← MIDI & Audio
Mission 16 · World 3
Slicing to MIDI
Turn any loop into a playable kit.
Turn any loop into a playable instrument in two clicks.
+70 XP
// WHAT IT DOES
Right-click an audio clip → Slice to New MIDI Track. Live cuts the sample at every transient and assigns each slice to a Drum Rack pad.
Now you can replay the loop in any order — make new beats from old breaks.
Think of it like → Like ripping a sandwich into bites and rebuilding it any way you like.
▸ WHY YOU CARE
- • Re-arrange a break beat without re-recording.
- • Trigger any slice from MIDI — including Push pads.
// SEE & HEAR IT
Presets:
KICK
SNARE
HAT
CLAP
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DRUM RACK PADS
TIP: In Ableton, the Drum Rack maps each pad to a MIDI note. Steps 1–4 = Beat 1, steps 5–8 = Beat 2, and so on. The highlighted step is the playhead — audio is scheduled 300ms ahead of the clock for glitch-free timing.
▸ HOW IT WORKS
Transients (or chosen division) → cuts → each slice loaded into a Simpler → mapped chromatically into Drum Rack.
▸ Signal flow — watch the dot
▸ SIGNAL FLOW
Glowing dot = your signal travelling through Live.
▸ LISTEN FOR
- • Slice mode 1-Shot plays full slices regardless of MIDI note length.
- • Velocity → Volume scaling per slice (default).
▸ WALKTHROUGH (3 steps)
- 1. DO: Right-click clip → Slice to New MIDI Track.▸ LISTEN: New track + Drum Rack appears.
- 2. DO: Play the new MIDI clip.▸ LISTEN: Same beat, but each pad now triggers a slice.
- 3. DO: Re-arrange the MIDI notes.▸ LISTEN: Beat reorders without re-recording.
▸ COMMON MISTAKES
- ✗ Slicing a melodic loop by transient = clicky, weird boundaries — try by Beat instead.
- ✗ Forgetting each slice is a Simpler — full envelopes available per pad.
// QUIZ (QUICK)
Question 1 / 30 correct
Slicing produces a…