Impulse what is this instrument and how do you use it within the program Ableton Live 7. This is a blank sampling instrument that works with MIDI clips.You load samples into Impulse by using the drag an drop method with the left mouse button. By using this method i.e. drag an drop to load samples into Impulse gives you the luxury of creating a collage of sounds of all types. Short transistents such as percussion and drum hits.
Impulse is mainly used as a drum machine or a drum sampler and can store 8 individual sounds. Each sound is assigned to a box within the instrument and there are 8 boxes in total for storing and editing samples. You will find that the parameters that are used within the instrument Impulse are very similar to that of a synthesizer.
Parameters such as Resonance, Decay, Pan, Volume, Transpose, Frequency and Time are but a few of the parameters that are very similar to the ADSR envelope of a tradition analogue synthesizer of old. The parameters used in Impulse can be applied to the individual samples within the instrument i.e. slot level or they can also be applied on a global level i.e. across the scope of the entire sampling instrument. Impulse is a great tool for loading samples into such as field recordings and noise factor of all kinds. I used Impulse to trigger percussion sounds within my piece.
