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PreRoll by LDM Design

Dynamic drumroll designer

£20.00
NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE PUSH 3 STANDALONE!
This fun, flexible and intuitive Max For Live midi effect empowers you to easily trigger dynamic and nuanced drum patterns with one touch, providing modulated velocity envelopes and realistic sounding patterns.Trigger up to 8 different pre-rolled patterns, each with an internal velocity sequence of up to 16 steps, and a multi-breakpoint envelope which modulates the velocity, allowing the sequence to ease in and out, or to create evolving velocity patterns offset from the internal sequence.
USER GUIDE:

preRoll User Guide

Additional information

MaxforLive

MIDI Devices, Sequencers

Controllers

Ableton Push THREE Controller, Ableton Push THREE Standalone, Ableton Push TWO

Ableton Live Compatibility

Ableton Live 11 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 11 Suite, Ableton Live 12 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 12 Suite

Min. Requirements

Ableton Live 11 Standard with MaxforLive Installed or Ableton Live 11 Suite

OS

Mac, Windows

4 reviews for PreRoll by LDM Design

  1. Gaetan Kerkhove

    A neat little MaxForLive Device that makes finding variations in a live set super easy!

  2. Chris Connelly

    great M4L device that is really easy to use but has a lot of usefulness! love it

  3. thibaultsp

    I love handy devices like this one, that boost your creativity with no hassle and just fun.

  4. michael.frade5

    great tool for a live feel when you need it

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4 reviews for PreRoll by LDM Design

  1. Gaetan Kerkhove

    A neat little MaxForLive Device that makes finding variations in a live set super easy!

  2. Chris Connelly

    great M4L device that is really easy to use but has a lot of usefulness! love it

  3. thibaultsp

    I love handy devices like this one, that boost your creativity with no hassle and just fun.

  4. michael.frade5

    great tool for a live feel when you need it

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PreRoll by LDM Design

Dynamic drumroll designer

PREROLL FEATURES

  • 8 triggerable units
  • Up to 16 step internal pattern sequencers with multi-breakpoint function modulation envelopes with curve control
  • Individual step lengths for each unit and separate duration for function envelopes
  • Randomise and Humanise controls
  • Midi note filtering for each unit
  • 2 trigger modes and 2 function modes for single played or looped envelope

 

Each of the 8 units in the device enable us to intuitively and quickly create an easily triggered pattern which can sound much more realistic and nuanced than a simple beat repeat effect. The modulation envelope provides a simple way to create movement in the sequence as it loops through the pattern which could potentially save a lot of time compared to manually programming it note-by-note in the piano roll.

 

Pattern Sequencer

In the pattern sequencer, we can easily change the sliders to set up a sequence which will loop through as long as the device is being triggered. Up to 16 steps can be used which can allow us to create many different rhythms, rudiments and paradiddles. Each of the 8 units has an individual control for the step resolution of the sequencer, all of which are tempo-relative values. We can also click the Random button to quickly give a random value to each of the velocity sliders.

Modulation Envelope

Under that we have the modulation envelope. Here is a function where we can easily create & place as many breakpoints as we need to create the movement in our pattern playback, and modify the curve between breakpoints. The duration of the envelope is set in number of beats, from ¼ of a beat up to 16 beats. When the envelope has reached the end of the duration, we can choose either to continue at the last value or we can loop through the envelope. We can also set a humanise amount so that each note coming through also has a random amount of velocity fluctuation.

Triggering modes

There are 2 different ways of using each unit in the device, we can either use the trigger button to enable processing or we can have it simply always on. In Trigger mode, we can extend the repeats as long as we hold down the trigger, as the noteoff is ignored until we let go. In the ‘always on’ mode, instead the repeats are processed only for the duration of the note coming through and will end when the noteoff comes through.

One way we can use it in ‘on’ mode is to set the filter to only process one particular midi note, now whenever that note is played it will always trigger the playback pattern. If we are using Drum Rack, we can copy any hit to a new cell and then the original can be played normally, while the copy will always be processed and trigger the pattern of repeats. Then we can quickly set up midi clips in the piano roll with our preset repeat patterns having their own notes, or we can trigger the pre-rolled patterns live by simply playing the right note.

However we choose to use and trigger the device, it empowers us to easily trigger either simple but realistic patterns or evolving offset patterns with nuanced modulation.

PreRoll is brought to you by the developer behind reVel!

Our Products are generally provided as Zip file downloads which in all cases will need to be extracted and saved to your hard drive prior to installation. Details on the different file type provided and what to do with them are below.

.alp Files – These are Ableton Live Packs and will install directly into the Packs Section of the browser of Ableton Live. When you double click on them you will see a pop up window asking you to confirm that installation is ok as the files are described as “Legacy”. This is fine and you are ok to proceed, the packs are created using the format for an earlier version of Live and so remain compatible with the current version.

.amxd files – These are individual MaxforLive Devices and can be stored anywhere on your hard drive. We’d advise creating a folder for them and then adding that folder as a location within the Places section of Lives Browser.

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