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[JamesMac]

Didn't think this question was worthy of a new thread but i need to ask it nonetheless. So i suggest here is a good place to ask all questions not worthy of it's own topic

On to my question:

I have a percussive sample loaded into a channel in ableton which i have decided i don't like. The pattern i've used is fairly long and complex so replacing the sample with another sound by hand would take a while. Is there a way to replace the sample across the whole channel while maintaining the pattern i've programmed using the old sample?

Hopefully i'm being clear as to what i'm trying to do.

[sinik_of_sin-inc]

Not sure this will work, but....
Try:
Replace the old sample with a new sample in the same location and with the same name as the old sample in your sample library.
This might trick Ableton :-
Again, i haven't tried this myself so not sure it'll work.

[dylab]

trick the computer and overwrite the sample file on your harddrive with the one you want

also I think live has option to replace sample by clicking on filename of sample in the waveform view thingy

[rhythmboy]

Audio to MIDI conversion is your friend This allows you to retain the rhythm/timing of the beats but replace each one with a new sound. Is this what you were after?

Live 7 has 'slice to MIDI' function which cuts up the audio at warp marker points and assigns each hit as its own MIDI note to a new track. Maybe then once in the MIDI domain you replace the original samples with new ones? This should keep the same rhythm but allow you to drop any sample you want on each note?

Dunno tho, never tried it  :-

AlFxkDYGUmQ

If not Live, then Melodyne, Logic, Cubase... they all have audio to MIDI conversion.

[JamesMac]

Dylab, sinik:thought about doing that but then i would ruin any reference any other project had to the sample too.

Rhythmboy: That sound like exactly what i'm trying to do. can't watch the vid here at work but i think you've hit the mark. I'll give it a go when i get home and report back. Thanks guys!

[JamesMac]

Rhythmboy, didn't actually end up doing what i was after, but i figured out how to do it regardless:

View--> File Manager -->Manage set--->View files

You can replace the samples here

It was the stuff u posted that led me to discover this menu tho. haha.

[joshua.rayson]

On an unrelated note, I'd found composing MIDI parts in Guitar Pro to be fantastic, but when importing the midi drums for Ableton, they just wouldn't play at all. Probably due to a lack of compatibility between the two. Composing drums in Ableton, and adding loops is becoming simpler by the day too.