How to trigger multi-velocity drum samples in drum rack

[hardgristle]

Hi,

I am able to load my own drum kit samples on to drum rack pads but I have no clue how to get one pad to trigger several samples
based on the velocity. For example if i hit a pad (or key on my midi keyboard) at max velocity (127) i'd like the drum rack pad to trigger snare_hard.wav

But if I hit the pad gently (lets say velocity of 40) then i'd like that drum rack pad to trigger snare_soft.wav

Ableton support emailed me a very vague hint but never really explained how I can set this up.

Can anybody tell me how to do this?

Thanks in advance
Gristle

[JuanSOLO]

there are some tabs in Sampler, or an instrumentRack that allow you to see the velocity in a linear red block. If you stack multiple samples in there you can adjust the red blocks to choose different sample per velocity. The tops of the red box have a cross fade as well, so you can bleed samples into eachother etc.

[hardgristle]

Thanks JuanSOLO,

I'll have a look at sampler. I wonder if I can drag a sampler patch on to a drum rack pad.

Does anybody else have some experience with this?

Cheers

[JuanSOLO]

You can drag an instance of Sampler into a drumRack. You can drag a lot of things into drumRacks and other racks, make multiple nested drumRacks even.

Racks are one of the coolest parts about Ableton Live. Learn them.

[hardgristle]

ok I'm sat here with a snare sample loaded into sampler trying desperately to find these tabs you mentioned. The only reference to velocity is in the MIDI tab but I have no clue what to do in there. Could you give me a hint?

[siliconarc]

'zone' tab.
drop your samples in there, hit the 'vel' button and right-click the sample list > distribute ranges evenly.
in the Filter/Global tab, set the Vol<Vel value to zero too.

[hardgristle]

Thanks a lot garyboozy. That really helped.