We then teamed it with sound sculpting fx modules and a classic repeat effect to really make this is a fun and useful tool. (hence we couldn’t use a Drum Rack for this one). Each sample is mapped to glide over a few MIDI notes, so you can experiment with pitching the samples without leaving the instrument or having to automate the pitch. With this Ableton Instrument rack we’ve attempted to capture that essence, by mapping a handful of Simpler modules carrying drum breaks across the MIDI note range - but not so every note triggers a different drum break. Sampling drum-breaks from old funk and soul vinyl (most famously the ‘ Amen Break’), then running them through these samplers making stretched, and pitched rolling drum tracks became the new sound - the sound of Jungle. But producers of the time lapped it up, this kind of tech hadn’t been seen in the consumer level marketplace before so it was a new world for music makers. Those early samplers had primitive time stretching algorithms, crunchy bit rates and abysmal memory, forcing users to find workarounds like pitching samples up to save disk space. The sounds of the ’90s are back, and the cutting-edge (at the time) sampling technology from brands like Akai and E-Mu was a key influence in the early sounds of drum’n’bass and jungle music - in much the same way that Roland’s TR drum machines spawned house and techno in the ’80s.
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