Setting the key of a sample...

[Daniel_S]

Have I got this right before I get carried away...

I sample a sound/beat/etc, run it through Mixed In Key (which I already own for DJing) to find out what key my sample is in.
Then when importing the sample into Sampler, I change the Key section to whatever key Mixed In Key detected the sample to be.

I know this sounds pretty straight forward but wanted to make sure I was right before I start creating and labelling many samples

Ta

[be tonal]

Yes

[square7]

But if you loaded the sample wouldn't it already be in the key it was originally?
Mixed in Key doesn't change the key it just renames the file. Confused

[be tonal]

Setting the key in sampler to the key detected allows you to play a C on your keyboard to hear the sample in C (if the detection was correct and your sample has a fundamental frequency)

Be wary of smaller detuning though.

[Daniel_S]

Setting the key in sampler to the key detected allows you to play a C on your keyboard to hear the sample in C (if the detection was correct and your sample has a fundamental frequency)

Be wary of smaller detuning though.

This is what I wanted to make sure happens - thanks for clearing that up

[ian_halsall]

watch out for the shortening/lengthening effect that pitching up/down will cause.

because Ableton Sampler cannot do time stretching