What's your favourite way to chop the Amen? How do you like to process them?

@The_Invisible_Man

2 ай бұрын

In Ableton I always find it a dilemma as I want to use simpler but it’s doesn’t have ping pong looping with warp off and sampler does but sampler doesn’t have warp. Doh!

I was looking for exactly something like this. Thank you boyo!

@HumanSynthetics

Ай бұрын

My pleasure - glad it helped! Still use this method all the time, kind of my favourite way to deal with breaks in Ableton!

Mate, your break tutorials are by far the best on KZread! As a total beginner I’ve already learned sooo much from binging your vids over the last month. Thank you for all that you do! Big up! Peace and love, Jordan

@HumanSynthetics

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jordan! I really appreciate that. It's been an absolute pleasure to see things grow and hear that my content helps others. I genuinely love talking about this stuff, and helping people on their own musical journeys. It's a lifelong thing, really. Stick with it and the rewards come :)

most underrated channel for break slicing! would love to see more videos of similar length :)

@HumanSynthetics

Жыл бұрын

thanks Nathan! I hear you! Glad the shorter form was appreciated, it's nice to break up the 3 hour livestreams with something more succinct and hard hitting :)

Really great tutorial thank you

@HumanSynthetics

5 ай бұрын

thanks so much, and for commenting :) my pleasure in sharing

Eggselent 🍳

really straightforward!! big ups

@HumanSynthetics

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Aeded, glad it hit the spot.

Ah with this Amen, you are really spoiling us. Dope as usual mate!

@HumanSynthetics

Жыл бұрын

Cheers man! Secretly quite pleased I managed to make a video that's only 15 minutes - it's hard to cover everything meaningfully in that time!

@newtype-tv

Жыл бұрын

@@HumanSynthetics You executed it perfectly mate!

Amaaaaaaazing!!!

@HumanSynthetics

5 ай бұрын

Big up! Thanks

ooh nice, will watch this closely tonight. Thanks man!

@HumanSynthetics

Жыл бұрын

Cheers man :) let me know what you think.

Thanks for starting to go over Sampler. For me, it is less understood but far more powerful than Simpler (which was of course designed to be simple). I love the Sustain Mode and the ability to set it to loop backwards when it reaches the end of a sample and set loop points for that.

@HumanSynthetics

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome Stephen, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment. Yep, I agree! I'd say both devices are simple, but deceptively powerful. Cheers again.

Yeah...nice one, mate! This is basically how I edit my breaks as well😁

@HumanSynthetics

11 ай бұрын

Thanks man!! Defo my favourite, even if it takes a bit longer, I think the resulting sound is totally worth the effort. Glad to see on Insta you've been getting your mojo back - I've been there recently too. Part of the process :)

@CNTRRNDM

11 ай бұрын

@@HumanSynthetics yeah, most tedious stuff yields better results, right?😁 can't imagine how long it took AFX to make all these crazy edits back in the Druqks era🤯 yeah, dunno...I just when I started to care less about IG, the algorithm was like "well, obviously, this bloke's not gonna stop posting stuff...so annoying...maybe I should show this dude's stuff to someone🤔"🤣

@HumanSynthetics

11 ай бұрын

@@CNTRRNDM Oh yeah I know! It was all trackers wasn't it?? I suppose with time one can get really quick - and there must have been some generative material going on. Yeah I've felt in a busy funk lately, mainly because I've been so busy and seem unable to gain any momentum. Guess you have to take the rough with the smooth, over time it evens out. And well done on 2k!!!

@CNTRRNDM

11 ай бұрын

@@HumanSynthetics yeah, definitely...nevertheless, super impressive, right? I tried something similar back then in Cubase SX (damn, I'm old🙈) and it was tedious AF🤣 yeah, 2k...whooop whooop! Thanks, man😁

Ive never tried to chop up breaks this way, damn! Only used it in conjunction with drum rack or via playback with an arpeggiator. This seems like a really nice approach. I dont know why but Sampler feels so daunting sometimes. Thanks for the detailed and concise tutorial !

@HumanSynthetics

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Jon! Yeah it took me a while too, think as you say it's because Sampler is perhaps a bit... utilitarian and not as 'inviting' as other devices. Also, the thought of lining up every slice is a bit intimidating. But, once that's done you can save it for future use. I'll very often pull in the same preset tens of times in tunes, just to kick things off before maybe I try a different approach if I want to finish the track. Thanks for the comment, and glad it was useful :))

Yes yes!

@HumanSynthetics

Жыл бұрын

Hehe my boy! Feel like you've probably seen me do this a tonne, but felt the need for something standalone, and more to come in a similar vein I think.

@Blaketownselecta

Жыл бұрын

@@HumanSynthetics yes, but now I have it bookmarked so next time I sit down at the DAW I can work through it methodically. These are so helpful! 👌

@HumanSynthetics

Жыл бұрын

@@Blaketownselecta cheers man, your support and encouragement is so appreciated. Okay then, let's do more!!

Oh, wow 😳 - I’ve never seen someone’s slice direct to the Sampler, it’s always been to the Drum Racks. Given that slicing to Sampler adds the functionality of being able to loop the tails of slices, why would anyone slice to Drum Rack? What are the Pros and Cons of either approach?

@HumanSynthetics

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! So many ways to skin that breakbeat cat haha. I think I cover just this question in old stream dedicated to all the ways you can chop breaks in Ableton (if you permit me to share an old vid): kzread.infoUAPkJFVc-3o One feature Drum Rack slicing gives you access to is Warp Modes in Simpler. The only way you could do similar in Sampler would be by loading it with a pre-warped break that's been chopped slice by slice. Over time, I've noticed I use a mix of everything. Sometimes I chop on the timeline, sometimes in Sampler, sometimes in Drum Rack, sometimes just in Simpler in Slice mode. They all have slightly different benefits, usually it's what's quickest in the creative moment. I'm a bit of a completionist and like to know every conceivable way to do anything in Ableton haha, just because in the creative moment, I need things to work fast and true so I can get ideas down quickly. Hope that helps, and thanks again.

Why did you use 2 voices instead of 1 voice?

@HumanSynthetics

2 ай бұрын

Great question! If I have say a time stretched cymbal going and want to program a little 16th note snare roll, 2 voices lets me do that. Essentially making it duophonic. 1 would just let the cymbal play and block the snare roll.

@HumanSynthetics

2 ай бұрын

My man!

there is no slicing folder in my user library?

@HumanSynthetics

9 ай бұрын

Hey pizey, definitely nothing under the 'Defaults' folder? You're on 11? I'm not sure if you can delete it by accident, which is the only thing I could think might have happened. You could create a 'Slicing' folder in 'Defaults' and see if it shows up when you're ready to 'Slice To MIDI'. Let me know how you get on.

@originaljungle

9 ай бұрын

i@@HumanSynthetics i'm using a demo version would/could that be the reason why its not there? will try creating a nre folder though

@originaljungle

9 ай бұрын

it worked 👌thanks@@HumanSynthetics

@HumanSynthetics

9 ай бұрын

@@originaljungle yes!! Good stuff. Could be the free trial?? But not 100%. Definitely worth investing in if you're into it. I haven't looked back in 10+ years.