Your First Drum Beat in Ableton Live 12 - Beginners Tutorial

[@abletontips]

⏰Timecodes: ⏰- Check the links in the description of this video for more info! 0:00 Intro 0:15 Getting started 2:20 First MIDI Clip 5:00 Kick Drum in Simpler 7:15 Clap sound 10:40 Hihats - Drum Rack 17:50 Tom sound 21:00 Crash sound 22:55 Snare sound 24:30 Manipulating hihats 25:40 Final touches 27:30 Playthrough

[@johneicc]

Really, really useful! I followed all the steps and am delighted to have produced my first Ableton drum beat. Can't wait to progress. Its challenging but great fun and a bit addictive!

[@Naztyplot]

I've watched a lot of ableton tutorials and a ton of them give me analysis paralysis as a beginner. the pacing is usually really slow and dragged out before randomly speeding up or cutitng to a window/effect without explaining how they got there. as much as you did an amazing job explaining how to do what you showed throughout the video i felt like you also gave me the tools to play around and experiment on my own after watching the tutorial. Legitimately the best one i've seen. thanks so much

[@milobvideos]

totally agree

[@anthonysaidenberg1605]

@@milobvideos Exactly they start out slow then suddenly go a million miles an hour he actually didn't speed up too much

[@matttinklermusic]

I'm really glad you found the pacing of this video to be good and that you feel more confident to experiment on your own after watching this! :)

[@_mr_green_goblin_]

Exactly! thats what i really mean, he is so cool and peaceful.

[@360misc]

Fantastic lesson - perfect pacing and sticking with the content available in standard makes following along a breeze - thank you!

[@moving-spaces]

This is one of the most well explained and easy to follow Ableton videos I have watched so far. Thank you.

[@Youtubist96]

Amazing tutorial, super insightful

[@christopherpumarada1927]

SUUUPER HELPFUL! I'm a beginner and I felt like this helped me learn so much.

[@Lake-like-water]

Easily the best Ableton video I’ve ever seen, made it so simple. Thanks!

[@orangeslicemoon]

This was an amazing tutorial thank you!! I have 0 music experience & my adhd/memory issues make technical skills hard to learn at first, but have always wanted to play w production. Your thorough detailed explanations & watching at .75 speed was a total life saver :D

[@cgn5121]

wow, by far the best ableton video ive seen so far!

[@09mrdon]

This was so useful and clear. I really appreciate your fine, patient teaching!

[@brucehogan8667]

Thanks, really easy to follow along and learn. Pace was perfect.

[@plebism]

great tut - nice and simple but effective

[@marcoml4399]

Amazing Tutorial, i have clarified some things i didnt learn well and get a lot of new knowledge

[@gretchenweihe5160]

Excellent Tutorial! Perfect pacing, efficient, you explained everything so well and I was able to follow along every step of the way. Thank you!!!

[@78thandSynth]

This is fantastic. Thank you.

[@arturomejiaelbedroom3879]

Im loving it bro! Cheers from Mexico

[@anthonysaidenberg1605]

Great video thank you man!

[@jieruslife]

wow thank u so much for this! i learned a lot

[@_mr_green_goblin_]

Bro iam subscribing you, cuz your explanation is so easy and simple, and you are doing everything in a calm and cool way.I really like you bro, and i wanna congratulate you on your humble behavior. This video was really helpful

[@ginarosvold9938]

This was really helpful. Thank you❤

[@SandyStarSong]

Just what I needed and very well explained. Thank you 😊

[@nelsonhembram1144]

thank you man

[@obque86nz]

Easy to follow mate, appreciate it ! Big ups from Albury !

[@andreagagliardini8621]

Ciao Matt, great tutorial, well explained. Thank you

[@RealNuruMusic]

I just downloaded Ableton so this helps a lot. Switching from Logic. Thanks!

[@abletontips]

Great to hear!

[@zeitgeist8788]

nice video man, efficient and professional

[@kelvinglecque3488]

Really helpful, congratulations!!!

[@MekaLolita]

This was such a great tut! Thank youuuu!

[@MarcPuddy]

awesome tutorial!!

[@paulveba6225]

Excellent video

[@sportgrl724]

This video is SO helpful! Question.. for some reason when I add the kick into the simpler it is way softer than when I drop it directly into the midi section. Velocity is at the max for the kick in the simpler and I haven't touched any settings, any ideas? Wasn't experiencing this with the tom and hihat/cymbals. Thank you!!!

[@rhythmicstu]

Why did you choose Audio track for the Clap? No piano roll control like the MIDI tracks, so why not just have them all as MIDI tracks? What are the benefits / differences of putting the drum as Audio / MIDI? Thanks!

[@matttinklermusic]

Great question! The main benefits of working with drums in audio is that you get very good control over the specific hits, as well as being able to see the waveform of the sound on the timeline, which some people like. That said, the point of this video was to just showcase the many different ways of sequencing drums, and you could do all of this inside of a single drum rack if you wanted to. :)

[@stuartmasterton1166]

@@matttinklermusic Great stuff thanks Matt 👍

[@gaialivingston5683]

thank you very much!

[@ConorDempsey-f7s]

is there a reason you would put the kick in midi but the snare as an audio channel?

[@marmotteenerveeasmr4051]

Hi, thanks for this usefull tutorial ! When I go in Core library ---> Samples ---> One shots, there is no drums :( Do I have to download them somewhere? Thanks for helping me :)

[@ihavebuttonsforeyes]

drums scare me dude. this was literally the easiest tutorial ive tried to follow yet. i have a much better understanding now, thank you.

[@invictusconsulting2236]

For some reason the Insert midi clip option is greyed out for me in the trial version. Is this a pro version feature?

[@didntchoosethis]

Good tutorial

[@pinkshabab]

thank you i followed the instructions and made a beat now how do i export it all to midi, so i can add it to my looper (with the boss rhythm converter)

[@jpmedranomusic]

VERY HELPFUL, Why the hi-hat is in Audio track and not in Midi track?

[@matttinklermusic]

Hey! I'm glad you found the video useful! :) The hi-hat could just as easily be in a MIDI track, in fact, every thing could be. This video was designed to show pretty much all the different ways that you can sequence drums. You could use all the ways in combination like I did here, or simple choose one of them and stick to it. :)

[@JeroenVrolijk-jd8vq]

Hey Matt lets say I have a samplepad, alesis 4. how can i use the drumsoundlibrary from ableton to play those sounds on my pad?

[@F3RMusic]

lets get it

[@stumilnermusic9017]

Thanks Matt enjoyed this alot. I've taken it back to basics as I've gotten a little lost with music making recently so now it's just me my keyboard & mouse. I'm going to try & develop this further with maybe some simple bits like chord stabs & a vocal or something. One question is there a reason why you went with this approach rather than throwing everything into a drum rack, or a simpler on each channel? just curious!!

[@matttinklermusic]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! :) The point of going with this approach was just to showcase all the different ways that you can sequence drums. You could just as easily throw everything into one drum rack and do it that way. :)

[@VidarrKerr]

Thank you so much! What an awesome tutorial. Liked and subbed and I am going to check out your other vids now, once I finish the rest of this one. But, one thing I didn't get here, why did you start at 9 and go to 13? Why not 1 thru 4? Do you leave 1-8 empty for a place to "sketch" in an intro later? Kind of like a notepad space or something? THANK YOU!

[@matttinklermusic]

That's correct! I often like to leave some space at the beginning of the timeline, it's really personal preference.

[@Thierry_Lhermitte]

You saved me from throwing my pc by the window thank you so much

[@AngryPeasants]

CTRL-A Selects all... CTRL E Splits the MIDI

[@GezinSchenk-ky5lp]

cant find core

[@tonyjamesr116]

Good tutorial, I know ableton is really in-depth to what it can do but this seems really complicated just to make a simple beat. I use komplete and Maschine and I can literally do this drum pattern in minutes. There’s no need to touch the computer it’s all on the screens of the hardware.

[@matttinklermusic]

The point of the tutorial was just to showcase the different ways that you can sequence drums, and you could really do all of this in like, 1/10th of the time on a single drum rack if you knew what you were doing. :)

[@SeanKoondial]

[@yes2550]

hello?

I'm sorry, but this takes WAAAAY too long. The same 4-bar loop can be created using the step sequencer in FL STudio or ReDrum in REASON. Takes about 2 minutes. Every sound can be pitched, tone adjusted and volume controlled. Try doing this in Ableton in the same amount of time. IMPOSSIBLE! Why is Ableton such a drag when it comes to creating beat patterns??? Why can't they incorporate a step sequencer?

[@MegaKerzo]

I'm pretty new to things, but I thought ableton's main feature was being able to record and loop live, and it arranges it as you do it. Does fruity loops do this too?

[@egotgame38]

obviously this takes longer when he shows you 3+ ways to do them

[@matttinklermusic]

You can get all of that same control in Ableton Live using the piano roll if you're using a drum rack very easily. This tutorial was really aimed at beginners who know nothing about the different ways to work with and sequence drums, which is why it's such a long video. You could do all of this, on one track, in 2 minutes on your own if you knew what you were doing. :)

[@AngryPeasants]

you dont show half of what your doing