Original Drum Racks and Simpler in Ableton Live | Music Tech Performance Tutorial
For the National Association of Music Merchants Show GenNext Program.
In this video we look at making your own drum rack in Ableton using Simpler. This is a really fun and easy way to create your own original midi instrument to use in live performance, and it’s a technique my students and I use regularly. In another video we are going to talk about some fun ways you can perform with that drum rack, including live looping and drum sequencing.
Check out this performance of my piece "Um quarto é mais" where we use original sound libraries of glass marimbas we made by hand:
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0:00 Introduction
0:16 Setting Up Simpler
1:24 Simpler Classic Mode
3:14 Adjustable Parameters in Classic Mode
5:25 Simpler Slice Mode
7:34 Drum Rack
8:28 Building a Performable Drum Rack
12:35 Effects and Processing
14:28 Conclusion