Making drums for your first time in Ableton Live! This tutorial is for beginner music producers! I cover the programming drums in the drum rack and the different options you have. This would have probably saved me 2-3 months of trial and error when I started!! HAVE FUN
Key Commands mentioned in this video:
New MIDI Track = Cmd + Shift + T
Loop Selection = Cmd + L
New MIDI Region (Piano Roll) = Cmd + Shift + M
Moving Notes Quickly = Hold Option & Drag
Smaller Grid Lines = Cmd + 1
Wider Grid Lines = Cmd + 2
Duplicate = Cmd + D
Rename = Cmd + R
Undo = Cmd + Z
Select Multiple Things At Once = Click & Hold Shift
New Audio Track = Cmd + T
0:00 Ableton's Drums
0:33 Using Splice for drums
2:12 Ableton's "My Sh*t" Area
2:45 Using Reddit for drums
3:03 Start with music before drums!
4:04 Get on the grid to avoid problems!
4:22 METHOD 1: Adding a Drum Rack
5:15 Demo drum sounds with your music
5:39 Putting sounds on your Drum Rack
7:40 Velocity/Volume Settings
9:08 Creating your MIDI Region (Piano Roll)
10:35 Designing your beat!
11:34 Duplicating your drums
12:47 Adjusting your velocities
13:59 Layering
15:05 Adding FX to individual drum sounds
16:05 Saving your custom drum rack
16:53 METHOD 2: Making several drum racks
18:34 METHOD 3: No drum rack needed!
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