New to Ableton after many yrs as a Logic user, got a bunch of your packs but the procedure to install them into Ableton is a bit different then Logic, tried to follow the pdf included in each pack but just can’t seem to figure it out.
I need some help, tips on how to get them into Ableton so I can play them the same way I did in Logic’s EX24 as a midi instr.
I got the Ableton Suite so either drumrack or sampler will work for me.
How do I go about getting this done?
Hi there,
So yep, there’s different ways to go about this inside Live, depending what result you’re after.
You can of course Drag & Drop audio files onto Audio Channels like you would do in Logic.
When it comes to use audio samples with Live’s devices, you have several options :
Simpler ( for One Shot Samples and audio Loops ).
Drum Rack ( Mostly used to load One Shots and create Drums Kits but you can do a lot more ).
Impulse ( Somehow similar as a Drum Rack but with less options and slots ).
Sampler ( that would be the one more like Logic EX24 and to use for Multi-Sampling ).
You can also go a lot more complex than this and setup “nested” devices ( i.e : using a Sampler device inside a Drum Rack device slot )
Those help articles on Ableton website might be useful :
How To: Multisampling with Sampler
How to create Round-Robin sample playback
Ableton Live “Simpler” device is covered in this SA course here : Ableton Live 10 Simpler with P-LASK
On a more general note about Live, I highly recommend to watch those Live 11 courses from Plask :
Ableton Live 11 Beginner Level 1
Ableton Live 11 Beginner Level 2
Hope this helps !
Cheers 
Thanks so much.
But I was more interested in the Ableton-file that is specified in the PDF with the install instructions that comes with each pack, how do you use that, what is it for, I thought it was for being able to play the samples in midi like you do in the EXS24 but in drumrack instead?
Am I misunderstanding what that file is for?