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Margit Szermer
sorry about the repost, I couldn't write a comment on the previous one, because I wasn't registeredSo, I have Alesis DM Lite electronic drum kit and I also have Ableton Live 9 software. I want to record the drums thorugh Ableton, but I don't know how to set up the drums in the software. The drum kit has a usb port with one end which is like the one for printers (not the regular usb end) and with that I can connect the kit to my computer. When I open ableton it detects that the drum-kit is connected, but I can't make any sounds with it whatsoever. Can someone please explain how to set up the drums in ableton so that it reacts to the signals when I hit the pads? Thanks! I hope you got the idea.I don't have any kind of instructions for this and I have no experience working with MIDI.
I tried all the steps in this topic but still i can not get my e-drums to work.What i've done so far:-Set my td-3 local control off. The manual says this is nescesairy for sending midi to my pc.-Installed a midi to usb converter-changed the preferences. . The mackiecontrol is the usb converter.-made a midi track and hit the pad.
If your drum kit is showing up in your Preferences > MIDI area, you need to ensure that the "Track" option is enabled for the kit. This means that Ableton Live will receive note data from the drum kit.
When this track is created, there should be a little round circle with a musical note at the very bottom of the track. If you aren't seeing it, hit the TAB key to make sure you are in Session view, which sort of looks like a spread sheet. The other view is Arrangement view, which is used for laying down a track over a timeline.
If you click that little button, it should turn red. That indicates that this track is now MIDI armed... and hopefully when you play your drums, you should see some levels moving on that track. They will be circles instead of a steady volume looking level meter, because you currently haven't set any machine or sampler to play any sounds yet.
This will load up a sampler with 128 different slots, each slot a sample can be dragged into. If you hit your drums, you will see which MIDI note each drum sends in the drum rack, as it will highlight it yellow each time you hit it (you may need to scroll up and down in the drum rack as it can only display 16 pads at a time).
Once you know which drums trigger which slots, you can then go ahead and load in some drum samples to those slots. If you do not currently own any samples, grab the Session Drums kit for free from Ableton here -drums/
just wanted to add a few points to the (comprehensive) post made before - If you want to use Impulse: Abletons Impulse sample slots are mapped to C3 to C4 (in Cmaj scale) - your Alesis is probably sending out the midi notes in the General Midi (GM) Standard - (e.g. Kickdrum is C1, Snare D1 etc.) - you need to 'tune'/ pitch the incoming midi notes.I patched a Max for Live device exactly for this purpose, which you can get here:
I'm very pleased and excited to share the 100th Free AfroDJMac Ableton Live Pack! It's been quite a journey and I am happy to have you here reading and playing with these toys! For this collection, I return to my roots as a musician, the electric guitar.
I was doing a little recording and wanted some fast palm mute plucks. I eventually got the part, but it was pretty difficult to get these rapid fire 16th notes sounding tight, even after almost 20 years of playing guitar. So I decided to create some sampled instruments to do the job.
In order to create these samples, I recorded my trusty Fender Mustang through my Fender Deluxe tube amp, with a little spring reverb. I used an AKG C414 and a Shure SM57 on the amp. I mixed the two samples together before dropping them into Ableton's Sampler. Check out the walkthrough video below for full details. All the music you hear was created with these instrument racks.
The first thing I did was record some palm muted guitar plucks. One of the problems in sampling a guitar is that, in the real world, each pluck of the string will sound slightly different from the next. With sampled instruments, you are often triggering the exact same sample over and over again, which can sound robotic or machine gun like. So, I plucked four or five different notes four times each. I set up a Sampler instrument in Live so that each time you play a note, one of the four samples will play at random. This gives the instrument a more life like sound, which is closer to the way a guitar actually works.
The final instrument of the collection is made up of strummed chords in the Major scale. This instrument allows you to trigger a bunch of chords found in the major scale and transpose them into the key you are working. Things start sounding pretty cool as you pitch the guitar up and down a bit. There are controls for sample length, start and loop that can yield some out of this world sounds.
Click below to receive a free download of these instruments! *Requires Live 9. If you don't own Sampler, open the Live Set labeled "SIMPLER." *SIMPLER files do not contain Cabinet device for compatibility reasons.
I have packaged all Free Ableton Live Packs into one convenient download for $15. Caution, this will keep you busy for a while! I think the collection covers just about everything imaginable. There's certainly something here for everyone. Your support is greatly appreciated!
I'm great fan of electric piano sounds. I own few electric piano sample libraries (neo soul keys etc) and Lounge Lizard EP-4. Just bought Electric Pianos Instrument Pack. I just love it! What do you guys think of it? Is there any better vst solutions than this?(besides the real one) I haven't played real instrument but ones in my life time. Just bought Pianoteq 5 standard and few instrument packs (model B and Bluthner). I think they are also great and pianoteq is my go to piano for every project.
I love the Rhodes sound. I really enjoyed the Lounge Lizard trial version, and I thought I'd buy it for Black Friday, but earlier this year Pianoteq added a Mark II model, and I bought the EP Pack instead. As you own all three side by side, I'd like to get your opinion as to how they compare.
I like Lounge Lizard a bit more mostly because I don't like to tweak too much, and it came with more sweet sounding presets. It also has a few more instruments. My choice of Pianoteq was based on cost. For me Lounge Lizard wasn't worth the extra $$.
I think as sample based instrument Neo Soul Keys is the most authentic to me. I love NSK but because it's sampled instrument there is not much tweakability. Sure you can add fx and tweak release efx, tine/bell, barking etc. Still the basic sound is always the same.I have old version of neo soul keys which has only one istrument (Mark I I guess).
In Lounge Lizard my biggest problem was that it never sounded like real thing. Presets are good and there is much to love in LL. I have tried to tweak LL to sound more like NSK or real rhodes as I hear it but I've failed to do so. Maybe the biggest problem was that every time I got low end or high end sound like I wanted the other end is not what I like it to be. I don't know if it is only my lack of skill to get everything right. What I like more in LL than Pianoteq is the fat barking low end. Pianoteq has more realistic high end IMHO. But don't get me wrong, I really love the sounds of LL even if they don't sound authentic to me.
Anyway to me Pianoteq Electric Pianos sounds great and are very close to real rhodes. This is only my opinion and I'm by no means expert. I just happen to love rhodes sounds
As for Rhodes models, Pianoteq (Standard or Pro) and Lounge Lizard can be tweaked to heart's content.
Lounge Lizard has more presets, but Pianoteq Standard can read fxp-files made by forum members.
As for samples, surely Neo Soul Keys is up there with the best. A new version is up and coming in a few months.
Also check out AIR Velvet, cheap but quite good, and the ones from XLN Audio, Toontrack, Soniccouture and Scarbee (included in NI Komplete). A new one from Waves as well. Then there's Keyscape from Spectrasonics. If you have Omnisphere 2, but even if you don't, I guess that's the one to rule them all.
I have tested XLN audio, AIR and Toontrack versions. Didn't like any of them. I have Soniccouture and Scarbee Wurly libraries. Both are quite good. Neo Soul Keys updated version could be interesting. I have to check that when it is out. But for now I'm quite happy with Pianoteq. Sounds great and no long loading times when changing presets.
I think Electric Pianos from Pianoteq is way too underrated. Everyone seems to prefer LL over Pianoteq version for unknown reasons. LL is great and I've been using that from version 3 but what comes to sound, Pianoteq is more realistic than LL. Don't mean to offend anyone, just my opinion. But anyhow great we have plenty of choices
Pianoteq is miles ahead of lounge lizard in realistic impersonation . It can sound extremely authentic, or like something new like lounge lizard does. AAS are way behind Modartt in mathematical modelling of real instruments.
I have and use Ableton Electric (i think it's licensed from AAS), the Logic Pro Rhodes VST, and the Pianoteq Electric Pianos. Also have used Scarbee. I love them all! Ableton/Lounge Lizard barks the best, Logic has nice bell tones, Scarbee's samples have very cool key noises...but overall I like Pianoteq the best (and it gets 80-90% of the use) because it feels so lively and responsive. Vintage Electric Piano VSTs are amazing...
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