Looped plucks with Sampler

48:19Robbie uses the modulation capabilities of Ableton’s Sampler to create Piñata’s standout transitional effect. “Probably my favourite part of the track is this thing here,” beams Robbie, playing back the looped pluck effect. “I made a bounce of the lead from the breakdown and bounced that to audio, put it into Ableton Sampler, looped it, and then, in the MIDI panel, I assigned the Loop Length to the mod wheel. All that means is that the mod wheel changes the length of the loop, and that’s what creates the slowing-down effect. I start it as short as possible, and automate it to go really, really long.”