insert would 'insert' the effect into the signal chain. this plays the original audio unaffected and allows for 'sending' to the return track. hope this helps

@sonicacademy 12 лет назад

@anthonybrianperez just double click on the snare sample until it opens in simpler and then you can transpose it down from there

@sonicacademy 14 лет назад

@MigoiMusic Yeah you can sidechain in a drumrack... each of the drum channels works exactly the same as a normal channel.

@Scotty_Russell_Music 12 лет назад

Excellent tutorial kudos to you dude,no spraff just useful facts,top notch,well done :-)

@shawnkcastille 15 лет назад

Great video good tips. Will def sign up for your membership site.

@icannotread 10 лет назад

thank you!! i've been looking for a clear explanation on chaining like this for quite some time!

@141710 14 лет назад

thanks a lot for the tutorial... it covered all the questions i had about the drum rack. :)

@GoldenPlaypen 14 лет назад

Thank You finally a tutorial that explains this for the noob

@DJPETE2010 13 лет назад

Thanks some good tips, been using impulse until now. Nice one.

@LukeSega 13 лет назад

@MigoiMusic think of defining output of your kickdrum. once you have rout that to a defined channel, you can do it. not sure, but give it a shot.

@EvanTism 12 лет назад

Is there any particular reason to why you chose C2 and A1 for the kick and snares or was it just a random pick for them to stay constant? thanx :)

@anthonybrianperez 12 лет назад

I had question. How would you pitch one voice with in a drum rack with out affecting the whole drum rack? for example if I wanted to pitch down a snare but not everything else.

@autocrow 12 лет назад

Right. Got one. I would also like to be able to use Ableton for drums, since I paid buckoo bucks for the program.

@unbanane 12 лет назад

thanks a bunch incredibly brief and complete.

@ilovemusic0023 13 лет назад

i have one question. i'm creating my own drum racks now consisting of 64 kicks so i can use the racks with launchpad and easier acces to the samples, snare in another, etc. when i save my drum rack, do the samples that i have in the drum racks save in the ableton library folder? basically, does it duplicate my samples? cheers

@DeadMethod 14 лет назад

This is so helpful. thank you!

@MyFavoriteDJ 14 лет назад

Is there any way to increase the release passed 60? I find if I have a 4-6 second loop assigned to a pad, it loses velocity/volume after 2-3 seconds...

@woawoahwoah 12 лет назад

Do you know how I can use the compressor side chain effect for like the lead instrument into only like the kick drum part of my drum rack? I dont want the whole drum rack to be side chained though.

@Breakbeats92.5 11 лет назад

Thanks for the tip mate, this should add some spice to my normally bland drum programming lol.

@LukePchanel 13 лет назад

@SonicAcademy Hi .. I got only one problem with the drum racks... when it comes to arrangement view .. and I need to for example .. drop the kick out .. and leave the rest of percussion playin .. how the hell do I do that ? .. Do I need to automate the volumes ? That would be a pain in the ass :( Hope there is a way to go about this. Cheers

@voltaspeeder17 11 лет назад

i figure it out by myself, but tnx anyway! I modified sampler (release and other things to max) and made it default in drum rack and now it plays like it should! :)

@voltaspeeder17 11 лет назад

how to trigger a sample in drum rack without the sample getting quiet after a few bars? I've tried everything, release, sustain, decay and nothing helps. Sample DO get very quiet after a while. I'd like to triger longer samples, to a half minute. Is that possible without note lenght, just with drum rack?

@Dizzy1234567 13 лет назад

Hi ! Great tips here.. thank You .. but I also have this question : is there a way to split the drum rack tracks into seperate, regular channels .. I know I know .. You're asking yourself .. well what do You need the drum rack for in the first place ? .. well the only problem with the drum rack is that when I work in the session view .. it won't allow me to control the single drum rack parts for the scenes .. I hope this makes sense ... can anyone help me out on this ? peace :)

@Jozman500 13 лет назад

I have 1 question, the thing you do in the very beginning, dragging the drum rack to de midi-track. That doesn't work with my ableton for some reason. Does anyone know why this is like that, I just can't make drum beats because of this.

@Chizzled4Ever 13 лет назад

Anyone no where to get that sample set hes using? Im really digging the 2nd snare he used in the beginning....

@djwandis9831 9 лет назад

Damn i really Love sonic Academy :) Ur tutorials are amazing guys ;) Please can you do a tutorial about how to build a Effect rack also with multi effects inside?:)

@hauntedzebra 12 лет назад

@SonicAcademy how do i go about loading my new drum samples (.wav files) into ableton?

@MrAidanstube 11 лет назад

i have just finished recording a 40+ track tune in Cubase 5 and if you know what you're at, there is little or no CPU usage......(rubbish). Good luck!

@tntrance 14 лет назад

do not question the masters at the sonic academy!!!

@antoniokaradjov2821 7 лет назад

Question: How to reverse sample in drum rack?

@tonykrisp8467 8 лет назад

Really helpful

@biggtimemusic 13 лет назад

using return chains in drum racks disables return on the actual track that the drum rack is on.. which is a huge bummer :(

@LsnakeM 12 лет назад

nice tips, thanks

@noreaction1 8 лет назад

question: if I have a sample I load into the drum rack and I want to pitch it down by 7 semitones (and not change the playback speed) how do I do that? Is that even possible?

@worldwidehappiness 8 лет назад

Not sure if this is what you want: Double click on the pad in the drum rack, then click on "Controls" then change "transpose". then adjust the Amplitude area to suit.

@Agrav64 11 лет назад

i cant add a drum rack to a midi column, help?

@cearbhaillblain 12 лет назад

It's possible but in the end if you know how to do it you save in both time and cpu weight. I prefer cubase and protools coz when it comes down to playing live and i have to do all this for real, i'm not lost. It's true that a lot of bedroom producers are using ableton these days!!!!

@jokamund 12 лет назад

When I drag drums into the pads, it doesn't work

@dknbeats 11 лет назад

excellent!

@Pelican54 14 лет назад

@abletonrookie don't know if it can be done with preset ableton sounds, he's probably got some wav files because it can be done with those. annoying i know.

@MatthewBishop64 13 лет назад

thank you!

@jd3k 11 лет назад

thanks for the tip ;)

@jean-baptiste9230 9 лет назад

Thank you , helpfull!

@dpdilla 14 лет назад

Yeah I'm with crow, there are easier ways of doing this like pressing cmd+G to create a group

@magzfm 14 лет назад

awsm. ...thx

@EnduroHock 13 лет назад

beauty

@tomdwij 13 лет назад

nice

@MrAidanstube 12 лет назад

Well strangely enough for live performance Ableton is the perfect DAW...that's what is was designed for. Protools and Cubase are more your standard DAW used in recording studios. But if you are used to using Cubase (Which I personally think is the worst Daw out there...next to Sonar) then you will find Ableton uncomfortable to use. Cubase and protools are heaps more CPU intensive than Ableton..I've used them all...I know!

@MrAidanstube 12 лет назад

Buy yourself a drum kit! Loads of drum sounds there!

@cearbhaillblain 12 лет назад

Cubase or protools----- Ableton is just difficult and limited you can do all this in about 2 min in either of them

@cearbhaillblain 12 лет назад

even if you don't know what you are doing----i forgot to add, sorry!!

@dopemcee 15 лет назад

you're awesome beyond belief man./....lol no...but i love y0u for this lol

@Jozman500 13 лет назад

@Jozman500 Never mind, I know the answer. It's because I'm using Live Lite.

@MrAidanstube 12 лет назад

Well actually you can't! You are maybe getting confused with setting up buses and sends.....but this is processing and effects within the rack itself. With Cubase and Protools you can't create racks at all!

@cearbhaillblain 11 лет назад

when i say usage obviously i mean over-use.

@paradiorevey 12 лет назад

Shnares

@cearbhaillblain 11 лет назад

I'm sorry man! you have your opinion and i have mine, you say you have used all the DAWS and i know i have, just comes down to a preference then, but i will have to say that your comment on CPU usage is unfounded, i have just finished recording a 40+ track tune in Cubase 5 and if you know what you're at, there is little or no CPU usage. Like i say a difference of opinion, but still i think that if we are constructive like we have been people will learn much more. Thanks for the replies

@listerfiend21 12 лет назад

shnare

@autocrow 12 лет назад

Where did you find drum sounds? Every tutorial fails to show the most important step! Where are the drum sounds??? I don't care about the midi pads right now. I need drum sounds!!!