MULTISAMPLING! :) If you want the sample length to be relatively the same then you're gonna have to multisample each sound to do it properly. I'd say sampling a C and F from each octave would be ok for normal synth sounds, but if you want to be exact then why not sample each semitone of an octave, especially for basses where you are most likely to only use 1/2 octaves anyway. You don't always need to sample your synth sounds, but it can be handy if you want to clear some spacwe on your synth to make a new patch, so sampling it will do just that. Remember that once you've sampled it, you can add all the effects and processing you want to it, and keep resampling it. If you'd have kept it on your synth, then you're limited by the number of effects allowed on it.
Also sometimes it's cool to sample your whole bassline and then chop it up like you would beats in recycle and set the keys up and mess with the pattern that, some interesting new basslines can be created easily. Of course, you can use your sampler as a synthesiser, all samplers come with basic waveforms for you to use, so you can make some sweet sounds from scratch and not have to worry about sample length being longer/shorter because they'll all be seamlessly looped. You will use up far less memory this way too. I thought the same with my sampler, only using it for beats, bass and the occasional spinny FX sample just didn't seem to justufy the price I paid for it. I've got mine up for sale at the moment, due to the fact that Kontakt is just around the corner for full release, and after tinkering with the beta I'm telling you, it's wicked! For me, there is no great advantage that a hardware sampler has over software now, especially as the filters in Kontakt are excellent, which was the main downfall of soft samplers up to this point. I don't want to start a hardware vs. software samplers flame war here, just expressing my opinion. :) Easy, Kryptic >From: "Turbo Hz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Advanced Sampling Techniques >Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:03:01 +0100 > >Maybe you get the impresion that the lower notes aren't as loud because >you're not monitoring properly.. you know, at certain frecuencies, the bass >ceases to produce *sound* and becames more of a rumble; you should be able >to feel it with proper monitors, so there's nothing wrong with the bas, >after all. > >As you pointed out, if you work with a sampled bass, if you play a higher >pitch, it will play for a shorter time.. so make shure to sample enough of >it, or better then, make it loop correctly and set the envelopes properly. > > >-Peace- >Turbo Hz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:00 AM > Subject: [dnb-prod] Advanced Sampling Techniques > > > I posted this on DOA, posting this here to see what you guys >reckon..............this doesn't just apply to Emu samplers by the way.... > > > Ok so far I've been using my Emu just for breaks and simple one shot >stuff. > It seems to me that its possible and a lot of people use their sampler >to maximum effect by using more advanced techniques than what I'm using!. >I've picked up some sample CD's with some synth sounds, which include >"C3's". > This is where confusion sets in. I get the impression that by taking >this one sample on its "C3" you should be able to make a proper keyboard >range out of it....in other words from one sample you should at least be >able to make a whole octave range ( or more? ) out of it...right? I hear >the same kind of thing with people using their samplers for bass. They take >a one note bass sample and make an octave range out of it. I get the >impression most pro's use their samplers for their bass as the filtering >options are greater, however when I've tried this by taking a sub bass >sample and trying to make an octave range from it the attack on the lower >notes in the range seems to be a lot slower ( because to lower the pitch it >also lowers the tempo/sample length. Should I be setting the lower notes in >the range to different groups in the EMu and setting these with faster >attack times to compensate? Seems like a lot of fiddling when I have good >synth presets in my virus made up already. What benefits would I get from >sampling synth sounds and bass?? Conversly I feel that I'm not using my Emu >to full effect yet, cos all I'm using it for is firing off breaks or drum >hits, and to be frank, I coulda done that with audio in Cubase! > > So I guess my question is how extensiveley can you use your sampler, >just by taking a one note sample to create bigger keyboard ranges. I'm >interested how extensiveley you use your sampler and what techniques you >employ. I'm intereested to learn how much you use your sampler, what you >use it for and how you go about getting the best out of it when sampling >synth and bass sounds. How do you make your bass keyboard range from a one >shot bass sample, whats involved? What about synth samples? Do you ever/are >you able to take a one shot synth sound and make a broader keyboard range >out of it?? > Lets hear some techniques for getting the most out of yer sampler. > > Easy, > Will > > > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--- >Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk >You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
