Layering Drums!

carbonform · Post by **carbonform** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:43 am

Hey folks, how does one go about layering drums/samples within Live? ive only been using this DAW for a little over a month and ive been learning quite rapidly, but one of my favorite processes (layering) still remains somewhat of a mystery to me. So whats the technique you have found to get the job done best for you? (Within Live of course). Thanks!

Johnisfaster · Post by **Johnisfaster** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:00 am

you using live 6 or 5? you using looped beats or are you actually sequencing drum hits in impulse or something of the sort?

John Sweet · Post by **John Sweet** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:00 am

http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... highlight=

carbonform · Post by **carbonform** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:10 am

Ah thanks for the quick response...Johnisfaster i am using live 6 (no sampler yet)

I make all my breaks from single hits or loops that have been chopped to my liking.

carbonform · Post by **carbonform** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:11 am

Cheers for that link John Sweet...gonna go have a read

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:53 am

Do what I did - make a rack of layered Simplers. It works awesome, and gives more flexibility than Impulse (though admittedly I've never tried the "layering Impulses" thing).

If you like layering one-shots and then treating them, this is the way to go imho. My rack has two for Kick and three for Snares (whichare the only pieces I layer).

Rogue Scrunt · Post by **Rogue Scrunt** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:33 pm

Dear Jamester,

Would you post up your als with your layering rack in it?

thank you

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:47 pm

I'd gladly put my drum rack up...but alas, I know not how.

DeadlyKungFu · Post by **DeadlyKungFu** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:03 pm

assign clips to midi notes, group similar sounding drums together, kicks on the left, snares in the middle, percussion on the right, hi-hats on the black keys (that's where I like 'em). Then play drum patterns by mashing on more than one key at a time, ABUSE your keyboard, PLAY it, HIT IT!!

jamester wrote:I'd gladly put my drum rack up...but alas, I know not how.

I've been using filelodge.com, find threads with file links, hit properties on the link and see what others are using, same for images.

carbonform · Post by **carbonform** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:26 pm

thats a handy trick with the hats...good call deadly! (im new to keys)

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:35 am

DeadlyKungFu wrote: I've been using filelodge.com, find threads with file links, hit properties on the link and see what others are using, same for images.

Excellent, thanks! I registered and uploaded my rack, I'm gonna start a thread to see if I did it right.