Before you extract the Chains in your Drum Rack into separate chains, make a note of the volume of the track the Drum Rack is in: When you extract a chain, the volume of the new track will be set to zero. In the example above, this means that extracting a chain from this Drum […]
FOLLOW ACTION FREAKOUT
I’m gonna show you a fun workflow for generating a ton of variations on a beat using Follow Actions. Even if you’re familiar with Follow Actions, you might have never stumbled on this one before.This technique works best for an IDM or possibly Dubstep context where a lot of syncopation and variation works well. First, […]
FOLLOW ACTION FREAKOUT, pt. 2
Ain’t no party like a Live Tips party. Just sayin. Once you’ve got your beat variations dancing around using Follow Actions, the next step is to Extract Chains: In the above example, I’ve created a fairly simple beat using only three drums – you don’t need anything complicated to get great results with this technique. […]
FOLLOW ACTION FREAKOUT: THE SEQUEL
Here’s a more advanced version of the beat variation workflow that this whole Follow Actions series started off with. Here’s we’ll get a little fancy with MIDI routing, both to make a point and also to get some nice easy to manage results. After you’ve programmed your beats and set up the Follow Actions, duplicate […]
FOLLOW ACTION FREAKOUT: THE GRIPPING CONCLUSION
So, as you may have guessed, we’ve just set up three separate MIDI tracks which will all be sending MIDI into a single Drum Rack. Let’s take a closer look at the routing: In the second menu below MIDI To, you have a number of options for routing MIDI between tracks. For the track called […]
