Hello everyone,
I am new to this whole music producing this, I am trying to get new intruments/sounds that I can use to create new beats but Ableton Live does not offer very many. I THOUGHT that I just had to download "samples" and I would be able to use my Laptop KeyBoard to play different notes, but some of the samples I download are already pre-made and look like loops. Can anyone help and tell me the difference between Loops and samples, and if there is a specific name for those new instrument sounds that I can download?
Thanks a Ton!
-Linskey
Help with understanding Samples
Help with understanding Samples
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Re: Help with understanding Samples
"samples" can be pretty much anything. Just a section of audio. A few terms that might help are-
Hits - single drum or percussion hits. Kick, snare, etc, etc.
Loops - usually 1 to 4 bars of an instrument playing, drum pattern, etc
Multisample - a file containing several individual notes or hits. For a drum it would have different sound depending on how hard it's hit. A piano would probably have different samples for different pitches as well as velocity. You need a sampler that accepts the particular format.
One shot - often a sound effect you would play occasional, not looped or across keyboard. But not necessarily.
Stab - single sample of a note or chord of a tonal instrument. Something you could just drop into simpler.
Edit- actually, funken's right. One shot is usually same as a hit.
Hits - single drum or percussion hits. Kick, snare, etc, etc.
Loops - usually 1 to 4 bars of an instrument playing, drum pattern, etc
Multisample - a file containing several individual notes or hits. For a drum it would have different sound depending on how hard it's hit. A piano would probably have different samples for different pitches as well as velocity. You need a sampler that accepts the particular format.
One shot - often a sound effect you would play occasional, not looped or across keyboard. But not necessarily.
Stab - single sample of a note or chord of a tonal instrument. Something you could just drop into simpler.
Edit- actually, funken's right. One shot is usually same as a hit.
Re: Help with understanding Samples
I guess what I am trying to say is that I want to produce new sounds, like say I only have a grand piano sound on my Ableton account. And I wanted to make a fresh new track and I needed a Guitar, but I don't have the instrument to load into my MiDi Clip Slot. Where should I download these new instruments/ sounds?
If you aren't someone who can do it,
then pretend you're someone who can and then do it - Inspired by Neil Gaimen
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Re: Help with understanding Samples
Hmm, that doesn't sound right. Think even live lite should have a few instrument presets to play with. Sure you downloaded and installed everything properly? Afraid it's been so long I can't even remember the correct procedure.
Re: Help with understanding Samples
I do have some more instruments, I was just giving that as an example. I just want a wider variety of instruments to use, I just don't know where to get them.... preferably for free!
If you aren't someone who can do it,
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