Reference Manual

225 Working with Instruments and Effects
•Create an empty Simpler or Sampler
•Adjust the parameters as you like
•Drag the edited device to the “On Drum Rack“ or “On Device View“ folder, which can be
found in the Defaults/Dropping Samples folders in your User Library. Drum Rack pad de-
faults can also be saved via a [right-click](PC) / [CTRL-click](Mac) context menu option on
a Drum Rack’s pad
To adjust how Live behaves when slicing an audio file:
•Create an empty Drum Rack
•Add an empty Simpler or Sampler to the Drum Rack to create a single chain
•Add any additional MIDI or Audio Effects to this chain
•Adjust parameters in any of the devices
•Assign Macro Controls (page 252) to any of the controls in the chain’s devices
•Drag the entire Drum Rack to the Defaults/Slicing folder in your User Library
You can create multiple slicing presets and choose between them in the Slicing Preset chooser in
the slicing dialog.
Note that slicing is not available in the Intro and Lite Editions.
To create default presets for converting Drums, Harmony, or Melody to MIDI (page 152):
•Create a MIDI track containing the instrument you would like to use as your default for a
particular conversion type. (Note that default presets for converting drums must contain a
Drum Rack)
•Add any additional MIDI or Audio Effects to the track
•Adjust parameters in any of the devices
•If you’re using multiple devices, group them to a Rack
•Drag the entire Rack to the appropriate folder in Defaults/Audio to MIDI in your User Li-