Is there a way to sync drumpad samples to the tempo?

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Aro2220
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Is there a way to sync drumpad samples to the tempo?

Post by Aro2220 » Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:41 pm

I have a MPD26 I am learning on with Ableton Lite. I have created audio tracks and put some clips on them and control the volume levels with some faders. They sync to the tempo just fine.

When I create a drum rack and add the same sample to one of the pads, it plays at the original tempo of the clip/sample. Is there a way to get these samples to sync up with the song's tempo so I can use them as fills etc and have them up to speed with the tempo? I only have so many knobs and faders and even less tracks I am allowed to use at once in Ableton Lite.

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Stromkraft
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Re: Is there a way to sync drumpad samples to the tempo?

Post by Stromkraft » Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:21 pm

Aro2220 wrote:
When I create a drum rack and add the same sample to one of the pads, it plays at the original tempo of the clip/sample. Is there a way to get these samples to sync up with the song's tempo so I can use them as fills etc and have them up to speed with the tempo? I only have so many knobs and faders and even less tracks I am allowed to use at once in Ableton Lite.
Assuming you can do flattening in Lite and not just Freeze, then make a track copy of the loop in question, freeze and flatten it when synced to the main tempo. Put it on your pads and use them. Delete the track copy.
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