7 Live Set Tips from Billie Eilish’s Drummer Andrew Marshall

In this video Andrew Marshall shares his favorite Ableton tips that help him with his live rig setup when he’s touring on drums with Billie Eilish.
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00:00 Intro
00:38 Pitch shift samples while playing
04:16 Automate trigger sounds to turn on only where they’re needed
07:52 Nest Drum Racks in an Instrument Rack
10:39 Nest Instrument Racks within Drum Racks
14:36 Use sends and returns in the drum rack
18:13 Automate device on/off on your tracks to save CPU
20:19 Create a return track for offline editing
Andrew came up with many of the tips in this video under high-pressure situations in live settings. Rehearsals, sound checks, and performances can sometimes be very fast-paced and require quick solutions.
This drove him to experiment further with Ableton Live, and develop effective workflows for performing live.
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[@chino1275]

This is gonna change the game

[@alihutton]

Joe Cleggs been doing these tips for a while!

[@dmacrolens]

Why hasn't the game changed already? This stuff has been around for a long time.

[@LANDRmusic]

Did this video help you out with your live workflow? Tell us your setup in the comments below.

[@LibbyScottDrums]

I'm going to be rewatching this so many times. This is absolute gold. Thanks Andrew and thanks LANDR!!

[@LANDRmusic]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.

[@phillippowers6905]

Yes. Very inspiring my man. Thank you for sharing!!! You flipped my whole thought process.

[@Astral8expl]

That wicked high hat on “ my future” ,.....makes the song! Her voice runs and your hat? Damn! Cant get that tune out of my head! So happy to watch you all take over the world!

[@philippes1987]

That’s what I call a modern drummer! Very creative use of tech.

[@LANDRmusic]

Glad you like it!

[@renaissancemarieaustin]

Yes! Andrew is the best! Amazing drummer!

[@LANDRmusic]

He's pretty sick, for sure!

[@piloadami_]

What an amazing feat. So refreshing when someone who understands the music/software/technology is giving real life/practical advices, really does makes a lot of sense.

[@kursesandkarma3224]

Thanks Andrew. You're very kind to share this valuable information. I respect your wealth of knowledge and incredible drumming dynamics.

[@amandareis_01]

He taught me what I always wanna to know THE 808 PART, thanks LANDR and Andrew

[@BrandonWells]

this is so helpful and super concise. thank you

[@ableton_live_well]

Ugh. Fantastic tutorial and just what I needed!’

[@LANDRmusic]

Glad it helped!

[@jonasverlo]

This was a goldmine of practical information. Thanks! 🙌🏻

[@LANDRmusic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@daynelawless]

Awesome lesson. Thanks!

[@iamthe_m]

This is absolute gold! ✨

[@shadowswag55]

This has inspired me to be even better than I am right now!! LANDR is dope, Andrew Marshall is a modern day hero!!

[@elybeth]

pure gold !

[@nfaaudio8412]

Wow that was really interesting, helpful and detailed, thanks!

[@LANDRmusic]

Glad it helped!

[@wolfereeno]

Great! Thanks so much for posting this.

[@LANDRmusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@runionbryan]

Thanks for sharing! Great info

[@LANDRmusic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@65Drums]

That was awesome

[@LANDRmusic]

Thanks so much! Andrew is great.

[@Blackstick01]

Sick!!!

[@Al1495trololol]

thanks for that !

[@olic9461]

Firstly, I really appreciate Andrew's insight, especially as I've got my first gig performing live with ableton coming soon and these tips are fantastic! But also I think it's funny that billie found a drummer whos personality is as stoic as she appears to be most of the time lol. Of course, I haven't heard anything else about Andrew, so I'm definitely gonna check him out. Thanks again for the video!

[@LANDRmusic]

Thanks for the comment oliver.

[@Jamthecoolerator]

Billie Eilish--stoic??? What ??!! Stoic is most definitely NOT a word I would use to describe Billie Eilish.

[@BeatitupBawla]

This video is awesome !!!!!

[@LANDRmusic]

We think so, too. Thanks for watching :)

[@bryansanders2741]

Thank you!

[@rowenberrou1084]

Thank u this is frickin awesome

[@LANDRmusic]

Thanks Rowen!!

[@robbertvanhulzen]

thanks for these tips!! another way of making sure you don't use more cpu than needed is turn the racks off with the chain selector: map the chain selector to a macro on the instrument rack, map the nested (drum) rack's on/off button to the same macro, make sure to adjust the mapping (click "map" so everything goes green and type in the applicable value), and automate the macro in arrangement view, or (and this is what i do, i like the flexibility) in (dummy) clips in the session view (launchable with any midi controller). if you select "select next scene on launch" in the prefs, the next clip will be waiting for you when you need it.

[@divorcecourtt]

This is great.

[@LANDRmusic]

Cheers!

[@cameronpablo]

So much sauce.

[@LANDRmusic]

Came for the drums, stayed for the sauce.

[@chazzdrums]

Oooh my good ... thank you!!! ✌🏼

[@LANDRmusic]

You are so welcome!

[@ghdrum]

Very interesting video. Some great tips in here. That second tip about automating the threshold in apptriga though, why not just stick the sample onto the backing track......!?

[@hibavictor2271]

I always wondered who Billie Eilish's drummer was becouse he is so amazing

[@jesusjesus6061]

🏆 🌟✨That's Gold!!!☀⭐🌙💫

[@harryo74]

Can you comment or do a vid on how setup the pads to trigger samples n loops in Ableton ? This video is very helpful as well!

[@capybera]

You can do that with the MIDI mapping function in Ableton. It can be quite as simple as turning on MIDI mapping (command M on Mac), clicking the loop, scene, sound, parameter, etc. with your mouse and then hitting the pad on your MIDI device that you want to trigger it and then exiting MIDI mapping mode.

[@Shiri.Burstein]

man that's awesome. I was just wandering how do you sync your computer to another so if let's say Finneas is playing stuff out of his Mac live? I hope my question make sense. thanks!

[@capybera]

You can create a local network in your computer's network settings, have the other computer join the network, and use global MIDI clock synchronization to link the computers. If using Ableton, you can actually sync multiple computers' sessions so that it's like a live editable session by all linked users and everything happens in real time across all computers. I've only done it a few times many years ago but if you search using those types of words you should find resources.

[@noahlippert5122]

Is it possible to this with Live 11 standard or do you need suite?

[@devingrubbs]

So do they run their live sets via Arrange view? That's the one thing I'm kinda confused about. If you switch back to session view does that automation still work? And if you stay in Arrange how do you control playback?

[@danalovesyou7898]

OMG HEY ANDREW

[@mikloskovacs3734]

okay i might be missing something here but I don't understand why would using the aptrigga plugin solve the latency issue? midi or audio the latency is always there.. or not? also if the roundtrip latency is around 8ms is that really an audible flam? I would think that's a latency you could work with. If anyone has experience with this it's appreciated! I only used the spd by itself so far, just getting into using it with Ableton..

[@rTKEz452]

I’m wondering if Mixcraft allows you to do something similar to this

[@LANDRmusic]

AFAIK Mixcraft isn't set up for live performance. It might be possible in Logic.

[@jonreintjensdrums]

can i have the preset Andrew made in aptrigga?

[@LuisCasstle]

The only thing missing is a monotone voice to match the face 🤣 But other than that solid advice for sure ✌ Here I am trying to simulate bass like that with toms, I will try this.

[@jonreintjensdrums]

Can you also do this in Logic X pro?

[@LANDRmusic]

This is a great question. With the new Logic update, there may be a way.

[@zachjurkovich3547]

Stoic Ableton wizard explains his secrets

[@LANDRmusic]

Now you can cast some Ableton spells, too!

[@FrankFluker]

Does anyone know how to route the Spd-sx to the drum rack in Ableton? Having some trouble..

[@florianwienczny8810]

You want to use some kind of Midi Interface using the Midi Output of your Spd-Sx. I use the midi ports of my audio interface. The interface should appear in your midi settings in ableton and also in the miditrack with your drum rack.

[@robbertvanhulzen]

trouble is, the spd (and other controllers) send out midi notes that are different from the ones used by default in the drum rack - so you want to change the pitch. use a midi pitch effect to "translate" the pitch from the spd to the required pitch in the ableton drum rack, one for each pad (on separate chains in a midi effect rack). (you could also reprogram the spd to send out different note numbers, but i prefer to stay as close to factory settings as possible - imagine getting ready for a gig and your spd isn't working, you don't want to have to reprogram the one you can borrow or rent for the occasion.)

[@jobeaujobeau]

You can also edit the notes in the SPD SX kit settings

[@mangocorpse8433]

This guy loki looks like mr bean

[@enoch.c]

goodbye fl...

[@bedlegs]

Haha you’ll have fun I think. Have you tried it out yet? Ableton currently has 90 days free trial still I I’m pretty sure

[@LANDRmusic]

FL coming soon!!! Incredible DAW