Layering pad sounds
18 Oct 2009, 14:02I thought I might share the discovery I made this afternoon. I realise that there are members on this forum that have way more experience with the F8 than I do and will find what I am going to describe very simplistic, but I thought I would share it anyway, because its a great live effect.
I would like to allocate different modes to the pads so I can trigger samples with pads 5,6,7,8 and trigger drum phrases with 1,2,3,4, but all at the same time. I was told that this was not possible on the G8.
I am running a live performance where a drum track is running and switches throughout the performance with different variations, each triggered with a different pad. I have samples which have been allocated to the top octave, each key playing a different sample. At certain points in the performance I need to layer samples over what I am playing on the keybed, and at the same time add a drum fill.
So instead of playing, hitting a pad to add the fill, then reaching to the top octave to add the sample, I created a drum fill which triggered the sample as well. Certain pads where setup to keep the drums running with a fill but also trigger the sample. The sample was setup so it latched and played in full even when the pad was released, so if the pad was tapped quickly twice or changed to another fill set on another pad the original sample would keep playing. The effect is like splitting the pads, so a drum track can keep playing with triggered variations but samples also triggered as if they were independent of the underlying drums. Just thought I would share this.
I would like to allocate different modes to the pads so I can trigger samples with pads 5,6,7,8 and trigger drum phrases with 1,2,3,4, but all at the same time. I was told that this was not possible on the G8.
I am running a live performance where a drum track is running and switches throughout the performance with different variations, each triggered with a different pad. I have samples which have been allocated to the top octave, each key playing a different sample. At certain points in the performance I need to layer samples over what I am playing on the keybed, and at the same time add a drum fill.
So instead of playing, hitting a pad to add the fill, then reaching to the top octave to add the sample, I created a drum fill which triggered the sample as well. Certain pads where setup to keep the drums running with a fill but also trigger the sample. The sample was setup so it latched and played in full even when the pad was released, so if the pad was tapped quickly twice or changed to another fill set on another pad the original sample would keep playing. The effect is like splitting the pads, so a drum track can keep playing with triggered variations but samples also triggered as if they were independent of the underlying drums. Just thought I would share this.