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How do you make fast drum rolls in live?Thx.

Well you can always (in arrangement view) slice up an ordinary drum sample (select a portion and press apple+E) and rearrange/duplicate those to make a oll or a fill. Also, beat repeat is useful for making fills.

load the sample to roll in impulse and draw consecutive notes, then to add a human feeling play a bit with velocity

find a loop with a snare you like
export it into an audio editor
cut the sample either side of the snare hit you're after so you only have the snare sound
save it in a folder called 'snares'
go back into live and create a midi track
drop an impulse on it
locate your folder called 'snares'
drag the snare sample on to slot 2 of impulse
set the track to arm
find the snare on your keyboard or input device 'd3'
set the tempo quite slow and switch on the metronome
hit record
tap 'd3' really quickly intime with the music
hit stop
unarm the track
hit play

voila - a nice and simple snare roll

mo

buy a mpc1000, hold down the note repeat button, bang them pads00..and be the freak of the week-