So grab your DAW, load your samples, and set your track to ... playing on every quarter note of a bar in a loop. In our example, the bass drum is triggering from the MIDI note C1.

Place the loop in the Drop section ... Create an interesting snare build-up by adding your audio samples in a Drum Rack in Ableton, and EQing each sound a little differently.

It’s not just a device for looping stored audio, though. There’s also a drum machine built in which can record and loop beats with varying sounds and pitches, as well as a sample slicer and a ...