What does extract groove do in ableton

This seems to be the general consensus among producers, yet there is a simple solution to this hitch in the road. From experience, however, I think I can affirm — with a reasonable degree of certainty — that this method does not reflect how humans operate. We are not precise, monotonous machines, and we are most definitely prone to error when jamming live with acoustic instruments.

There is even a certain beauty in this rawness, as music perfused with slight imperfections tends to appeal to the ear as more natural and groovy. Your recording will most likely sound like crap, so feel free to cut out excess noise with gates or tame peak transients with compressors. Add a creative effect that will automate the gain volume of your signal.

Consolidate the clip and its effects by either resampling it onto another track or simply freezing and flattening the track by right-clicking the track.

Your groove should appear in this box. Notice how the rhythm of your track has changed, and how certain transients sound louder or quieter, or appear later or earlier. If you increase the velocity of your groove, your signal will respond heavily to the volume changes in your original signal which is why I used the Autopan to create dynamics. I even got a wonderful slap-back delay on the snare, which I can edit to my liking. Although it sounds a little all over the place, I can always go back and edit it how I want, or even apply some effects!

Ableton Forum. Quick links. Extracting a groove - what happens exactly? Discussion of music production, audio, equipment and any related topics, either with or without Ableton Live. Post by Mr D » Mon Feb 20, pm I'm messing around with grooves and groove extraction for the first time.

I've checked the manual but see no explanation of what exactly happens when you extract a groove. Say, for example, i have a 4 bar hi-hat clip which i played in live. Imagine that some of the hi-hat hits a played were bang in time, and some others were very loose and sloppy. When i extract a groove from this clip, what does the software do?

Make a measurement of the average timing? Any ideas?! Re: Extracting a groove - what happens exactly? Post by ze2be » Mon Feb 20, pm When you have extracted a groove file, you can drag it back into the project, and it will show up as a midi file. Now you can see exactly what has happened.

It creates midi notes with velocity based on the transients. What I would like to know is what happens when there are some scilent notes in the groove pattern? Example: extracting a groove from some live recorded shake. If this shake is not constantly 16th notes. Once the groove pool comes up.

Select one of them, like the MPC 16 Swing for example and drag it onto your drum clip. The two loops above are exactly the same except for the groove applied to them. They can then be added to the Groove Pool for that track. Try them out. This is where it gets very interesting — making your own Groove Templates from another track…. You can then save it to the Groove Library if you like for future use, by clicking on the disk icon next it in the Groove Pool.

For a funk track for example a good bet would be to cut a one bar loop from the drum break in the middle, but towards the end of the drum break where it is fullest. For a house or techno track, you want a full part of the track not smeared in loud reverb etc so that Ableton can pick out the transients easily.

It is now time to go through your favourite shuffled tracks and extract the groove, personally I love the swing of Chicago techno…. You can even record segments from streaming sites, just record them into something like Audacity and cut a bar our and add to Ableton just to extract a groove.