Switching all samples in drum rack mid performance

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xkx
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Switching all samples in drum rack mid performance

Post by xkx » Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:22 am

Hello

I'm playing samples using Drum rack using an external midi player that I built. What I would like to do is to automate a hot swap of all the samples (16 of them), to another different set of 16 samples, with the press of button. Is there anyway I can do that?

Thanks!

xkx
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Re: Switching all samples in drum rack mid performance

Post by xkx » Mon Mar 03, 2025 2:28 pm

Ok, I figured it out, two channels stems, both with drum rack on them, you just need to automate volume or speaker on/off, and midi map to the same volume controls.

Maybe that is useful to someone else in the future.

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Re: Switching all samples in drum rack mid performance

Post by yur2die4 » Tue Mar 04, 2025 12:29 am

I’m pretty sure that with a bit of knowledge of the possibilities, you can get this to work even better. I guess it depends on your circumstances. If this is the only midi device you’re playing into Live, you should be able to switch easily simply by Arming one channel or the other.

As for the mappings, there is the possibility of mapping how you seem to be doing, or setting up a control surface which would automatically map to whichever device is selected on the selected (armed) channel.
Then you’d be able to have multiple channels and easily be able to use them simply by arming one or the other.

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