Edit that preset!

Okay.. finaly i found a methode for splicing a drum-loop into singlehit shared out on each key..  i got it from the emusonacid forum.

http://www.emusonacid.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2006

"This chops up a single breakbeat accross 8 keys without you ever needing to cut up the sample!
Get a breakbeat sample (1 bar) and assign it to a preset.
Edit the voice and set non-transpose to on, and optionally set solo on.
Edit cords and set the first 5 Cords (00 to 04) to Gain4X > ‘SStart +100%
Set Cord 05 to Key~ to Gain4X + ? (see below)
Now on your master keyboard hit D3 and adjust the Cord 05 amount until you find the first snare hit in the beat.
And thats it - you’ve now got a chopped breakeat mapped on keys C3 to G3 (including minors).
This works by using Key~ to adjust the sample start (with several Gain4xs to extend this). If you use key+ instead of key~ the range will be C-2 (lowest key) to G-3.”

This made wonders..   What it does it takes a sample and set the starting position up in 8 equal parts.. shared out of 8 keys.

I took a housesample i made a week ago, it was a 110bpm sample.  i made sure it was excatly 1 bar.  applied the cords and tweaked it so it was fitting perfectly. 

 then i rearranged it into a new beat.. and applied som filters.. the new beat was now i 130bpm.. and i used the amen break pattern :).

Listen to an example here E-mu Sampler splice

This made my day

 Listen to a short jam here: E-mu Oberheim patch 

Well.. i guess i have made it pritty clear that i have fallen totaly in love with the sampling techniqe.   So i thought i could share my progress in learning the lost art of sampling :).

Few days ago, i needed a kind of a lead pad.. a pad that sticks a bit out.  so i turned to my nova.. found a preset.. tweaked it a bit.. and made it fit for the track.. it sounded ok.. but too mellow and rnb’ish.. so.. i turned to my emu..   i sampled a 5 sec clip of the sample down..  copied it up and panned the two similar samples in each direction.. then i fine-detuned the one sample to around +6, found a very good looping point and made crossfade between the loopingpoint to avoid too fast transition,  applied amplitude envelope, a 4-pole low-pass filter, with an filter envelope.   I also did some dsp threatment on the sample like, normalizing.    First the result was a bit flat.. but after working with the filter envelope.. and amp envelope i found the right curve.. and it made miracles..

 the pad got a more edgy characteristic sound, and fitted my dnb track even more.  and that emu-filter actually kicks the bottom of the nova filters.. i am almost sad to say.. but its a killer!!!

I am going to apply a slow lagged random lfo on the fine-tuning on both samples.. so they can drift to get a more analouge feel..

With a slow lagged random lfo, i mean a LFO that is feeding out random values, with a lagproessor smoothing out the transition between the values.. giving it a kind of smooth “sample and hold” modulation.  Since its random, the two samples will not be modulated to the same value. Which will ensure it sounds more natural.

 The emu have revealed it self as a superb padmachine.   emu together with some va/analouge or softsynth turns out to be a killer combination!!

Well.. i admit it..  i have been super inefficient with music lately.. and i put all the blame on Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn beta test.. its not because i have been playing.. no.. i have simply just been waiting on the beta invitation to arrive in my email box.. and today it did!! YAHOO!!..

Well.. the new drum and bass track i am working on, which have the creative name 211 at the moment, are progressing.  Yesterday i worked on getting the beat right with the bass.. i am not sure if i am happy.. but its improving.    I figure that i need some more skills in beat programming aswell :P   I also added a layer of pad chords that was floating realy good with a bass pattern change.  I was rather please with the outcome.  And its a perfect spot where i can play with the filters on the drums.. creating a good mysterious break. :). 

I figured out that i wanted to sample down the pad, then play it from the emu.  Even though i did not finish the patch before go to bed yesterday i was quiet pleased with the pad patch. BUT it still lacks of some of the energy when playing it from the Nova. but on the other side its much wider in the stereo image, because i layered it twice with diffrent panning. 

 I will try not to use too long time on this track.. when i am exploring new genre like this, its important to finish a couple of half good tracks in short time, instead of one good in long time…   

Well.. yesterday i sampled down all the singleshot drums i used in drum-loop as singleshot samples to the emu.  And i must say that it was amazingly easy.. it all went out smooth..  i just had to push arm, play the sample, then click place.. then repeate the procedure foreach singleshot sample.    Wahoo.. it was much much easier then first expected.

So now i have my first dnb kit :).   i added a cord from MidiD -> Glide.. that created some sick effects on the drum..

 God 17. Mai, Hurra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac 

It should be elementary for all human beings to know about this amen break.  its used by sevral artists.  

Check out the link.. another proof that SAMPLER IS KING!

A good tricks to get sweet phat sound on the trigger of a bass is to add a quick envelope which decays fast and rout it to the pitch of oscillator 2 this will make sure that the sound are more detuned on the start but quickly catches up on the default settings.  Controll the decayrate to expriment with diffrent phatness.

But remember!..  SAMPLER IS KING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vGOZQ7WCqs <– teebee and calyx is giving us green guys some tips.. mostly chitchat.. but some good once now and then..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuliFt8TrzE <– how to build phat beats on emu SP 1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpnQZC1hdd0 <– Brian Banker showing some of his secrets regarding songwriting.. not bad actually

enjoy!

Well.. one night it came clear to me that drum-loop are made for slicing.. and it should be done..     My biggest problem is this.. i dont have any way of moving my samples from my pc to the sampler without using floppy disk or record the sample.   I have done the last option.. but then I have to cut the sample manualy… which is still a bit beyond my skills on the e6400 ultra.       But.. at least i have a mission to go…  hopefully i will be able to show off some examples soon :D… stay tuned!!!   one more thing.. recycle is the perfect tool for slicing.. yea i know.. but i need to figure out how to move the result between my computer and sampler… ahhh the pain!!!!   Comment please

Well.. i have done som incredible!!.. i have sold my Nord Modular.. to get enough money to buy an Emu e6400 Ultra…   what was i thinking???!!!

Selling this wonderfull red piece of hardware to get an outdated fan-noisy sampler..?   Well to be honest.. i have a strong belive that a sampler is the ultimate tool for expression and it has infinity age of living… if i was a rich boy (la-la-la-la-la), i would never have sold my nord.. but  i am not.. so i had to trade away one of my child….
A hardware sampler might not be the easiest to work with.. comparing to big software sampler.. but for me its about crafting.. feeling the tool.. get my back a bit soar… its a part of the road.   

The emu sampler have some mighty filters..and every day i am starting to understand more.. still i have much to learn.. and my biggest down is that i have no scsi cdrom or pci slot for a scsi cable.. so i can’t copy my drumsamples into the sampler… which leaves me to dumping mono samples over sysex OR recording.. at the moment i work with the last option.   And it suits me fine.. but i would very much like to start building some drum-kit on the sampler.. so that i can work with the filter independant on the drumtrack.

After working some hours with a drum loop… i must say that thing sounds WONDERFULL!!! the filters.. the playback.. everything is just great… i welcome a new member for the family, while i cry over the loss of the little red one..

The emu i got is an  E-mu e6400 Ultra with 128mb ram, 8 output, RFX-32 effect board exp. and a 15gb harddrive. Running EOS 4.61 at the moment because of the RFX-32 card.    Upgrading the unit to 4.7 will break the RFX-32 card..  which leaves me into a dilemma..   I am still considering if i should care about the RFX-32 card.. or not.

Some good information about the last emu sampler line

Synth out!