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Breakbeat Of The Month! Episode 1 [video + downloads]

🕑 Added 2024-04-06 09:29:24 +0000 UTC

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Janne Hatula

Good that you got it working! That (trying to make it work with my preset) may just be a bug, TBH! Maybe it's because that preset was created with some older Live version originally.

B Mar

thanks for your help Fanu. i can kind of get it working with my own preset but for what ever reason if i open yours and set the sustain value to loop then re save it, the next time i chop a break and select your edited preset it reverts back to the standard sustain value. i will experiment some more :)

Janne Hatula

I dont think that is one of the things options.txt can address, sadly. Please check this super old video of mine from over 12 years ago, and this should show you how to set up your own slicing preset, so you can easily test it – let me know how it goes. I hope you'll make it work :) https://youtu.be/1lWqwvCsZp4?si=1Ftx6VYzjnUIJm9L&t=4

B Mar

yeah weird, looks like live 12 does not allow that function on the sustain value. it does have it for snap and reverse though (pretty useless) I wonder if its possible to add this to an options txt file? im pretty new to ableton so unsure if this is something thats been left out on purpose or its never been possible. there is a Mr Bill tutorial showing its possible on simpler but i cant see anything on copying values to siblings in sampler.

Janne Hatula

Weird! Try right-clicking on the loop setting and see if you get “set to all siblings” (or something similar) – not on my computer now so I can’t check that, but that method can be used to set SOME parameters so all pads inherit the same setting. Not sure if loop mode if one of those. Also, you could hone one sampler in drum rack to your liking and save your own slicing preset to user library > presets > slice to drum rack (or something similar path-wise; sorry not on my computer) and see if that fixes it :)

B Mar

Hey Fanu,, Loving this tutorial. i followed everything step by step but it seems when i slice to new midi and select your Sampler Drum rack, my sampler defaults to a different sustain mode than the loop sustain mode. i then have to go into each slice and change the mode to loop. if i load your drum rack straight onto a midi track then the sampler sustain mode is set to loop by default. But when i use the slice to midi and select the slice preset it jumps back to the first mode. Any ideas how to change this ? or how to select all samples in the rack and change sustain mode to loop for all at once.

zeroalpha_nz

Thanks for the quick reply, really impressed with ableton 's ability to pick up the transients. I'm using studio one atm and it's pretty clunky for chopping breaks...might have to switch

Janne Hatula

Some samplers do it automatically! As long as it doesn’t click and it keeps the transient, it’s fine!

zeroalpha_nz

Question: back in the day we were always concerned with chopping on the zero crossing of the wave form. It seems these days people don't zoom in that often. Is it due to the DAW's ability to always snap to a zero crossing or are you just listening for clicks and tidying it up in the sampler?

zeroalpha_nz

Long time listener, first time subscriber ;) Loving the content Fanu. Just getting back into production so your a great help. Much respect!!!!

Ben Hill

Waving the amen 7" around is such a flex :) and watching you intuit the next notes in a break is very cool, even tho it's a lot more painful when I try and do it

Pete

Awesome! Thanks :)

Janne Hatula

Good topic! This is by far the easiest to explain in the context of a mix. E.g., if you have a mix you want me to try and make loud, it's by far the easiest to have a go with it and make a video for you about it (instead of talking about it in general). Everyone has their own mix issues; e.g., too much bass, something way too loud – or just poor limiting skills. If you ever want this, get in touch :-)

Janne Hatula

Here! https://www.dropbox.com/s/kk9b7jen80oucjg/SAMPLER-.adg?dl=0

Chris Morris

Loving your content man! Forgive me if you've already spoken about this but would love your thoughts/process on mixing for loudness. I feel like I get my mixes to a point where they sound/feel good but when I try to limit them to the loudness of my references they fall apart (or I cant get them to that level without distortion) Thanks in advance!

Scott Vlahon

Hello Fanu, this is a great idea for an ongoing series, well done! Where could I find your Ableton “Sampler’ preset you referenced?

Simon Huber

At the end of the day, I think fundamentally, all you can really do as a musician is create situations where you either deliver on the expectations you've set or not. And, sometimes the not is more powerful.

Janne Hatula

Like Photeks Ni Ten Ichi Ryu is also a good example of how important the pauses/spaces are

Janne Hatula

Yeah man! If you listen to funk drummers, they do those pauses. I forget who said it but “it’s not just about the drums – it’s also about what’s NOT there”.

Simon Huber

I'm about halfway through but the part about the kick 'taking a break' really stood out to me. To my ears, it emphasises the whole push-pull of the rhythm which is what I think attracts me to breaks so much. There's a really good example of this is Airtight (Total Science Remix) by Funky Technicians in the 5th bar. I had a go at recreating that break and when I got to bit and was previewing it, it sound a bit shit. It wasn't until I had the bit before AND after that it put the push-pull element into context and it started to sound good. Loving this series already dude! Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

Julien Mauzac

Very interesting, thank you 👍

James P

Thank you

Janne Hatula

Here, I didn't do much to it, as I enjoy the sound. Unless by tightening you meant honing the loops? I could process it from here in many ways of course.