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Some Good News, Some Bad News

and they are unrelated to one another, 06 November 2024

I have some good news and I have some bad news.

I'm putting both news items below the cut.

Since I can.

I'm starting with the good news:

I was reading the Ableton Move user manual and discovered that the drum rack template that I want to use with my samples is most likely the "Gate Kit" template.

I was having a problem with Mellotron samples in the drum rack running their entire seven-second length. I couldn't find a way to stop the samples or trigger a "note off" command.

Well, it seems the Gate Kit is set up precisely with this issue in mind.

As long as you hold down the keypad, the gate is opened. When you let go the gate is closed. I tried it out and it works like a charm! I'm really pleased with that result, and will look into making more multi-sample drum kit templates based on this one.

And then, briefly, the bad news:

Kamala Harris did not get the votes she needed to win the U.S. presidential election, yesterday.

This is a stunning blow.