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I have recently got a USB footswitch/cables to hook my laptop up to a venue's PA system. I'm trying to utilize a bass drop sound clip, which is just a bass boom that is about 3 seconds long.

My footswitch can automatically be assigned to any keyboard key, so that doesn't matter. I have no knowledge of using Ableton Live yet, so my question is how to open up my bass drop clip and set it so that a certain keyboard key being pressed makes the clip play ONE TIME, and then each time I press it again it also plays ONE TIME.

Thank you so much for your help

I realize this is a very noobish question, but I can't seem to get it figured out.

desactive the "loop" thing in the clip.

To be honest, I have no idea where to even start. I dragged the sample into the first audio box. This is my screen so far:

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What do I do now?

double-click on the coloured zone of the clip, it will appear on the bottom of the screen. Then, de-hilight the "loop" button.

I found the clip/launch view and the trigger tab, but all I want Ableton to do is play my sample when I hit a certain button (the space bar for example), stop the sample when it is over, and when I hit the space bar again, play it again. I know this is fairly simple, so please give me a simple explanation. Right now when I hit the space bar, nothing plays, but if I hit the play button next to the sample it plays

I dehighlighted loop. Now how do I get the sample to play from the start each time I hit the spacebar with no delay?

I have also figured out how to use Quantization to restart the clip, but what keyboard shortcut allows me to play the sample without just hitting the play button?

Sorry for so many posts, but this may be the last one:
I took off looping and quantization (so that it would start without any delay? Is this right?), and now I realized if I select the sample and hit the "enter" Key, it plays it.

So, if I have it selected and make my footswitch respond using the enter key, is this all I need to do?

You're definently overthinking this man. If you're trying to do what i think you are (play in a metal/hardcore/rock band and do the heavy bass drop when the breakdowns hit) you're doing waaayyy too much. There's no need to have a laptop, footpedal, interface and ableton for this.

How so? I'm trying to do this live at shows, not in recordings. Drum modules/trigger pads cost a lot of money, and this way is only costing me around 30 bucks.

OK, from the sceenie you posted above :

- hit the button that says 'MIDI' at the top right hand corner of the screen. (everything should then go a blueish tinge)
- click the play arrow on yr 'bass boom' clip
- step on the footswitch you want to active the clip (a midi CC number should then appear on the clip)
- click the MIDI button again.

The above assumes yr footswitch is midi-capable, hooked up and working correctly.

keefislegend wrote:How so? I'm trying to do this live at shows, not in recordings. Drum modules/trigger pads cost a lot of money, and this way is only costing me around 30 bucks.

That's exactly what i'm talking about, you're going to lugg around a laptop and worry about ableton and audio issues, for a 3 second sample?

kraze wrote:
That's exactly what i'm talking about, you're going to lugg around a laptop and worry about ableton and audio issues, for a 3 second sample?

I already take my laptop to most gigs out of boredom, and already had ableton, so I might as well if I only had to purchase the foot pedal.

Thanks for the help about the midi menu, it worked out for me

dude you need like way more samples!

how about:

-a woman screaming
-a buzzsaw
-"say hello to my little friend"
-gunshots

These are all perfect for breakdowns. Do you have more buttons on that thing? You can assign them to each clip.