Creating Acoustic Drum Grooves with Ableton Live
In this Hal Leonard Music Pro Guide video course, Josh Bess explains how to create realistic-sounding drum grooves using Ableton Live and the included Ableton Live Drum Racks specifically created for this video course by Josh.
Videos
• Using the Included Media Content (03:46) - In this video Josh shows where to find all the content that is included in this tutorial.
• Getting started (03:29) - Josh gives a brief introduction to Ableton Live and then jumps right into drum programming.
• Creating the First Groove (06:14) - In this video Josh dives into using the MIDI editor and creating MIDI note entries.
• MIDI Editor Parameters (06:36) - Josh continues exploring the MIDI note editor.
• Velocity & Hi-Hat Examples (09:50) - Josh discusses and demonstrates using velocity in the MIDI editor and puts al you learn to use in some hi-hat examples.
• Mixing Basics (06:27) - In this video Josh discusses mixing the individual drum hits using macro controls.
• Grooves Intro (02:28) - Josh applies all you have learned so far and begins building some drum grooves.
• Eighth Note Rock Grooves (05:12) - Josh builds a couple variations of eighth note drum grooves.
• Metal Grooves (04:53) - Josh demonstrates drum grooves commonly found in metal rock.
• Dance Grooves (03:59) - In this video Josh shows a few drum grooves often. found in dance music.
• Funk and R&B Grooves (07:23) - Josh gives some examples of drum grooves that are used in Funk music as well as R&B
• Jazz Grooves (05:13) - In this video Josh shows us some jazz music drum grooves.
• World Grooves (10:51) - Josh discusses and demonstrates drum grooves found in various types of world music.
• The Groove Pool (09:39) - In this video Josh examines the groove pool and how it is used.
• Creating Custom Groove Pool Settings (03:16) - Josh shows how you can build your own groove pool settings that can be used in your productions.