Best way to create fills on the fly?

panelist · 2015-01-12T16:59:09.000Z

I like to have some patterns set aside as fills"and use Direct Jump mode to switch between, but unfortunately Direct Jump is buggy and will sometimes slip a step and throw your timing off. So I don’t do many fills

JuanSOLO · 2015-01-12T23:00:21.000Z

""SB-SIX"":

In scene / performance mode, hold a pad and place trigs, these trigs will only play when you hold that pad <<— I wish they implement this someday…

Oh hell YES!

Bin · 2015-01-12T23:40:52.000Z

This would be easy to do if the trig page was lockable to performance and scene controls. It can be p-locked so it must be possible in principle? You could p-lock fill trigs off and then performance lock them on so they would turn on when you pushed a pad…

mekohler · 2015-01-12T23:56:32.000Z

""orangehexagon"":

[quote=“mekohler”]I find it easier to make fills on the Korga Volca Beats…You can toggle which steps will play/be skipped on the fly, etc…For all the talk of elektron’s sequencers, they are missing so many features present in cheaper devices.

Look up TRIG MUTES in the manual.[/quote]
I know about Trig Mutes, but they are PER TRACK and not GLOBAL!
It would be great to be able to trig mute the entire kit/pattern and also have another mode where you can specify which steps loop over and over (so if I select trig 1 and 6, the entire kit/pattern will loop 1 through 6 over and over…instant polyrhythm fills ,especially if you use other hardware)…

mekohler · 2015-01-12T23:57:19.000Z

""SB-SIX"":

In scene / performance mode, hold a pad and place trigs, these trigs will only play when you hold that pad <<— I wish they implement this someday…

Excellent idea…THIS is the kind of stuff they need to implement…all of these little features really add a lot to a performance.

renasent · 2015-01-13T00:19:39.000Z

[quote=““mekohler””]

SB-SIX:

In scene / performance mode, hold a pad and place trigs, these trigs will only play when you hold that pad <<— I wish they implement this someday…

Excellent idea…THIS is the kind of stuff they need to implement…all of these little features really add a lot to a performance.[/quote]
+1000
This would be really great. At the moment its just a bit too fiddly to create fills reliably.

Hybrid87 · 2015-01-13T07:43:53.000Z

This is very great!
+10086

htc one mini 2 tasche

De_wouzer · 2015-02-26T00:16:17.000Z

[quote=“” mekohler""]

SB-SIX:

In scene / performance mode, hold a pad and place trigs, these trigs will only play when you hold that pad <<— I wish they implement this someday…

Excellent idea…THIS is the kind of stuff they need to implement…all of these little features really add a lot to a performance.[/quote]
After this idea i started to do this with an empty pad. Just copy the track, create a pattern with the same sound and make a scène with Turing on and off the volume (and or volume of the first track.
Works very well.

This threat helped me a lot, also started to use retriggerin for this

leoelectroid · 2015-02-27T07:23:57.000Z

Grid mode (record light on) function + left or right gives nice variation on track patterns… not quite a fill

live trigs, with effects

p0ale · 2015-02-27T09:19:12.000Z

I’ve found it useful to Func + Direct Change (Bank Group) until it lights up green, then you can change patterns so they start at the same point they left the last one, instantly. Not really a good explanation, but if you try it, it makes sense.

Just create a/some fill-pattern/s and try it out. Hold the bank button and mash away on the pattern trigs.

secretmusic · 2015-02-27T10:37:09.000Z

""p0ale"":

I’ve found it useful to Func + Direct Change (Bank Group) until it lights up green, then you can change patterns so they start at the same point they left the last one, instantly. Not really a good explanation, but if you try it, it makes sense.

Just create a/some fill-pattern/s and try it out. Hold the bank button and mash away on the pattern trigs.

This would be a good way to do it if the AR stayed in time while you do this, unfortunately, it doesn’t. It’s a well known bug and doesn’t work at the moment. Many of us are hoping for a quick resolution of this very disconcerting and crippling issue.
In the meantime, Scenes with volume locks are an easy way to alter a sequence on the fly. And of course, Trig mutes for a different way.
Cheers.

p0ale · 2015-02-27T10:54:46.000Z

""secretmusic"":

[quote=“p0ale”]I’ve found it useful to Func + Direct Change (Bank Group) until it lights up green, then you can change patterns so they start at the same point they left the last one, instantly. Not really a good explanation, but if you try it, it makes sense.

Just create a/some fill-pattern/s and try it out. Hold the bank button and mash away on the pattern trigs.

This would be a good way to do it if the AR stayed in time while you do this, unfortunately, it doesn’t. It’s a well known bug and doesn’t work at the moment. Many of us are hoping for a quick resolution of this very disconcerting and crippling issue.
In the meantime, Scenes with volume locks are an easy way to alter a sequence on the fly. And of course, Trig mutes for a different way.
Cheers.[/quote]
Oh, this was news to me.
Is it always like this? I can’t remember it going out of sync with my OT when i’ve done this.
Shame anyways. When I found the feature it blew my mind and I hope there is a fix for it soon!

And I saw the other thread about the problem just now.

Nein · 2015-02-27T12:51:37.000Z

Drum rack set to configured Rytm tracks in Live 9 is a great way to create drum fills using the slice to drum function from any audio clip. Then just live record.

amiga303 · 2015-02-27T14:40:43.000Z

[quote=““Least Useless””]
Good idea!

Maybe time signature and pattern length alterations could be used to create fills?
[/quote]

asked for this too, I would kiss loads of smelly feet for this
the idea of defining “inner loops” in patterns is rad.
in (my) best world I could do it live as described and as a feature for scene/perf mode: automate structural params like pattern length and signature and have different “fills” available via scene or even crazier perf mode. a “first step” param would be very helpful of course

De_wouzer · 2015-03-01T20:44:03.000Z

""Bin"":

you can program the fill in p-locked at zero volume, then bring them in with a scene or performance change. This can cut sounds short though, which is sometimes annoying.

i overlooked this one… really nice@

SB-SIX · 2015-03-01T22:07:41.000Z

[quote=““De wouzer””]

[quote=“Bin”]you can program the fill in p-locked at zero volume, then bring them in with a scene or performance change. This can cut sounds short though, which is sometimes annoying.
[/quote]

i overlooked this one… really nice@[/quote]
Yes this is nice but it cuts your sounds where the zero vol triggers are, and you can’t introduce a kick on step 12 + 14 and mute kick on step 13 at the same time

Bin · 2015-03-12T17:13:06.000Z

""SB-SIX"":

[quote=“De wouzer”][quote=“Bin”]you can program the fill in p-locked at zero volume, then bring them in with a scene or performance change. This can cut sounds short though, which is sometimes annoying.

i overlooked this one… really nice@[/quote]
Yes this is nice but it cuts your sounds where the zero vol triggers are, and you can’t introduce a kick on step 12 + 14 and mute kick on step 13 at the same time[/quote]
It works well for short sounds, not so well for a long tailed kick. Not sure what you mean about not being able to bring up a kick on 12 and 14 while muting 13. I seem to have no problem doing that.
It would be great if the trig page was also lockable, then we could turn trigs off completely and let the 808s ring true.

gbravetti · 2015-03-12T21:54:51.000Z

You can have “hidden” triggers you can call using performance or scene.

I use this technique to create quick manual fills.

Lets say you want to hide a snare fill (synth) so you can call it whenever you want.

lock the t2 synth level value to your actual snare trigs. (the trigs you already have active for t2)
turn on all the inactive triggers for t2 (you must listen to a 1/16 fill)
turn to 0 synth level (you will still hear the locked triggers)
assign on a performance pad Lev+127 to t2 Synth Level

Now you can improvise snare fills pressing that performance button.

You can also use the unused sample voice of all tracks for this purpose, this will give you a lot of tools for improvisation.

Also remember you can use the trigger buttons to mute kick (etc) while in performance mode, just hold them, play with the performance to build the fill and release the trigger buttons to leave the fill.

Hope you find it useful!

Least_Useless · 2015-03-15T16:21:18.000Z

Thanks for filling in everyone!

I’ve tried several of the above mentioned methods and I found chains to be the best. The issue I have is that although reading the manual I can’t really figure out how song and chains fully work. For instance, if I have one track on 32 steps the chains seem to stop working. Also if I would like to repeat a pattern 31 times and then a fill pattern it is tedious to count the number of button clicks to 31 when creating the chain. Then song mode is better because I can choose a pattern x 31 and new row and pattern x 1 but that only plays once.

Help please.

AdamJay · 2015-03-15T16:45:48.000Z

Something I do is go into grid record mode and then on the track I am on, hold function and either < or > navigation arrows.

It’s pretty simple, just shifts things over a 16th, or an 8th if you wish. Good enough for a quick variation that you can quickly get out of without reloading the pattern.