How To Slice Samples In Simpler | Ableton (BEGINNER)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Here with another tutorial, breaking down the unspoken mindset of sample chops and slices within Ableton Simpler.
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I'm chocked... You have the best explanation method that ever existed. EVER. Thank you
Thanks! I’m really glad that my teaching style was able to help in some way.
I have to make a beat for college out of a sample pack, he taught us using Koala, but I prefer Ableton, so this is super helpful! Thanks so much, my dude!
I’m glad this helped you out!
Great explanation...and beat is Fire!
Thanks!
Really great one, thx for explaining not onlyt the technical part, but also the musical part
Thanks for tuning in. I’m glad this was able to help you out!
So glad I found this channel. Thankyou so so much
Glad you found my channel! 🙏🏾
Thanks so much for breaking it down in this way. I found it very easy to follow along. Loved the way the beat turned out too that sampling was fire!!! Love the content!
I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know that this helped. 🙏🏾
Thanks mate!
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Yeah, at the end if the day you don’t need too much but it’s mainly about what you like and the type of workflow you desire to have
Holy fuck I came from the older video and you just keep getting better. Thanks for putting the info out man
I appreciate this man lol! Thank you!!
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I appreciate what you do for educating the producer community Micah 💯
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GREAT VIDEO! Thank you! 🙏🏽
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Thanks my man. Your explanations are on point!
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This video is amazing. Thank you!
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Lol, yeah it was just a product of my boredom that day. Thanks for tuning in!
@@MicahWeston i was expecting a westside gunn boom bap 😂😂 but ur beat is good anyway!
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Blessed tutorial bro sm help
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Dope gotta try this
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6:50 transition goes crazzzy
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Can you manually move a slice line if it doesn't line up the way you want it?
Yes you can!
This was mad helpful
Glad it helped!
I'd love to do a 1 to 1 session and get some tips
@@novo_ephemera wassup bro! Thanks for showing interest. I’m bringing the 1 on 1 sessions back as soon as I can find a solution to some streaming issues I’ve been facing. I’ll bring sure to let everyone know when they are back.
@@MicahWeston I can’t wait and thank you
I’m a complete beginner.. I cannot slice.. I go to slice mode and I get nothing. I press x and y change octaves. Make sure keyboard is on the 9. I press alt and highlight.. nothing..
@@MUDDY_EKO Are you using your computer keyboard or a midi keyboard?
@@MicahWestoni kinda have the same problem i’m using my computer keyboard for now
nice!!!
@@ElWolfeJames Thanks bro!!
🙏🏻🔥great video bro, 🙏🏻🔊 Bro do you have any videos on laying down good boom bap drum patterns, mine are stale? Either using drum one shots or chopping up a drum loop. Trying to get better with boom bap drum variations 🙏🏻Thanks in advance, any advise or leads will be greatly appreciated
Wassup! I actually did make a tutorial on how to process drumbreaks and chop them but maybe in the future I will make another one. Thanks for watching.
Great tutorial brother question tho what scarlet interface are u using?
Wassup. It’s just a basic 2i2 (2nd gen).
This gonna be a silly question but how would I play the sample slice without a midi keyboard? The best one I got is my laptop’s computer lol and I have the Computer MIDI keyboard on but whenever I play something I don’t hear anything
@@starrysouI Aight no worries. This can honestly be multiple things bro. Is your track “armed”? Also, you maybe hitting keys on your keyboard that aren’t correspondent to any sample chop in simpler. Let me know.
@@MicahWeston I was able to figure it out! It did need to be armed and set to an octave of C1 and the keyboard bindings go from A to J excluding R and I! Thanks
@@starrysouI Cool bro! Glad you was able to figure that out.
I want to say thank you
I appreciate your comment! Thank you for tuning in!
when i choose slice y cant play in the keyboard, any help?
Can you explain a little more what you mean? If you have a sample in slice mode within Simpler you should be able to play the samples on your keyboard easily. Can you make sure that the track is “armed”?
how can I pop up the sampler/simpler at 1:50?I have nth showing up
@@carmenip6924 so sampler and simpler are both Ableton devices that you can manually pop up searching for them in the instruments tab. You can also drag an audio to the “Drop Audio Effects Here” section of a new midi track.
How can U change tempo of sample if it is already loaded in Drum rack?
Wassup. I didn't make it too clear in the video but you want to make sure that your sample is warped first before you drag it into a Simpler or Drum Rack. This will enable your sample to stay in time when you change the tempo of the session!
@@MicahWeston thnx Bro..
Is there no way to cut out parts of the song you don't need from simpler slice mode (slice by beat) ? I hate that my next slice has to start where the last one finished. that's so dumb. Do I have to slice it out from an audio track? yo that's crazy.
Bro, I aint gone lie. It’s hard for me to really understand your question. Could you re-phrase it for me?
But if I am understanding you correctly, that is how it goes when using the simpler device in Ableton. Keep in mind that there a few different ways to sample in Ableton. You can slice audio images arrangement view, you can drag sample chops into drum rack or simpler. All have different advantages!
@@MicahWeston I'm "simpling" a song and all I really want is a couple drums and cow bell thing in the beginning and the rest guitar stabs from 3 verses/solos but basically I see if I want to skip music/bars I have to use a entire "throw away" pad on my push 3 to cut out the part of the song that I'm never gunna use like Jimi Hendrix goofy singing.
I'm using simpler
Slice mode
Slice by beat
vs slice by... whatever were the other options.
This song I'm sampling might not be working or might not be as complete a song as I thought it would.
when i switch to splice none of my samples play on my launch pad. also when i drag my sample into simpler my sample into simpler it automatically without me doing anything, detunes the sample -48tones for no reason so i need to jump through hoops. help me use splices please.
Wassup. Can you clarify what you mean by, “When I switch to splice.” Are referring to when you turn the splice desktop app on? Is it only giving you this detuning issue with splice samples? This honestly sounds like you may be having a computer system issue more than anything else. Have you tried uninstalling Ableton and reinstalling it yet? Sorry you’re going through this man.
@@MicahWeston the options on the left hand side of simpler. Classic, one-shot, and slice, just like you did in the video, when i switch between these options, i can use the first two options and are detuned on my launch pad automatically for some reason, and i have no audio coming from the slices.
@@dustinkappel12 Do you run into this same problem even when you’re not using your launchpad?
@@MicahWeston if this makes it easier for you maybe this might help too. I’m running an older machine mikro 2 and I’m using just the launch pad feature. I can freeze, flatten, and slice to new midi track and chop samples that way but not through simpler. Maybe I’m missing something here but maybe it’s just my older launch pad.
@@dustinkappel12 I wish I could help more. It sounds to me that the issue maybe with the mikro and not Ableton. Possibly a compatibility issue if the mikro is really old like you said, especially if you don’t have these issues when the mikro is not plugged into your computer.
Great content, great info (great flow) and great ideas! One thing bro, turn up your vocals a little! I wish we could hear what you're saying better.
I’ll keep an eye on this for next time!