Slicing Samples & Performing

Slice to New Midi Track option

See Slice to New MIDI Track in the Ableton Manual.

“This command divides the audio into chunks which are assigned to single MIDI notes.”

(N.B.: This only works on warped clips!)

Use the Simpler device to slice up your loops

Ableton Sampling Tutorial in Simpler – Slicing Samples

Fun activity for younger and older students

Example of remixing a film with sample slices. Here Plan 9 from Outer Space by Ed Wood who also used stock music out of budget constraints: