5 Ways to Resample in Ableton Live

In this video, I run through 5 different ways you can resample audio in Ableton Live.
1. 'Resampling' mode as track input
2. Custom track inputs
3. Custom track outputs
4. Freezing
5. Rendering
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[@rem_av]

Method 1: 1:00 Method 2(MOST USED): 4:00 Method 3: 6:39 Method 4: 8:10 Method 5: 9:35

[@FranciscoAbeonis]

Resampling is crystal clear now. Thanks.

[@patkelly8309]

I'd add that resampling is the easiest way to include send fx in your copy as simply re-recording the track will bypass any send/returns you may have set-up. Exporting clips is the other way but I find that quite tedious. If you are resampling your whole mix be sure to turn off your Master fx so they aren't 'doubled up' on the re-sample.

[@FranciscoAbeonis]

Damned! Turn off the master fx is the solution to my problem with resampling. Thanks.

[@allancerf9038]

MGF Audio. I'm four years later joining the party but wanted to mention I'm writing a theme for TV and I asked the engineer who doesn't use Live if using re-sampling in this fashion is 'cheating?' I agree with you- at some point glueing tracks together and applying edits, warping, and FX to a single track makes sense. The fidelity is not lost and after all - whatever you send out at the end of a session is a two track master. The engineer to my surprise said by all means do it. It's a tremendously powerful tool. Folks should be careful selecting warp mode!! when using re-sampling according to my certified instructor. Here's the argument vs. (apparently the facts). I do hear usually better quality usig 'Pro' mode but my instructor says actually beats mode is CLOSEST to the original sound. What a trip. In resampling, selecting Pro mode can 'darken' certain brighter sounds.Selecting warp mode after resampling is maybe the one thing that's a bit fiddly about resampling. To be honest, Ableton does most things well, a few things poorly, and a very few things 'great.' And there are some serious bugs in every version. Resampling is one of the great things live does. It's so much quicker than bouncing stuff out and used creatively - such as in double-tracking similar parts to quickly build backing tracks - it's phenomenal. Thanks for this!

[@yosoybrad9162]

Excellent explaining. Thank you.

[@juandavidparrasuarez6065]

Excellent! Really helpful thx 💯

[@spurts]

Nice presenting style, Mate.

[@MaximeRoman]

great ! subbed

[@svmmmmmmmmm]

Excellent video

[@isaacmaze7897]

thanks mate! i always thought resampling recorded through the microphone so i stayed away from it forever.. i feel so dumb now

[@BarceMessi]

lovely video m8

[@aritradasgupta8374]

Thank you

[@JosephineDeSmet]

I tried the resampling and everything worked. The volume on the buss tracks wasn't quieter. The track it was sampled to showed the wave. When I solo it, you hear it. But no matter what I tried when I exported it it came back silent. I don't get it at all😊

[@unofficialbobcat]

im freaking out you sound like the drum thing

[@FurkanTopal]

I randomly encountered your video and I wanna ask a question: Why would anyone want to use resampling? That seems awkward to me. I mean the two clips are already in a raw vertically and that's what arrangement view does, to play them. Why would we need this thing? If CPU reasons, there's something called consolidation which is exactly same in the theory with resampling. So I really wonder why people are using this method. If you wanna add fx, you can group and do. So what else could be... Hmm... Might be the one wants to warp and stretch the compounded "resampling" audio and play around? Is that why anyone would want to use?

[@MGFaudio]

there are a bunch of reasons to resample, but it's not an essential part of music making or working in ableton either. maybe i should make a video on why we resample! but some quick reasons would be 1) workflow - squishing a bunch of tracks into a single audio clip 2) reducing CPU load 3) sound design - maybe you want to reverse the sound or slow it way down with the effects already added. 4) having greater control over modulation and time-based effects. eg sometimes i like 'printing' a slow flanger to a sample, then playing back different points in the sweep.