Open an arpeggiator MIDI device and load up Simpler onto a new MIDI channel and switch to “Slice” mode and load up a loop. Utilizing an arpeggiator MIDI device or a Max4Live sequencer in combination with an instance of Simpler, you can generate new loops out of already existing loops to generate new rhythms and patterns.

Below is an example of a loop with no processing, and then transient shaped with a 16th note set and Linndrum Groove applied, and the two files consolidated. The audio file after consolidating the clip.Īnother trick while in the Beats warp mode, is to switch from Transient to 16th notes, adjust the transient amount down from 100 and then apply a groove to the audio and this will give some stuttering effects that can help give some more flow to a steady loop.

Using the Gain Modulation Envelope in the clip editor. A really good trick to use this in conjunction with is changing the transient shape in Beats warp mode to the single right arrow, and decrease the amount to clean up tails on your hits and tighten it up. Once you have the volume automation how you like, highlight the clip and hit Cmd/Ctrl+J to consolidate the clip. This allows you to avoid having to delete the audio of each hit that you don’t want in the loop. Clip Gain AutomationĪn easy way to generate some ideas and new rhythms or clean up loops that you have available is to modulate the clip gain amount to duck certain sections of the loop. We’ll go over a few tips that I’ve picked up that help take a loop and generate new ideas with it. Or you use loops but find that just dragging in the basic loop doesn’t always add the pizazz to your track that you’re looking for. With the rise of Splice, and more and more sample companies opting for releasing loop heavy packs, producers often find themselves in one of two predicaments: Either you think using loops is cheating and a waste of time.

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