Choke Groups

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outershpongolia
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Re: Choke Groups

Post by outershpongolia » Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:57 pm

Duplicate the Open Hat and don't put it in a choke group.

chase
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Re: Choke Groups

Post by chase » Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:28 am

Why don't you just try it and find out? Would be a lot faster than having everyone explain what choke groups are, over and over again, even though that's not what you're asking. My guess is the higher numbered note will prevail, but again, just try it and see.

JaeOne3345
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Re: Choke Groups

Post by JaeOne3345 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:19 pm

I'd like to see some sort of global choke command that makes the entire drum rack mono.

I use the drum racks for my sample chops and get annoyed having to go through each chain object and set the choke for each cell after I've dragged my chopped sample into the rack from the arrangement view (using ctrl-e).

Eloheim
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Re: Choke Groups

Post by Eloheim » Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:45 pm

JaeOne3345 wrote:I'd like to see some sort of global choke command that makes the entire drum rack mono.

I use the drum racks for my sample chops and get annoyed having to go through each chain object and set the choke for each cell after I've dragged my chopped sample into the rack from the arrangement view (using ctrl-e).
I agree with what you're getting at. Is there anyway to automatically set all selected pads to choke group 'x', for example? Without having to change them all one by one?

JaeOne3345
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Re: Choke Groups

Post by JaeOne3345 » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:15 pm

No. They should have a "copy value to siblings" for chokes too.

Dolfinesque
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Re: Choke Groups

Post by Dolfinesque » Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:33 pm

The priority for choke groups in Ableton Live Suite 11.2 is that the sample pad that gets triggered mutes/gates/silences all the other sample pads in that group.

Choking is the same as monophonic mode on a synth. When you push 1 key/sample/sound, it will be the only sound playing. If other sounds where to be played in unison with the triggered key, you would use polyphonic mode.

Choking gets you a clean, snappy, clear defined sound, ideal for baselines (if using multiple bass sounds on different pads or the high-end frequencies in drums (hi-hats open and closed, rides, crashes, glitches, rimshots).

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Re: Choke Groups

Post by yur2die4 » Tue Oct 25, 2022 4:40 pm

The difference is that some synths have different priority options. Sometimes the highest note always overrides lower notes for certain settings.

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