slicing audio

[Nick <ParadoxQuine@gmail.com>]

hi everyone,

I've been trying my darndest to slice short samples out of tracks in
ableton live and well...every method I know is terrible. I'm currently
using the method described in the tutorial where I drag the file to
the arrangement view and then zoom in and position the start and end
points of the clip or the loop and then repeat until I get it right.
The problem with this method for me is that it's slow and clumsy - I
see no reason why I shouldn't be able to zoom in a bit (in the sample
editor in session view), select the area I want, select a menu item or
similar and poof - there's a new sample that I can drag into impulse.
If someone could point me in the right direction for learning how to
do this in live (perhaps a good tutorial site), that would be great.

However, if the process really does require dragging clips to arrange
view and zooming in repeatedly and positioning markets, I'd much
rather get a plugin or other program to do my splicing with - is
Propellerheads' Recycle still good? If not, any alternative
recommendations would be much appreciated. I'd prefer to do it all in
live if possible though.

Thanks,
Nick