How To Warp & Chop Samples in Ableton Live (EASY SAMPLING) 

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So what does switching to warp straight do exactly compared to finding the exact tempo for every 4 bars section?

That’s insane lol. Great minds think alike as they say. 🙏🏾

This is a real encouraging comment! Thank you!

No problem and thanks! I really appreciate that.

Bro, i hope this video helped.

It was a nice find indeed!

I’ve upgrades since the uploading of this video but thanks!!

and ur beat was fire

Thank u! Really glad this helped.

I appreciate you man! Be blessed.

No worries. Glad this helped you.

Wassup. You can play the sample and click the “tap” button that’s right next to session tempo while the sample is playing (tap it along with the sample). This is one quick way to find it out

I gotta keep this one a secret man lol!!

Wassuo man. I can't lie, this question is kind of confusing because in this video I'm not in Clip View (session view). Everything I'm doing in this video is being done in Arrangement View. Also, no audio files that I dragged into Arrangement View during this video came in labeled as "Sample". Could you find the timestamp of where this has happened in the video so i can better answer this question for you?

@@MicahWeston Hey. Are you active on IG? I messaged you on there because I didn’t know you’d respond so quickly. At 2:49 at the bottom of your screen in Blue it says Clip and Sample.. this is to the left of the audio. My screen it just comes up as the name of the audio and no option to Detune or Transpose.

@@maujabbar Double click that tab with the name of the sample, I think this will open up and show you those transpose options. Let me know if this works.

@@MicahWeston Yeah it’s not working. I’ve been trying to figure this out all day. I’m finishing up a Ableton 101 class with Berklee and sampling is the only thing I can’t figure out. I sent you a 20 second video and pic thru Instagram if you feel like blessing tha kid.I appreciate you responding. Salute

Man I don’t even have that version anymore lol.

@@JuanTonSoupXP i love that that this is helping you man! Thanks for showing love

@@JuanTonSoupXP yo, I automated the pitch wheel to create that effect. Would a tutorial on stuff like that be something you’re interested in?

Wow, thank you for the feedback. I remember how annoying it was trying to learn this stuff when I first started so I’m glad to spare others the headache.

Yessir!! Lol, I appreciate you man.

a sample man

Well

Yes. Very few gems out there sharing tips with us. Thank you keep up the good work ❤

Hell yeah bro! Glad to hear that.

Bruno Reis Big ups to you Bruno! I appreciate the love man. 🙏🏾

Thank you. I use Tracklib for the most part to find samples.

Thanks for the love and stopping by the channel! Dude I hate to not know the reason behind this. If u go a full fay without resolving I would suggest reinstalling Ableton (IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER LICENSE ONLY).

Wassup. The whole purpose of warping is to get the sample aligned so that when you due change the tempo the sample speeds up/slows down with it. If you want to change tempo without the sample timing adjusting with the tempo change, I would suggest making sure the audio clip is not warped.

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Since this video I started using a mic for my vocals but will keep an eye on leveling because that can still be an issue. Thank you.

Hell yeah bro. Glad this helped you out!

logic still king tho

@@xpertwolff even studio one 5 is better then logic

Okay, did you placed your warp markers down first and then right clicked the sample?

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Aayye that’s dope bro! So glad you got what you needed from it!

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Wassup man. This is the simplest way to put it lol. Simpler is very “simple” within it’s functionalities and options to manipulate drum sounds (or any sound) when compared to Sampler. Sampler has more options and abilities to manipulate sounds.

@@MicahWeston Great. I saw in one of your recent videos that you are using Serato Sample and Simpler, meaning that you dont need Sampler that much ? I'm asking this because i'm rearching about the best version of Ableton Live for me. Once the LIVE Suite is the only one that comes with SAMPLER, i'm wondering if it is worthy to spend almost $800 because of SAMPLER.

Aye, I really appreciate you taking your time to leave a dope comment like this. Take care!

Yessir!

Aaye glad to hear that man!

It’s many different places to buy music or samples online. Once you have it on your computer you can literally drag it into Ableton OR make a sample folder on your computer and create a folder tab inside of Ableton that allows you to access all of your samples. Do this by looking to the left of the Ableton screen under ‘Places’ there is an icon to ‘Add folder’. Does this help?

I appreciate you bro, I will be making a drum programming video soon.

@@MicahWeston looking forward to check it out 🤙🏻

Shoutout to Ivory Coast West Africa! Glad this helped you out!

Thanks man. I have to pay attention this next time I open Ableton up!

Thanks fam!!!!

Of course! Thank you for watching that far into the video.

Bro I appreciate this encouraging comment. Wishing you the best on your music!

Of course! 🙏🏾

I’m glad you found this video mam. Stay blessed 🙏🏾

Glad it helped you bro and thank you for subscribing!!

No not yet but thanks for letting me know!

Are you getting lost at any of the steps? Are you having a problem warping?

@@DuppyDupSong No problem! 🇫🇷

I will most definitely have to do a drum and mixing tutorial in the future. Thanks for your support. Okay, without being super technical, you can think of the down beat as the first note of the loop or the “1” in a single bar. Your metronome clicks like “1-2-3-4” and if you notice, the “1” is the loudest click of the metronome because the metronome is letting you know that the “1” is the down beat. Now when you listen to a drum beat or a sample you will be able to notice the downbeat within it by taking note of the first note or the “1”. So for drums the kick drums USUALLY leads the groove by hitting on the “1”. This is a lot to grasp via a RU-vid comment but i hope this at least puts you in the right direction!

Can you explain what you mean by that? Are you referring to having the ability to play your sample chops on a drum machine pads? I’ve shown that in this video. Ableton also has real MPC quantization grooves you can add to your midi that can give your stuff that old school swing.

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Ye gotta hop on this! Thank you.

Thank you for reaching out and letting me that this video was helpful!

Wassup! So the drums are actually not removed. Let me explain. So, something to take into account is that the drums on the sample were already kind of "light" sounding, other than that I adjusted the pitch of the sample down (which I believe helped sort of, soften up the drums more). The last thing I did was roll off the low end of the sample (take out the bass frequencies of the sample) . Doing this gave me room in the mix to add my own drums and which completely overpowered the drums that were present in the sample.

@@MicahWeston Ooohhh okay I got it. Thanks man. Keep up the good work!

@@BLoom_Beats Yessir! Thanks.

Wassup. I appreciate it. This may be hard to describe via a comment but I pitch bended the audio clip that played at 1:10. It gave the sample a tape stop effect. You can google some tape stop VSTs as well though and automate it at points where you want a transition.

What you are referring to is a lot more simple than you think. Yes, the sample i use has drums in it already (the original drums) but I put my own drums on top. The drums of the original sample are not harsh (loud and heavy sounding) to begin with so with a few tweaks to the sample it leaves room in the mix for you to add drums over. The tweaks I usually make that creates room in a sample for me to add my own drums is shifting the pitch of the sample. After that sometimes i high pass the low end out of the sample because the low frequencies is usually where the kick drum and bass of the original sample sits. Finally, the sample is always turned down quieter than my own drums that I add. That may be the most important and easiest thing to remember, making sure that the sample is turned down.

@@MicahWeston I getchya. thanks for the quick reply. So would you say that most producers use this process or a similar process? like j dilla or madlib for example.

@@scammin4pigham150 No problem and most definitely i think so.There’s tons if mixing tricks you can do to get around the original drums of a sample. So my examples that I shared with aren’t the only ones, but are the most common i believe. A good place to start would be to choose samples that don’t have harsh drums to begin with BUT remember that your creativity can be used to get around those it if you really want to.

Thank you! 🙏🏾

Thanks for tapping in 🙏🏾

Glad it helped you out!

Thank you so much for these encouraging words. I really appreciate you stopping by my channel!

So in Ableton 11 they updated how it’s laid out. I changed this a while ago so hopefully I remember it correctly but when you have a sample double clicked, you will see the sample maximized at the bottom of the screen you should be able to drag out the window to the left of the sample. When you drag this window to the right it will stretch out more options, for the transpose, detuner and BPM. If i’m not mistaken in Ableton 11 this box is no longer titles sample. I’m away from my laptop so I can’t confirm this.

@@MicahWeston yeah I’m still having some issues with it, appreciate the help!

@@kincaidmcginnis7249 if you can, DM me on IG with a picture or video of your screen.

Thank you for the love! 🙏🏾

Yessir. Glad this helped!!

I appreciate you tuning in man and glad this helped!

Yessir. No problem!

Thanks for the love and the sub!

Love bro. Thank you so much for tapping in!!

Thank you man 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Doc, I appreciate you! Thank you so much for these encouraging words and thank you for subbing! I got more content dropping at the top of April. I’ve been on a creative reset. Thanks for your support.

Thank you for watching!

Thanks fam! Glad it helped.

I needed this lol. Thank you. I've slightly improved my setup since I made this video. Thanks for looking out for my health!

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Since uploading this video I don’t always use warp from here straight anymore BUT warp from here straight tells Ableton that you want your initial warp mark to be the “down beat” or the first beat in the bar. So if the bar is counted as 1-2-3-4, then the warp from here straight marker represents the “1” and aligns the rest of the sample after the warp from here straight marker accordingly. One thing I have noticed is that when using this feature it quickly aligns up the sample leaving less work for you (not always though).

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Yessir keep cooking up!!

Thank you! Still growing in the craft! I appreciate the love.

Yessir. I appreciate you.

Yessir. Go crazy bro!

Perfect man! You’re going to keep growing and learn a lot as long as you keep going 🙏🏾

Thanks g! I appreciate that for real!

Perfect video

Glad this helped you!

Thanks. This beat isn’t posted anywhere online unfortunately.

That’s love bro. I’m glad this helped you in your transition!

I appreciate that man!! Thank you.

Wishing you much success with warping & sampling. Once you do it right a few times you’ll always do it right from that moment forward.

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Thank you!

I appreciate you!! Thank you for real.

also them soul samples u choppin hit different ! big inspo !!!! lets get it

Thank you for taking the time out to watch my stuff!

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I REALLY appreciate you Clifford! 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Your more than welcome...Wanting to be a part of this community and hope one day I can help share the knowledge like yourself. Thanks again man 😊

Thank you Pat. I appeared the feedback!

Glad this helped you! Keep cooking.

It’s truly appreciated!

It’s truly appreciated!

Fasho. Welcome to the family man.

🙏🏾🙏🏾 Glad it helped.

Thank you man! I will bring more sampling content to the channel for sure.