Let’s Get Random with Ableton’s MIDI Effect!
Do you remember that Lady Sovereign track, Random?
Random–Lady Sovereign
Yeah, this post is not about that.
This post is, instead, about the Random MIDI effect in Ableton Live and using that bad boy with a Slice to MIDI rack.
As I’m sure you know, the purpose of the Random effect is to shift an incoming MIDI Note either up or down by a pre-defined range. Whether or not the incoming note gets shifted is controlled by the “Chance.”
Well, usually, you can use this with a normal MIDI instrument like a Simpler, Operator or what have you. In this case, you might want to use a Scale effect to make sure that the randomly incoming notes are not just a total mess, or what I call “note salad.”
But in this video, I discuss using the Random effect with a Slice to MIDI Rack (a technique that a reader reminded me of! Thanks guys!). The benefit of doing this is that, for the most part, every cell in your slice to MIDI Rack will sound pretty good, so there’s no cells that are off limits, so there is no need to use a scale effect or worry about things being in key. Assuming that the original Slice to MIDI sounds good, then you can go nuts!
In the Ableton Cookbook Live Course, I cover all of the MIDI effects in-depth, so if you’re interested in learning more about that, why not sign up?
Let me know in the comments if you have any other cool uses of the Random MIDI effect!
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I found this on Tumblr! http://mushroooms.tumblr.com/post/16741508570
noice!