mysterious clipping sound...

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   Hey Rob-I have a weird little problem.For some reason only the hi hats on Impulse have a quick clipping sound at the beginning of each measure.I have tried switching instruments for the same pad yat it is alwys there to some degree.
My normal mixer settings are Ext. In to 1/2,and with Impulse I usually record into an audio track to record.,with the Impulse track being Midi form All Ins to All Channels.
And the audio track would be from the Midi track to Post Mixer.
Are these the proper settings ?
Thanks a heap.

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davidoli Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ProducerTech Student Joined: 11 Jan 2010 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Quote Reply Topic: mysterious clipping sound... Posted: 27 Feb 2010 at 12:23am
	Hey Rob- I have a weird little problem.For some reason only the hi hats on Impulse have a quick clipping sound at the beginning of each measure.I have tried switching instruments for the same pad yat it is alwys there to some degree. My normal mixer settings are Ext. In to 1/2,and with Impulse I usually record into an audio track to record.,with the Impulse track being Midi form All Ins to All Channels. And the audio track would be from the Midi track to Post Mixer. Are these the proper settings ? Thanks a heap.

RobJones Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Oct 2009 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 192	Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 2010 at 7:51pm
	Hey David, What do you mean by clipping sound? You mean distorted or clipped as in finished early? If you mean finishes early then is it the last pad you're talking about and is link turned on? This makes the last pad cut out when the pad before sounds. The mixer settings sound fine. Just make sure the Impulse track is receiving MIDI from the source you are using to play it - with All Ins and All Channels selected, that should be fine! The audio track settings are good too - the MIDI track post the mixer will do the job. Why are you recording Impulse out of interest? Cheers, Rob

davidoli Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List ProducerTech Student Joined: 11 Jan 2010 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 2010 at 9:12pm
	by clipping I mean the sound that an amp, or external input,noise,makes when you turn something on and off,like a microphone sound or such.It is at the very beggining,or end,repeat of the loop. I will check the link settings etc. What I usually do is set up a fully fleshed out impulse track,then record each drum seperately on a audio track.This allows me to throw a bunch of effects to individual loops,because you can't use audio effects on Midi tracks correct?-and the Midi effects are not quite as easy to figure out or seem to offer a lot of variants. I usually resample wet loops,make a few different versions and store them for later use or variants throughout a set. I do DJ gigs,using all original material.The reason why I got this course was to learn more streamlined or efficient ways to use ableton. I suppose I could just keep a track of individual impulse clips , and maybe use return tracks for effects,but real time effect manipulation with several return tracks whilst keeping an eye on the tracks and clips at the same time seems a little daunting. What do you think ?

RobJones Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Oct 2009 Location: Germany Online Status: Offline Posts: 192	Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 2010 at 11:55am
	Hey David, No, you can use audio effects on MIDI tracks, just only after you've added an instrument to them, so that the MIDI has turned into audio. So there's no real need to bounce down your drum loops. The only limitation with Impulse is that you can't apply effects to the individual drums on the track, you need to use a drum rack to do that. Drum racks are introduced at the end of the beginners course. I think knowing about drum racks will definitely enhance the way you use Live - it certainly changed the way I use it! That said, if you're talking about performance here then you may want to record all your drum loops in advance to make things less complex - it's entirely up to you. Whilst producing, it's always best to keep things as MIDI as it makes it more flexible and allows you to make more changes, although Live is very good at allowing you to manipulate audio too! Let me know if you have any more questions... Cheers, Rob