The Art of Sampling with Ableton
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The Art of Sampling was created by Berlin based music producer and sound engineer Hybrasil (aka Will Kinsella). This course is dedicated to the craft of sampling audio and creating new ideas from static audio files.
In this course Hybrasil outlines his approach to sampling using Ableton’s Sampler Instruments, audio warping and Beat Slicing. Suitable for all versions of Ableton (9/10/11 etc) the techniques outlined in this course will help you take your creativity to the next level.
WHAT YOU LEARN
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How to warp audio in Ableton
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How to use the Ableton Sampler Instrument
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How to use the Ableton Simpler Instrument
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Beat Slicing
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Synth Slicing
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Generating MIDI loops from audio
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Crafting new ideas from old loops
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAMPLING
The art of Sampling has been central to the evolution of House, Techno & Hip Hop music. In the following lectures we explore the creative sampling possibilities within Ableton Live. Breath new life into sample packs, slice and rearrange loops, render audio loops into complex midi clips through Ableton’s innovative Sampling Techniques.
Sampler Machines like the Akai MPC 60 and E-Mu SP1200 helped shape modern music, where more contemporary sampling machines such as the Elektron Octatrack and Native Instruments Maschine have taken the craft of sampling into the 21st Century.
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Introduction to Audio WarpingAudio Warping (Source: Ableton Website)
Unlike music stored on tape or in a traditional digital audio workstation, the music in Live remains “elastic“ at all times. Live is capable of time-warping samples while streaming them from disk so as to synchronize them to the current Live Set’s tempo. This happens without affecting the pitch, which can be changed independently. Mixing and matching audio from different origins is therefore extremely easy.
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Beat Slicing & Drum Sampling
Ableton's audio warping allows for audio files to be used in a flexible way. However there are also a number of ways to extract musical ideas from audio clips and place them into MIDI clips for new creative possibilities.
In this tutorial we discuss Ableton Beat Slicing. By using this technique we can take loops / recordings and reanimate them into new sequences / loops. This is a great way to take control of the audio you are working with. It's also a good way to take old loops and create something totally new.
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Sampling Synths & Creating New MIDI Ideas
We continue exploring Ableton's Audio to MIDI capabilities by rendering synthetic material into new something totally new. In this tutorial we will slice synth loops in true MPC fashion, allowing us to isolate notes and reanimate them.
We will also look at converting synth loops into MIDI clips, extracting pitch and note length data from static audio in order to apply them to Ableton synths. This is one of the truly great techniques for reanimating audio into new digital ideas. The creative possibilities are endless and it's a great way to break out of writers block.
