How to freestyle a Funky Drummer beat on a midi pad.mp4

exaltron demonstrates his technique for laying down a funky drummer or amen-flavored beat in real time. A little sloppy on the execution here, but you get the idea :)

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• freestyle
• beats
• ableton
• live
• live performance
• midi
• funky
• drummer
• loops
• amen

[rhodes1986]

Hey man nice setup and skills. I noticed your colored keyboard, why is it that u have it like that? And how did u do that?

[exaltron]

@rhodes1986 Thanks, I color-coded a regular old midi keyboard to match tracks and effects in my ableton set. Just took the whole thing apart and painted the keys with model paint. I don't recommend it- adhesion is good when you rough up the surface of the keys, but model paint is not meant to stand up to wear. You can see where the paint has worn off the keys. Next time I want to use Krylon Fuse- it's a spray paint meant for plastics.

[rhodes1986]

@exaltron cool, do you think the Akai APC40 is a good controller for Ableton?

[exaltron]

@rhodes1986 Hmm, don't know that much about them, but my impression was that the Novation Launchpad was slightly more bang for the buck. The thing to keep in mind is that you can do so much with just Ableton and a simple controller like a nanopad or a midi keyboard. My midi keyboard is 10 years old and I will put my controllerism skills up against those APC wankers any day :D

[gumdrops27]

What beatpad is that

[exaltron]

@gumdrops27 Korg Nanopad- a steal at $50. No sounds on it though, just a controller.

[archebeats]

@rhodes1986 yes is good, you can try the apc 20 is 50 more the price of the launchpad, about 170 bucks, but lauchpad seems more compact, more portable, the sliders on the apc's are very good touch, and launchpad doesn't need a power supply like the apcs.

[exaltron]

@simonofthebollocks Yeah I dig it, I've purchased a bunch of drum hit libraries but of course I find one of the best snare sounds comes free with Ableton!

[simonofthebollocks]

nice snare sound

[SyncrisisVideos]

@SyncrisisVideos No doubt! I definitely enjoyed learning the history behind the beats, no complaints here!