Live can take any clip and turn it into a groove template. Just grab a clip out of the Session or Arrange view and drop it into the Groove Pool. Live will then extract the timing and dynamics: …and make the new groove available to apply to clips in your set. A few things to […]
FUN WITH EXTRACTED GROOVES
Here’s a bit of fun I’ve been having with extracted grooves. Instead of using the resulting groove template in its intended fashion, I’ve been using the MIDI directly. Remember, a groove file is just a MIDI clip – you can grab it out of the pool and drop it into a clip slot. What I’ll […]
FUN WITH VELOCITY (AND OPERATOR)
And hey, while you’re at it, why not have some fun with the velocity data that gets generated when you extract a groove… To have this sort of fun, you’ll have to use the MIDI clip to trigger an instrument that offers some flexibility for mapping velocity messages (such as Operator, Sampler, etc.) For example, […]
STORM GATE: GETTING THE GRID RIGHT
Understanding the grid on the StormGate can be a little tricky at first. The key thing to understand is that the basic unit of measurement it uses is the 1/8 note. Take a look at the Steps section: If you play with the numeric control at the top, you’ll find that it doesn’t affect the […]
ARPEGGIATOR: MIDI DELAY
Tonight I’ve been having a little fun using the Arpeggiator as a sort of MIDI delay. In this example, I’m using it for a rapid, slapback echo sort of effect that you might otherwise produce with the Simple Delay. I’m only feeding in one note at a time (not holding down chords the way […]
ARPEGGIATOR: MIDI DELAY, pt. 2
To make the Arpeggiator behave a bit more like a conventional delay, you have to engage the Hold switch: By default, Hold takes any note you input and repeats it indefinitely. However, by turning up the Repeat knob, you can specify a specific number of repeats: (tip continued below) ~*~*~*~*~*~ THANKS FOR SUPPORTING LIVE TIPS! […]
ARPEGGIATOR: FUN WITH VELOCITY
Hopefully the last couple of tips have made the point that Arpeggiator is not just a device that eats chords and craps Baba O’Riley. I find that exploring what it can do with one note at a time really helps to demystify some of its more interesting features. The nifty thing about the Velocity section […]
