When you're done recorded clips and want to go back to the mode where you just edit and play clips, set it back to Auto. If you want to play the Drumrack with a 16-pad controller like Push or QuNeo, select Track 2 and set Midi Monitor mode to In. (One of these days I'll probably merge these tracks using an instrument rack, but it will mean having to set up each chain using a MIDI Scale in each chain in order to prevent a weird double triggering problem because of a quirk in the Drum Rack mapping system.) This will allow you to see all of the VST's controller names. After programming the drums in the Midi channel, you can move them to the channel with the VST. In the drumroll stepsequencer clips in the Midi channel, each sound has it's name displayed and the piano roll folded, making for easy programming. This is similar to the previous version of the template. Audio will still be routed to the individual audio tracks and you can disregard Track 2, the Drum Rack track. If you want to use the D16 drum machine's built-in sequencers instead of Ableton Live's step sequencer but still use the Individual Ouptuts, turn on 'Int. You can't pick individual tracks inside a Drum Rack as a sidechain source, such as ONLY the kick, or ONLY the snare, from elsewhere in Live, only the whole Drum Rack submix. There is no 'arm session recording' per Drumrack channel like you'll find on regular audio channels. The audio channels grouped to #3 are used exclusively because the Drum Rack return channels are not as flexible as audio channels in ways that are useful for electronic drumkits. I mapped these in a way that's useful to me but you can change them without breaking anything. The only exception is Nepheton which has more sounds than supported individual outputs. Each Audio Output is set to receive one of the VST's individual outputs. These are used for individual audio output per sound and as an instrument submix instead of the Drumrack channels in the previous track. (Instrument Name) Submix, a Group which contains all the individual outputs for the instrument. Each Drum Rack pad is mapped to a single sound.ģ. The channels in this group are all audio mixer controls, shutting them down doesn't affect MIDI input or traversal of the channel at all. The channels in the folded group are for the audio return channels in the drumrack which we're not using at all. The channel can be left muted with the faders down. (Instrument name) Midi, which contains a Drumrack with a bunch of chains. You can turn the fader down, muted, and channel off this channel makes no sound.Ģ. Named after the instrument (Drumazon, Nithonat, etc), containing the VST plugin. Track #3 submixes a Group of audio tracks which receive the Individual OutputsĪfter dragging one on to the project, you'll see three channels:ġ. als files to your User Library, then drag whichever you want to use into your project. Requirements: In order to use this template, you need to already have the requisite D16 drum machine installed.Īdd the. (Even though the Drum Rack provides channels, I'm not using them in this template because the Drum Rack audio channels lack some important features found in regular Ableton Live Audio channels.)

Still have real individual audio output channels for each sound. Easy mapping of parameter automation to clips

Have the drum sounds mapped to a Drum Rack for real-time playing with drum pads (QuNeo, Ableton Push) and to be able to step sequence the VST drum module with external MIDI controllers (such as with Livid CNTRL:R, Ableton Push)

Able to utilize the Ableton Clip MIDI Step Sequencer in fold-up mode via the Drum Rack, displaying each instrument name in the piano roll.

M4l midi monitor