One Thing: Ninajirachi - Textured drum layers

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[@moonboie]

What the hell thats genius

[@MazarXSkunk]

Agreed

[@n_ki]

people been doin this for decades wtf

[@nijq]

@@n_ki i guess he meant the way she uses Simpler, not layering samples in general :)

[@n_ki]

@@nijq nothing new there either. +if youre going for some "randomness" theres much better ways to do it then shown here

[@jakebeckett207]

@@n_ki I know what you're saying but the simple fact that simpler will choose a 100 settings for you is basically random as you can't know what transients it's going to pick out before it actually happens. So to the producer, it is essentially a random selection which reality has provided to. That's random enough for me, easy enough to take one of those transient sensitivity selections and chop it up how you like. Sick workflow!!

[@jerry-seinfeld]

1:22 is the fastest i've learned something useful in a long while, thanks!

[@alsoeris]

Facts lmao

[@maryanne2025]

Yep

[@TNGlive]

lol. I was thinking the same thing!

[@dariobaldasari8116]

Dylan Adamek I was thinking the same haha! 🤣

[@Ravver]

yeah seriously this is wild, more stuff like this

[@tonoormusic]

insanely creative tip, thanks!

[@DS-ow2ge]

thats the fastest i've ever gone from "lol theres no way this will work out" to "OMG I NEED THIS"

[@steveperry7799]

Get a MPC Live!!

[@jj53368]

Love Ableton for their incredibly inspiring, concise, and helpful content. No other company provides users with such empowering documentation and resources.

[@semares1]

Wish the masterclasses I've taken were this to the point

[@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo]

The Timbaland Master Class is pretty good. They show everything

[@markusosthoff5219]

This is one of the best video series for production that I know of. Short and to the point. So much inspiration. I dont even work on Ableton, but that doesnt matter.

[@Kkidzz]

A crew of brick workers currently rebuilding my parapet walls on my three story building; old brick being discarded into a dumpster below on the street. I recorded the ambient sound and chucked the wav's into Simpler and rolled off all the high end; made a midi file converted from a wav of the jack hammer; slowing the tempo down to 40bpm. Ended up with a nice eruption close to 6.8 on the Richter which my daughter is using as the soundtrack to her clay volcano science project.

[@diogofonseca199]

I love this comment

[@studilocker4439]

I will try that with my next diarrhea and add some distortion, reverb and delay. Just imagine the people dancing to it!

[@studilocker4439]

Would be real acid!

[@champ10ns08]

But it'll just sound like sh*t. #Badumtish 🤭🤗😉😁

[@nikolanebulus7259]

Genius! Then you can do a tutorial video so we can learn your technique lol

[@chikifree]

dropping the bass taken to a whole new level

[@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo]

@@chikifree Don't overcompress the hole when you're pushing out those bass drops

[@shebrr]

The song at the end is fucking heat

[@toybitszzz]

I must be getting old because I rolled my eyes at first thinking this will be silly then by the end, picking up jaw, and house keys so I can go out and try this myself! That was cool.

[@beefknuckles]

same here haha. Can confirm... I am also old.

[@mrclaytron]

This is a really nice idea. Probably one of the better creative ideas I've seen in these videos... Good one, Nina!

[@lemonhscott7667]

Oh I’m definitely gonna try this one! Genius idea

[@weilermusic5057]

Man I did this, but it was all by hand with an audio track! Thank you Nina for the faster workflow :)

[@twins9921]

best advice ever this changed my music. i use this technique for everything not just drums

[@marclavelle6507]

the recording foley bit was awesome, but the simpler technique can also be applied by dragging drum midi into the simpler channel..doing exactly what Nina does but throw a vocal in simpler...thats the vocal hook sub technique that will create interesting vocal textures...the possibilities are endless

[@AsherPostmanMusic]

literal queen 👑

[@andycordy5190]

I'm always looking for new sources for percussive sound in beat making. Your process is so quick. No fiddling around on location looking for quality audio hits. Get back, slice, pick out bits that are obviously not working and ...boom! Thank you!

[@UMBR.]

Great tip. The simple ones are sometimes the best. It is also worth stepping outside of the predictable combinations of organic instruments - like stones in water - and trying things a little more alternative. When preparing my dinner earlier, I inadvertently discovered the gorgeous crackling/popping sounds made when sprinkling salt in champagne. It had a timbrel quality that was notably unique and different to any fizzing, popping or crackling I had previously heard. I will be sampling this. Thanks Ableton and Nina.

[@robertjones9598]

Yeah, I like to sprinkle a little saffron into my caviar sometimes. Insane noises!

[@TomasGeorge]

Nice, that sounds really cool!

[@ianvei4065]

Another way to do something similar is load up a sampler into a drum rack and then load a ton of percussion / foley into the sampler and set an LFO to automate the selection

[@MohamedWaheedAtef]

Did anyone ID the track playing at the end? 4 years and I still want to listen to the full version 😄

[@brucedeloop9494]

This is just so frikkin beautiful

[@jimixdnb]

These one things are seriously the best thing ever!

[@DrVilest]

You gave us 6month masterclass in just 1min.

[@robertjones9598]

Good lord, that was amazing.

[@mhyacovers9296]

This is one of the things why I've switched to Ableton. Simple yet genius. It's hard for me to adapt, used to be a FL studio user, but I think it's worth it

[@80sfan61]

if you wanted my advice I'd say: read the manual. I know it's a 700+ pages bible, but read it. really everything is explained there. good luck with your transition!

[@Manu-em6ed]

thanks so much !! I used to chop samples in audio tracks... this really speeded up my workflow !

[@samueljackson8232]

I've been trying to use organic sounds in my beats more and more, the method of using Simpler slicing and just dragging+dropping drum MIDI to trigger the sample is genius tho :)

[@phucduongnguyen67]

Learned something today,thank you !!

[@Temporalmixproductions]

That ended up being pretty cool. Great work.

[@frikardo]

Wow..Simple,creative and cool!Thank you Nina!

[@rainboy7519]

This is the quickest most inspirational tip I've ever learned

[@MazarXSkunk]

Dope idea! For sure going to try this out. Thank you.

[@LosantoBeats]

So you are telling me I dont need a $300 handheld recorder?

[@LfunkeyA]

duh

[@LosantoBeats]

Jonathan Holland im always afraid I wouldnt be able to get good enough audio quality to work with. Is that not the case?

[@LosantoBeats]

@Jonathan Holland Thanks

[@DJSidhu24]

😂🤣👌

[@Filomen7]

@@LosantoBeats I think iphones have a really decent mic for sampling stuff from nature and shit.with some fx you can do awesome things! but 300$ recorder will do the work much better :D

[@infexn7996]

Thats why I bought Ableton next day

[@tylerdurden6992]

always next day

[@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo]

I stole mine illegally through torrents. I'm edgy

[@GuidoGautsch]

@@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo username checks out

[@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo]

@@GuidoGautsch How's a skateboard trick edgy my good mam?

[@evodem]

Thanks for this fast and inspirational tip! Subscribed!

[@PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra]

wow, this is brilliant!!

[@hardflipofficial]

crazy simple and effective tip!!

[@LeifurEir]

Wow, that's super useful actually. So many possibilities.

[@maxxmarci6311]

that's actually really creative, good work girl!

[@chrissprade3170]

Wow ! So quick yet so dope and creative ! I'll definitelly try it, thank you !

[@StevenCasteelYT]

That sounded awesome.

[@rodeointblud]

Her demo ableton song is hell of an art peace.

[@basscliff55]

Brilliant simply brilliant😳🤯

[@福ノ鬼]

So beautiful.

[@ninjafukwan7]

COOL TIP Ninajirachi . Thanks !

[@burbankjr]

This blew my mind

[@ernestgrouns8710]

Fantastic

[@Peter32tjrksor]

Very cool technique

[@AmitPadhye]

she is great

[@anto.mp4]

Wow, great technique!! I'm going to open up FL Studio and apply it right now.

[@Cryptiiix]

melkäre exactly, can we get some love for FL because Ive been using FL for too long to want to switch to Ableton

[@Drumheadrob]

Wow, great idea!

[@justmart4455]

Goosebumps all over! Holy shit

[@wtfpercussion]

This is an amazing idea! ❤

[@rajakhan2668]

Incredible !!!

[@xxsayabetoxx]

OMG!!! this is so effing good...

[@blearbenin]

creative genius! have never thought of something like this

[@kladdha_]

Absolute gem of a tip

[@atomic7680]

wow the result is so cool

[@mredrollo]

Def my favourite one thing!

[@romannastyuk5612]

absolutely genius! respect!

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

That's pretty cool ! 10/10

[@IHMadeThis]

Crazy useful technique. Niiiice.

[@johndunder]

Cool! Awesome idea!

[@prynceal6762]

Thats cool as hell!

[@dreamlandsociety5842]

Awesome tip. This is Gold!

[@RichardRichardVC]

This is excellent, great tip

[@MindPodNetwork]

this is genius!

[@nikovaude]

whaaaat that's so creative I love it

[@BulgBeats]

thats a 🔥 Beat 🙌🏼

[@8484tigger]

What song is at the end? :D Where can I hear the full song?

[@phoenelai]

wow I love that!

[@jordanhamana1816]

So cool !!

[@BigBrother619]

Love the video. . Good stuff

[@dumafuji]

One of the best tip

[@steamsteam6607]

That's awesome thanks.

[@paultyrrell8060]

Amazingly good.

[@user82938]

Cool idea.

[@justmart4455]

Thank you man!

[@reayxx]

thats insaneeee

[@BenCaesar]

Second time watching it. What a great video 🔥

[@blearbenin]

next level things to do when you go out!

[@radatabass]

Great one ☝️

[@nickyalin4075]

Super!

[@alldaysea1414]

this shit is next level. my tracks are about to pop :) thank you ableton

[@pavle988]

Great idea!! Ty

[@RadionicGermany]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Look at that! How creative you are.... Men...how did you get this idea???? THATS UNBELIVEABLE ! Ok, let's be honest. I did this back in 1994 . And not just me.....!

[@obszczymucha1337]

God fucking damn! Crazy! Thank you

[@precarious333music]

Nice one! Great idea.

[@lalelu6835]

great content!

[@homehealthphysicaltherapy]

Brilliant!

[@G_ROBINSON89]

Clever 😊

[@Besteleben1]

nice idea!

[@stephenfegely]

I heard the “William Tell Overture” played

[@Dewabarasunderan]

Mind blown

[@kristelstarmans]

I use Ableton since 2011 ❤️ . Thanks Nina for your good ideas ! Kristel Starmans music

[@hypnauticamusic]

Ya well I've used microsoft word since like 1994 ... so take that.

[@POYMI]

Крутая чувиха

[@liamkelley467]

Wow!

[@miguel12222]

Hey anybody knows the name of the song that plays at the end of the vid?? ty

[@JacoxNovak]

omg pls

[@adrianalessandro2015]

@@JacoxNovak the original Virtual Self - Ghost Voices :)

[@hypnauticamusic]

@@adrianalessandro2015 You've achieved a very special and rare level of incorrectness. Congratulations.

[@SoRisky]

@@hypnauticamusic LMAO ive honestly never seen that way of telling someone they're wrong before

[@Mr5eastar]

@@hypnauticamusic I know its 8 months after you've commented on this but He's not that wrong, The pulsing bass is the same chords and rhythm as ghost voices- just with a different ending that ascends.