Split Drum Rack Sounds to Individual Tracks - Ableton Tutorial

In this tutorial, you'll learn a pretty handy technique for working with drum racks in Ableton. Check out the full course here: bit.ly/ableton9-intro-halfoff

[@TNGlive]

This is the answer I and a lot have been looking for, to speed up workflow and it’s been there all along? Wow.

[@johnathanfludd]

IRW THIS TOOK YEARS TO FIGURE OUT1

[@BenCaesar]

The gift that keeps on giving

[@StevenCasteelYT]

"It's better to split them out to individual tracks so you have more control when it comes to the arrangement and processing." I knew it! I'm making an Ableton template right now and I have a Kick, Snare, Closed HH, and they are all grouped together as "DRUMS". My thought was, "How the hell am I going to work on the kick / low end if it's in the same track as high frequency parts?". You confirmed exactly what I was hoping to hear and it's the only time I've ever heard someone say it explicitly. Thank you.

[@GreatestSportsHighLights]

So basically just load up different drum racks ?? A drum rack for kicks and a drum rack for snares and a drum rack for hats and ect!

[@jaydekaytv]

Just FYI - You can still work on the kick while it’s in the same rack. Your plugins just go after the kick sampler. You can also setup send and returns within the drum rack.

[@snubdawg1386]

@@jaydekaytv how can i setup different send and returns on different drum rack pads? ...i need to layer 3 different kicks to pad1, 3 different highats to pad2, 3 different snares to pad 3, no problem ...but now i want to send just pad1 and pad3 to the sam effect

[@jaydekaytv]

@@snubdawg1386 Also make sure you enable "Show Devices" and "Show Chains Lists" with the small buttons on the left side of the Drum Rack. These two comments I made should get you set in the right direction.

[@jaydekaytv]

@@snubdawg1386 I replied 2x already but the post keeps getting removed prob because each time I included a link to the Ableton manual along with my comment. I'll do this once more for you. Nest an instrument rack in a drum rack. Create multiple chains in the instrument rack, each with a sampler. In your Drum Rack, show the Sends and Returns with the S and R buttons on the far left of the Drum Rack. This will show an area where you can insert effects. Use the small sends sliders in the Drum Rack chains to send the amount you want to each Return within your drum rack. I wrote this 2x already so am being a bit frank. I hope this helps.

[@Gluttonforpeace]

Ableton is so user-friendly. It never ceases to amaze me.

[@Yhuntermusic]

5 years later and this is still a GEM! Thank you!

[@jhnclvr]

Really appreciate the second method. It allows you to have individual stems for each drum part WITH any effects that you added, if you want to have them as part of the mixing process.

[@nelsonnavarrouk]

Very grateful for this tutorial, have been wishing for a function like this for ages! Glad to know it's been there all along and look forward to using it. Thanks for the advice!

[@hannahbackward]

Thank you! Your videos are life savers. This one saved my whole night. I was about to lose my mind. I also loved the one on making your own kick drum.

[@TheSocialjerry]

amazing tutorial ... the simplicity in your explanation is top notch

[@juan2thepaab]

This is so easy, I was expecting it to be a pain. I love ableton so much

[@delanomoore2977]

They should just add a “split by chain to track” button

[@delanomoore2977]

@jonathan doron yeah but don’t everything extract into individual drum racks instead of each sound on a sampler?

[@thomasnixon6385]

i know I am pretty off topic but does anybody know a good website to watch new series online?

[@keagantrey8743]

@Thomas Nixon I watch on FlixZone. You can find it on google =)

[@sauljustice9668]

@Keagan Trey Yea, I've been using Flixzone for since march myself :)

[@thomasnixon6385]

@Keagan Trey thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) Appreciate it !!

[@daffycarter8390]

Thank you for this tutorial we all truly appreciate this more then anything and now I'm in love with drum rack again and ableton I was using Reason but I love the way my drums say in ableton. Thank you once again and I'm gonna buy my ableton and push 2

[@peterhooftHotfootHits]

YES YES YES! Finally the answer to how to lay out drum tracks. Thank you so much 👍👍😎

[@lennartschulz3540]

I recently switched to Ableton, and I have it so often that I think: "Nah, I don't think you can do this in Ableton, I'll just go back to FL" but then I google it and find out, that there is super convenient way to do it in Ableton... Thanks for the video!

[@ado011235]

why did you make the switch?

[@Snax_Musician]

Can NOT believe I didn't know this already! Thanks so much for this vid. It's a huge help! Another reason to love Ableton Live. :)

[@boogiejonz]

Mind Blown!!! Thanks for this one dude!

[@techture]

Thank you so much! This is a miracle maneuver :)

[@redbirdsaraceno]

Thank you ! just what i was trying to figure out.

[@RoitownINK]

Idea popped in to my mind that there must be a way to do this easily in Ableton Live. Quick google search and found this excellent tutorial. Thank you!

[@contentmaxru]

Thanks for the Arrangement View, sir!

[@sosilly3008]

Been looking for this for a while

[@daanthijssen1748]

This is one heck of a lovely tutorial

[@DJMrVibe]

Leveled up right here. THX my G!

[@40edison]

great video, straight to the point!

[@terrytk9398]

Well explained tutorial & nice to have some humour too! Thanks.

[@patkelly3966]

Thanks. Concise, short n sweet.

[@TheAudioJourney]

Very handy! Thanks, Lenny.

[@DanielSalazar-nf4kr]

Amazing video, a game changer for me!

[@ArapBayraminOglu]

Another smart way to do this is to route each drum rack sound to seperate audio channels in a group (kick/snare/hat/perc/etc). and then resample/record these channels once you are satisfied with your drum rack midi programming. So then you can record everything to audio on it's own channel within a new drum group with audio clips for each drum sound. Offcourse this can be done with midi clips as well. Just save it as a template and your done. One drum rack alongside one parallel drum group to record into.

[@44y4l4]

YOO tell me more about this, it's exactly what i'm trying to do.. I've got my drum rack all set up, but i cant route the audio out of each pad into a separate audio track...

[@mikka0601]

It was very helpful!Thank you!

[@OntheHookGames]

that's exactly how i sound when I ask a question.. .LOL. Great video

[@eddieftw]

Thank you. This was a big help.

[@williamricketts7512]

awesome work bro!

[@restroomproducer2538]

Thanks! such a useful tip!

[@mitchellcukr8877]

Great video!

[@victorcastles]

Mind blown, thank you!

[@BobbyWashingtonvlog]

Dope video bro 😎

[@emptyfiles]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@mikeylion2790]

You're the man thank you!

[@gvgrace1624]

Damn. You knew my question Lenny. You knew!

[@masterofnone2973]

Excellent - thank you!

[@emotionwave]

Excellent, gonna try this with my Volca Sample to see if I can split the parts onto different tracks...

[@HoveyBenjamin]

This was exactly what I needed, thanks man. My fans will thank you for the amazing beats I make on Ableton now.

[@Yuniek]

thank you , you save my life

[@pavelcal1798]

Thanks so much for this info!!!!!!!! Very valuable!!!!!!

[@dailysassifrass]

good stuff, thanks!

[@rajeevpal8550]

hope this gonna work for me .thanks for making this video.

[@WDeeGee1]

Very informative, thank you.

[@alexrobertson232]

Good one ! Thanks !

[@ioanavivisenco]

amazing. thanks!

[@seldjandervish812]

Thank you sooo much!!! 😍

[@sabinacovarrubiasa]

this awsome !!!! thanks

[@MrBrugambarra]

Niiiice Bro!! Help me so much!! Thanksss!!!

[@nsaaccount909]

+1 I like how slow he speaks, so it's easy to follow for beginners. It also enables you to listen in 1.25 with no less of comfort.

[@nathanmorrow2584]

Awesome! Is there a reverse function for this? Something that consolidates simplers and midi on separate tracks into one drum rack track?

[@darsayevcarvalho]

Thank you so much!

[@FloydTheBarber99]

Thank you very much!!!

[@shanechanner5846]

Great vid!!! 😎😎😎

[@LavitoBeats]

Dude so easy but still super necessary, thanks al lot! Pz

[@BulgBeats]

Thank You 🙏🏼

[@SurferGorilla]

Thank youy so much man!

[@---4385]

It's a solution, but I don't love it. I don't want it extracted to another rack. I want it extracted to a single midi track. Also you can't extract all of the Drums to individual Racks as well. As soon as you chose multiples ones at the same time, they will get extracted to a single rack. It's a pain and I don't understand how Ableton doesn't have a better way to do this.

[@Boltrex100]

Same

[@dissdad8744]

I would probably help more if you either pose this question in the official Ableton forums, create a feature request or contact the Ableton team directly. No offense, but if you want to contribute, you should use the right venues. Do you expect the Ableton team to out of billions of videos on KZbin coincidentally find your comment in this comment's section and respond accordingly?

[@AeroManyelo]

Very helpful THANKS

[@aaronbarber6238]

Mind blown 🤯🤯🤯

[@taxiwilliams]

You can also drag each individual cell onto the arrangement/session to create a separate channel

[@laurenspagen]

Nice this works awesome for me

[@beatgeekmuzic]

Mannnnnnnn this is the best!!!!!

[@promiseesimorp2519]

Thank you so much

[@DarraghRedmond]

Nice one Lenny

[@jpod16]

Thank you!

[@scottiescott9297]

Awesome video on an awesome function. Great for workflow and customization of drum components. Thank you!!!

[@AlexandreSoma]

F* MAN! That was awesome!!!

[@jessetaldotcom]

Awesome!

[@George-nx8zu]

Hm but if you're doing it this way what's the advantage of having that sound in the Drum Rack in the first place

[@asapeters7246]

triggering drums live via a controller might be easier with the rack if I'm thinking correctly?

[@p.n__]

For me it's just convenient having all the sounds and velocity controls in one place. Easier to quantize as well

[@Serpien7e]

super thanks

[@MonoNovaTube]

the best DAW on the market

[@hawanhdh]

Thank u!!!

[@fernbassyahoo]

thanks!!

[@aquiestapedro]

THANKS DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dallasdalzell4316]

Awesome

[@AngelLebailly]

thanks mate.

[@modzliszka]

thanks!

[@joakimhellgren3801]

so, in order to make polymetric sequences you have to take out specified track from the drum group like you show here. i think its surprising for a daw in 2018 to not having the ability to do different time signatures within the same group. Like how skinnerbox time works for example.

[@marcoscortelazzo]

hi! tnx a lot for the tip! I got a question for extracting in arrangement view. If I have, let's suppose, 5 drum tracks (snare, kick, etc)....does the CPU load increase a lot? Because each track will contain the same VST...right? Is there a way to avoid this huge cpu load? maybe giving to all these separate tracks a command to take a specific VST in another track. Hope my English Is good :)

[@dissdad8744]

Hi, is there a way to assign different FX send levels to the individual outputs? For example: I would like to send the snare into the reverb FX channel, while not affecting the kick.

[@KSKSKSx2]

helpful, thx

[@9tao9]

What if i have some sends in the drum rack. i loose all my proccesing if i extract them

[@thestonyallenspeaks]

Thanks for showing the different methods. For some reason, when I separate my drum rack into separate tracks, the individual tracks sound quieter than when they were grouped in my drum rack and don't hit as hard. Then I have to go back and adjust note velocity or faders. Is there a reason this could be happening?

[@luisivan6611]

Okay. thank you. By separating drums into new tracks does it sound harder or better?

[@ariyaAY]

good fella

[@LosantoBeats]

Honestly there should be a one click option to just extract all the tracks that have MIDI info in them.

[@meshglider]

yep i dont want to renanme every time, automate this

[@carlosp.1846]

2 years later still nothing? In Studio One it’s done in 1 click , for any midi clip

[@vas3124]

thanks

[@nephewheshh]

thank u

[@jaykay5486]

How do you use the external instrument with each hit in drum rack, I need to send the midi out for each to my Akai S3000xl

[@eladgorni7944]

how would you it the other way around? id you want to insert a track that is already exist into the drum rack?

[@bogdanavramuta2748]

what if you have return tracks inside of the drum rack? as soon as you extract a chain its output is not affected by the return tracks within the drum rack anymore. the only way I can go around that atm is to duplicate my drum rack by the number of chains I have and mute all but one chain in all the new drum racks. then when I export all my individual tracks I end up with all my original chains with the return tracks already baked in. but that can be quite an effort depending on the number of chains you have and surely there has to be another more easy way to do it.

[@sxxxlt]

is there a way to separate every track like without dragging each one at a time?

[@RandomGamesHDPlay]

Hey! I using ableton as drum channel in hybrid dj setup with Lauchpad S (Lauchpad 95 script) where I have drum rack in drum step sequencer mode. I want to know: is it possible to make 1 individual sample starting/stopping from button INSIDE drum rack without pasting sample into new track??? Because possibity of changing position in grid give me to prepare my drums for drop in moment I want. And in case of your video method when I'm in play and trigger another clip my drum rack script brokes and I need to restart clip with drum rack every time. Even if I using lock step sequencer to current clip feature of this script it doesn't save me.

[@amarks4383]

my midi notes disappear after dragging them into the 'Drop Files and Devices Here' area. What am I doing wrong?

[@johnviera3884]

but can you pitch these samples across the keyboard? Once they are in the new track

[@HeavyFuelBeats]

4:12 cracked me up lol