Benjamin Coutts shares seven quick tips about how to get more from your drum loops. He is an Ableton Live user, but the techniques can be used with any DAW. And his tips don’t just apply to drum loops – they can be done on any kind of loop. Enjoy!

Tip 1

Everyone loves to use loops, and I am no exception to that group. So why not try to chop up the loop and rearrange the position of each hit. This can be very useful for creating your own loops with a library drums, and can lead to very exciting things.

Tip 2

After rearranging your drum loop, start thinking about taking your chopped slices and place them into individual audio channels. This will allow you to add effects to your different drum parts without affecting the other drum hits.

The problem with drum loops is that if you want to add an effect to, say the snare, you will also be affecting the kick, hi?hats and what ever else is in the loop, and this can cause problems with your sound overall.

Tip 3

Instead of loading your audio channels with a host of different effects, try to put all your effects into the return channels. The really handy thing about this is that you will be saving a lot of CPU, which allows you to add more effects to certain instruments you are using.

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