In other words, each of the warp markers will end up creating a new sample chop, but will not retain any of the audio warping.Īnd so to pick our sample points, we simply “Double Click” on the segment of the audio we want to place a new warp marker.

But in this sampling method, we’re only using the warp markers as the starting places for the sample slices. Note: The warp markers and warp engine are traditionally used for warping, or time-stretching your audio sample. So as you may or may not have already imagined, we’re actually going to be using Ableton’s warp markers to pick the exact places where we want to chop up our sample. Once you’ve got the warping cleared, you’ll want to click “Warp” again to re-enable the warp engine and click “Yes” to keep the clip’s current timing. This will clear all existing audio warping and restore the sample to its original speed and sound. All we need to do is click the “Warp” button. Note: Don’t worry too much about what your current global tempo is set at, this won’t affect our process.īy default, when you drag over a new audio file, Ableton will automatically enable the warp engine and may try to time stretch or alter your sample depending on its current BPM. The first thing we want to do to get started chopping our sample in Live is to drag our audio sample (.mp3. In the follow-up videos I’ll be covering more advanced sampling features and functionality to build on what we cover here today in this quick tutorial. This is part one of a multi-part Ableton Live 9 sampling series, and the intention for this first video is to get right into the meat and potatoes on how you can chop your samples and get your hands dirty right away. It’s been some time since I’ve covered this topic on sampling, so today’s video is a revamp on the How To Chop Samples in Ableton Live 8 tutorial video I shot a number of years ago – only this time demonstrating in Ableton Live 9.įirst off, let me say that there are a number of ways you can sample in Ableton Live – this is simply the method I’ve found that works best for me and seems to be the most straight forward. This is by far the absolute easiest way I’ve found to chop samples, and I wanted to pass along my quick 5-minute step-by-step tutorial on how to sample in Ableton Live 9.ĬLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 51 FREE HIP HOP DRUM SAMPLES > How to Sample in Ableton Live 9

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