help w/"gate effect"

Jekblad · Post by **Jekblad** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:38 am

can someone run down how to set up a gate effect in Live?

As in, when i press down a key I hear that channel, but when i release it the channel is muted.

It doesn't have to use the channel mute itself, just want to hear the right effect.

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:00 am

try destroyfx midigater

Jekblad · Post by **Jekblad** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:08 am

I went down that road, couldn't get it to fly.

Need to send midi to the plugin, didn't know how to set that up in live. They had another plug to send midi to their plugs, but it was for os 9.

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:47 am

Setup one channel with a basic synth sound (Analog or Simpler), make it loud with short attack, decay, release and full sustain. Set this channel to midi in from your keyboard. Mute the track output.

Setup a second channel with the material you want gated. Put the gate on here. Set it to sidechain with the audio in from your first track. Attenuation to -inf db.

Or just download this Live set.

.m

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:03 pm

nice one! I'm so used to suggesting midigater I didn't even think about the new sidechaining..

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:04 pm

p.s. in your .zip I just got an empty project folder

?

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:34 pm

longjohns wrote:p.s. in your .zip I just got an empty project folder

?

My mistake. It should now be taken care of.

Cheers,
.m

[edit] Third try.

Bastard ass FTP-uploading-zipper-Cyberduck-app.

Jekblad · Post by **Jekblad** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:02 pm

Awesome!! And I could use dummy clips then too right, if I justwanted it to play outright?

Then when I want to play the mutes I just stop the clip with the sustained note.

I appreciate your help very much, it seems so much harder solving my own 'problems' with Live than helping other people. So thank you for spending the time to hook me up.

Got any beat juggling tips in there?

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:57 pm

Jekblad wrote:Awesome!! And I could use dummy clips then too right, if I justwanted it to play outright?

Then when I want to play the mutes I just stop the clip with the sustained note.

I appreciate your help very much, it seems so much harder solving my own 'problems' with Live than helping other people. So thank you for spending the time to hook me up.

Got any beat juggling tips in there?

Just make nifty 1/64th note patterns on the first track. For instant glitch-a-roo!

I don't even know what beat juggling is.

.m

kraze · Post by **kraze** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:37 am

Are we talking mixing gating or "trance gating"?

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:01 pm

kraze wrote:Are we talking mixing gating or "trance gating"?

Trance schmance.

Jekblad · Post by **Jekblad** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:37 pm

What i wanted to do was fire a drum loop, and then play the mute to alter the beat. So whatever i tap out happens, (provided there's a hit there)

The side chain thing will totally get this done.

kraze · Post by **kraze** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:52 pm

Lo-Fi Massahkah wrote:
kraze wrote:Are we talking mixing gating or "trance gating"?
Trance schmance.

I didn't feel like typing "programmeable step sequenced rhymtic gating".

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:19 pm

kraze wrote:
Lo-Fi Massahkah wrote:
kraze wrote:Are we talking mixing gating or "trance gating"?
Trance schmance.
I didn't feel like typing "programmeable step sequenced rhymtic gating".

If that's trance - hit me!

.m

dankusCDW · Post by **dankusCDW** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:54 am

Lo-Fi Massahkah wrote:Setup one channel with a basic synth sound (Analog or Simpler), make it loud with short attack, decay, release and full sustain. Set this channel to midi in from your keyboard. Mute the track output.

Setup a second channel with the material you want gated. Put the gate on here. Set it to sidechain with the audio in from your first track. Attenuation to -inf db.

Or just download this Live set.

.m

HELL YEAH. That's what I'm talking about!