SOVL Report: Major Workflow Enhancement (s) *Under $30

So im fully expecting to be roasted here similarly to how I was roasted in the Akai Force Users Facebook Group..

What’s up Forum!

So this might seem counterintuitive to one of my last posts,

So I’m fully expecting to be roasted here similarly to how I was roasted in the Akai Force Users Facebook Group..

so I'll say this in advance...

I’m sorry... I was wrong.

well, kind of.. but I'll explain later.

The first thing I want to go over is how important and POWERFUL it is to

LABEL YOUR AUDIO TRACKS BEFORE RECORDING

I've been using Ableton Link to record some soft synths from Ableton into the Force.

My previous workflow has been to use the samplers threshold recording settings to sample in parts,

however this was presenting issues,

depending on the source material and noise level, there could be really big tempo offsets due to the initial transients that start the recording.

So I started using Link to record into audio tracks,

this would stop this issue,

At first I noticed one major thing,

Tracks sampled into audio tracks get the BPM almost perfect every time I (in the sample editor)

This is a major time saver when creating samples for loop packs etc, not all programs can read MPC tempo detection,

but when inside of the Akai system this is golden.

Having a birthday coming up and being the modest dad that I am, my wife wanted to do something nice like get me shoes or some fun entheogenic fungi,

however, I opted for the modest choice

a $17 handheld Bluetooth keyboard,

why?

tolabel all of dem clips mannne!!!

but the cool thing I discovered is that

you REALLY want to label your audio tracks BEFORE recording.

This enables you to really consolidate your export flow. trust me..

this will label all of the subsequent clips,

this will even automatically name the file in the sample browser!

in the past when exporting track outs,

I've typically just created an Ableton project and labeled everything there,

which is fine, however, if you want a little faster way of getting things out of the Force/MPC and mixing in fewer steps this is one way of getting there.

so yes, I was 'wrong' about audio tracks ruining your mixes.

really im saying that you don't HAVE to use them.. but if you do

here's a quick way of working with them that makes creating expansions, track outs, stems, samples, etc faster for you.