By ed
Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:57 pm
Just started using abelton today so kinda new to it
By ed
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:21 pm
Ok I just figured out how to do it, now I need to know is there a good free sample editor out there?
By scoobylol
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:24 pm
Elaborate a little.
You might just be in the clip/scene mode. If you press the tab button, you will see a more linear, traditional looking screen where you can chop pieces, add fades to them etc...
There's two options in Ableton. Crop, and Consolidate.
Crop will just literally just crop a chunk of your sound to whatever you choose, but it won't apply any of the fades or pitch changes. It will literally just render it to the size you want it. Consolidate will do that AND it will also include any pitch changes, and fades.
Have a play and you will see what I mean. Hope this answers your question.
You might just be in the clip/scene mode. If you press the tab button, you will see a more linear, traditional looking screen where you can chop pieces, add fades to them etc...
There's two options in Ableton. Crop, and Consolidate.
Crop will just literally just crop a chunk of your sound to whatever you choose, but it won't apply any of the fades or pitch changes. It will literally just render it to the size you want it. Consolidate will do that AND it will also include any pitch changes, and fades.
Have a play and you will see what I mean. Hope this answers your question.
By ed
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:47 pm
I go to edit and everything is grey except freeze track n quantisation?
By scoobylol
Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:52 pm
That's probably because you've not selected anything. I find it's much easier to select the piece of audio/whatever and then use the right click to access the Crop/Consolidate/Delete etc... options.
If you're on a Mac like me, my suggestion is to turn right-click on in your system options, it will make life easier.
If you're on a Mac like me, my suggestion is to turn right-click on in your system options, it will make life easier.
By ed
Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:01 pm
Cheers for the info scooby 
, I used audacity as the sample editor but its kinda limited, would wavosaur be similar to n mpc cuz thats what Id be familiar with
, I used audacity as the sample editor but its kinda limited, would wavosaur be similar to n mpc cuz thats what Id be familiar with
By ed
Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:03 pm
Like I think I need to chop d sample up to make it fit right and change the bpm
By scoobylol
Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:47 am
Stick with Ableton dude, it doesn't have a massive learning curve, you'll be on it in no time. If you keep swapping programs you will never get anything done. I think Ableton is the most similar workflow to an MPC, especially when it comes to seqencing using the Clip and Scenes mode. You can just think of those as very visual Sequences.
What can't you figure out? Tell me specifically and I'll do my best to help you.
What can't you figure out? Tell me specifically and I'll do my best to help you.
By ed
Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:57 pm
Cheers dude, Well basically just looking for a sample editor similar to n mpc, just started useing abelton yesterday n have to say I'm loving it
By thx
Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:06 pm
you can edit your sample with ableton (right click in the selection and then click "crop sample") or with an audio editor like sound forge or steinberg wavelab or audacity (this is a free software), save the sampe to disc, then open it with live
https://soundcloud.com/thx-wc
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By ed
Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:31 pm
Cheers dude
By ed
Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:25 pm
Iv tried to crop the sample, I also opened up simpler not really getting the hang of it, tried watching videos of youtube, I dunno Ill just keep at it I guess.
By ed
Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:00 pm
Im just gunna do it 2000xl style n copy n crop copy n crop, try to slice it but it does not let you enter the amount of slices I like I want 4 slices and I dont see able to set where I want the slices
By scoobylol
Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:13 pm