Exactly how do you sample music?

lynnmonk · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject:

A good tip from Brien. However, you will only need the mic and digital recorder if you want to sample external or acoustic sounds. If you only want to sample parts of recordings, of course you only need to plug the source of the recording (record deck, CD player, etc) into the "Line in" of your soundcard. Assuming you have a reasonable amount of space on your hard drive ... say, at least 40Gb, you wont need to purchase anything else at this stage.

Lynn

krazykiki81 · Groupie Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 41

lynnmonk wrote:

A good tip from Brien. However, you will only need the mic and digital recorder if you want to sample external or acoustic sounds. If you only want to sample parts of recordings, of course you only need to plug the source of the recording (record deck, CD player, etc) into the "Line in" of your soundcard. Assuming you have a reasonable amount of space on your hard drive ... say, at least 40Gb, you wont need to purchase anything else at this stage.

Lynn

Well what if I only want to sample mp3 recordings? Can I load the mp3 sample into the sequencer and sample it just like that?

If so, then I really would like to know how I would be able to go about sampling a song using FL Studio.

Brien · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject:

I'm just gonna butt in here one more time. It doesn't read like "sample" is the illusive quest we are in search of. Seems like some words need to be spelled and definitions placed to them. I read "sample" but I think "they want to "record", which is much easier and is a completely different animal.

mp3, sample, sequencer and FL Studio, you just about cannot say these words in one sentence without getting a little grin from someone [:)

krazykiki81 · Groupie Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 41

Brien wrote:

I'm just gonna butt in here one more time. It doesn't read like "sample" is the illusive quest we are in search of. Seems like some words need to be spelled and definitions placed to them. I read "sample" but I think "they want to "record", which is much easier and is a completely different animal.

mp3, sample, sequencer and FL Studio, you just about cannot say these words in one sentence without getting a little grin from someone [ Smile

What's the point? *shrugs*

Brien · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:31 pm Post subject: the point is...

that maybe the point is not in full view. I am reading words that say one thing but, in my opinion, are likely to mean something completely different like all these words can be used to mean the same thing when in fact this is far, far from reality...plus I don't have anything to do at the moment:)

sample = HOW TO SAMPLE USING FL STUDIO
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/815679

sequencer = A device or program that records and plays back user-determined sets of music performance commands
http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/whatsseq.htm

krazykiki81 · Groupie Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 41

Brien wrote:

that maybe the point is not in full view. I am reading words that say one thing but, in my opinion, are likely to mean something completely different like all these words can be used to mean the same thing when in fact this is far, far from reality...plus I don't have anything to do at the moment:)

sample = HOW TO SAMPLE USING FL STUDIO
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/815679

sequencer = A device or program that records and plays back user-determined sets of music performance commands
http://www.borg.com/~jglatt/tutr/whatsseq.htm

Thanks for the links. I really don't know how to do the sampling thing yet because I'm still a fresh newbie. But the last major question I asked was in sort of in response to what lynnmonk had said to me earlier in the thread...here it is...

At the very minimum you'll need...
1. Multitrack recording software
2. Midi Keyboard

Process...

1. Import original recording into one track of your software
2. Determine the tempo in beats per minute
3. Overdub a new drum track at the correct tempo
4. Overdub other music tracks as required
5. Mixdown the result.

From what lynnmonk typed, the sampling process appears to be pretty simple using software. The process lynnmonk typed appears to be simple, but I don't think it is. And on top of that, you really don't understand what I'm asking. I've tried to be as concise as possible. I just basically need to know how to sample songs using audio editing software such as Sonar and Sound Forge, which I will be getting soon...but at the current moment, all I have is FL Studio.

Brien · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:47 pm Post subject:

I don't sample so I wouldn't know...I'm just the guy with a dictionary!

Whenever you have issues with audio recording, gear and setup, maybe I could be of genuine aid at that time.

Personally, I do not understand the dogged determination to "sample" when in effect, pretty much any sound that you may desire has already been committed to tape or a digital format.

madmonk · Groupie Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Posts: 11

if fl does what my sl 3 can do then try this. rip the track you want from the cd onto your hard drive (media player can do this) then open a blank fl project, drag and drop the sound file which can be of pretty much any type directly onto the project window. In sl the program will ask you to select or create a directory and then give you options whether to convert file to project and copy file to directory. tick yes to these options. your "sample" should appear on a track in your project only of course if fl performs the same way as sl does.
However this is how it can be done using SL or SX so could be one to consider when going shopping

krazykiki81 · Groupie Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 41

madmonk wrote:

if fl does what my sl 3 can do then try this. rip the track you want from the cd onto your hard drive (media player can do this) then open a blank fl project, drag and drop the sound file which can be of pretty much any type directly onto the project window. In sl the program will ask you to select or create a directory and then give you options whether to convert file to project and copy file to directory. tick yes to these options. your "sample" should appear on a track in your project only of course if fl performs the same way as sl does.
However this is how it can be done using SL or SX so could be one to consider when going shopping

Okay...I'll give this a shot. I don't know if I'll be successful at it or if FL will allow this action to happen, but I'll give it a try.

Ducks · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Oregon

You might check out a program called Traction3. I've only just now started messing around with it. It appears to be very powerful.

You will only be able to extract a complete sound waveform of the sound you want. You won't be able to break it down to individual voices (at least I'm not aware of any way to do that).

You can take the line level signal directly off your audio gear directly into the computer and into Traction. Once there, you will be probably somewhat intimidated by all the possibilities (I know I am).

I used to have an old program called SoundEdit that you could use to manipulate wave forms. I'm told that Traction is much, much more powerful. We'll see.

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