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Recently I did some research on how many blog posts are out on the web explaining some of the simplest things about triggering loops in worship or a live music setting and there was not a lot of content out there. So hopefully this post will help you understand how you can start triggering loops and also raise some questions you might have to add to this posts comment section.<\/p>\n

Some of you have purchased loops from LoopCommunity and want to know how you can trigger these loops without using iTunes (I’m definitely not knocking iTunes \ud83d\ude42 Everyone’s gotta start somewhere!).\u00a0 There are easy and inexpensive ways you can set your keyboard or MIDI controller to trigger these loops.<\/p>\n

So lets start at the beginning.\u00a0 You have a loop that you want to use with your band and you need to run this loop through a program.\u00a0 You could just drop it in iTunes and press play but there is a better way that leads to better things.\u00a0 Ableton Live makes it possible for you to run your loops in an easy and still, inexpensive way.\u00a0 You can go download the free trial version of Ableton live here<\/a>\u00a0or you can get a copy of Ableton live Intro Here \u00a0for only $79<\/a>.\u00a0 Ableton live intro gives you everything you would need to get started creating your own loops and triggering them in your worship services.\u00a0\u00a0 No matter what version of Ableton you have, the function used to trigger a loop is the same.\u00a0If you are not familiar with Ableton Live you should check out this video<\/a>.\u00a0It gives a great overview of the basics of Ableton live.<\/p>\n

Triggering Loops With Your Computer Keyboard in Ableton<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Ableton Live you have the option of triggering your loop with a midi controller or with the keyboard on your computer. \u00a0In this post, I’m going to talk about triggering your loop with your computer keyboard. I’ll talk about MIDI controllers in a later post.\u00a0 You can easily map out your set in Ableton and assign different loops to trigger, or start playing, by hitting a specific key on your keyboard (of your choice).\u00a0 So essentially if you have a couple loops you want to use in your weekend service you can drop them into Ableton live and map the keys “1”,” 2″,”A”,”B” or whatever number or letter key you want to trigger\u00a0 the loop.\u00a0 By simply taking the step of running your Loops through ableton live it helps eliminate any accidents you could have going through iTunes or Garageband. You definitely don’t want Katie Perry to accidentally come on right after you finish singing How Great Is Our God.<\/p>\n

In the following video, I’m going to demonstrate how to assign keyboard mappings for a simple worship set using Ableton Live.<\/p>\n

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I hope this post helps you out. Please continue the conversation and comment on this post.\u00a0 We would love to here some of the questions other musicians and worship leaders have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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