how to stop drum machine playing at start of a song
Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 8:38 am
Hi,
I'm sorry if this is one of those questions that keeps on getting asked but I did some searching and maybe I wasn't using the right key words or phrases but...
Suppose I have a drum machine like one of the Roland drum emulations, or something like Geist 2 or Klip or Spark or a TB303 emulation - anything with it's own sequencer. There's a nice rhythm in slot A1, or 1, or whichever is the first of the sequencer slots on the instrument. I can turn it on and off from the instrument interface. But so can my DAW and whenever I press the main play button all the instruments that have a sequencer go off all at once and make a huge noise.
What do I do to ensure I get to control when the instrument starts playing? One thought I had was to make a blank first pattern for every instrument with an internal sequencer. That way, when I press the main play button they all fire off playing empty patterns. I can then use midi drag to drag in patterns from the instruments to clips within Ableton. I noticed I couldn't drag and drop midi clips which I'd cleared of all note information. Or is there a better/more accepted way of dealing with this issue?
Cheers,
Drippy Cat
I'm sorry if this is one of those questions that keeps on getting asked but I did some searching and maybe I wasn't using the right key words or phrases but...
Suppose I have a drum machine like one of the Roland drum emulations, or something like Geist 2 or Klip or Spark or a TB303 emulation - anything with it's own sequencer. There's a nice rhythm in slot A1, or 1, or whichever is the first of the sequencer slots on the instrument. I can turn it on and off from the instrument interface. But so can my DAW and whenever I press the main play button all the instruments that have a sequencer go off all at once and make a huge noise.
What do I do to ensure I get to control when the instrument starts playing? One thought I had was to make a blank first pattern for every instrument with an internal sequencer. That way, when I press the main play button they all fire off playing empty patterns. I can then use midi drag to drag in patterns from the instruments to clips within Ableton. I noticed I couldn't drag and drop midi clips which I'd cleared of all note information. Or is there a better/more accepted way of dealing with this issue?
Cheers,
Drippy Cat