Where the heck does all this stuff come from?!?!?
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lunatiKK_synth lunatiKK_synth https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=336441
- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 26 posts since 22 Aug, 2014 from Long Valley, NJ
Hey all,
So I've been doing a lot of music writing, and I've got beats in mind that I really want to create, but the sample world to me is all a blur. What I'm really wondering is... where do artists and producers find all their samples? I don't want to grab something off the first few pages of Google because I know there's millions of one-shots and stuff out there, I just have no idea how to get to all of them because there are so many. Where are you guys able to find all this stuff buried in the interwebs??
Thanks guys
So I've been doing a lot of music writing, and I've got beats in mind that I really want to create, but the sample world to me is all a blur. What I'm really wondering is... where do artists and producers find all their samples? I don't want to grab something off the first few pages of Google because I know there's millions of one-shots and stuff out there, I just have no idea how to get to all of them because there are so many. Where are you guys able to find all this stuff buried in the interwebs??
Thanks guys
Waiting For Orion
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
...some obnoxious stuff I shouldn't have written in the first place... my apologies!
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Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
- KVRAF
- 4290 posts since 31 Oct, 2004
Just get yourself samples from a reliable sample vendor. For instance:
Loopmasters: http://www.loopmasters.com/
SamplePhonics: http://www.samplephonics.com/
SoundtrackLoops: http://soundtrackloops.com/
Myself: http://www.samplescience.ca/search/label/free?
You'll find freebies on all those sites, and if you want to spend they all offer full fledged sample library for money.
Enjoy!
Loopmasters: http://www.loopmasters.com/
SamplePhonics: http://www.samplephonics.com/
SoundtrackLoops: http://soundtrackloops.com/
Myself: http://www.samplescience.ca/search/label/free?
You'll find freebies on all those sites, and if you want to spend they all offer full fledged sample library for money.
Enjoy!
- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
He is asking about samples. Do you know what samples are? With over 5000 posts you should .Have you considered making something original instead of just stealing other people's music?
There is a page with all the sounds in the world, if you want something organic: freesound.org
A tons of sample packs are available for free. Just browse this forum and you will find
Also, many synths and DAWs come with their own sample libraries. For example tiny MPD218 has two plugins with over 25 GB of percussive samples in total.
You can also create your own samples with field recorder or other synths.
That being said, I use samples a lot and never bought a sample pack on its own.
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Tricky-Loops wrote: (...)someone like Armin van Buuren who claims to make a track in half an hour and all his songs sound somewhat boring(...)
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- KVRian
- 1367 posts since 30 Jul, 2013
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- KVRAF
- 2141 posts since 20 Sep, 2013 from Poland
There are, indeed, lots, and you can make your own, too.
To start with, I'd get some good free stuff, and see how well it works for me. There's lots of free stuff, too, but Bedroom Producers Blog is good at filtering all that down and writing articles about the better stuff.
I'd start with Wave Alchemy's free samples of classic analog drum machines.
To start with, I'd get some good free stuff, and see how well it works for me. There's lots of free stuff, too, but Bedroom Producers Blog is good at filtering all that down and writing articles about the better stuff.
I'd start with Wave Alchemy's free samples of classic analog drum machines.
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
Yeah, I was a little too hasty in making that comment, and obviously read the post incorrectly. Being so nasty really wasn't warranted either way. I apologize.DJ Warmonger wrote:He is asking about samples. Do you know what samples are? With over 5000 posts you should .Have you considered making something original instead of just stealing other people's music?
There is a page with all the sounds in the world, if you want something organic: freesound.org
A tons of sample packs are available for free. Just browse this forum and you will find
Also, many synths and DAWs come with their own sample libraries. For example tiny MPD218 has two plugins with over 25 GB of percussive samples in total.
You can also create your own samples with field recorder or other synths.
That being said, I use samples a lot and never bought a sample pack on its own.
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
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- KVRAF
- 8414 posts since 4 Jul, 2012 from Alesia
If you want to make EDM style stuff I suggest you hit up X-fer with your money.
https://xferrecords.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxbx-fvvsGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp9yTrI4bHA
https://xferrecords.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxbx-fvvsGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp9yTrI4bHA
- Beware the Quoth
- 33156 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Many folk will make their own, using whatever gear (often, but not exclusively hardware) they already have. All it takes is a microphone and a little bit of work. It doesnt even need to be a good microphone, as long as you're prepared to be creative. I think it might have been 4-Tet who used to record stuff with one of those little 'stick' PC microphones for Skype, but a budget $30 dynamic microphone or a homemade piezo mic would work just as well. Or even your phone's mic.lunatiKK_synth wrote:What I'm really wondering is... where do artists and producers find all their samples? I don't want to grab something off the first few pages of Google because I know there's millions of one-shots and stuff out there, I just have no idea how to get to all of them because there are so many. Where are you guys able to find all this stuff buried in the interwebs??
Recording stuff, chopping it up, processing it, layering that, those are core skills. It might take time but what you'll have is uniquely yours. Obviously big huge multisamples instrument libraries arent done that way, but for drum/percussion sounds, single hits, odd textural loops and the like.
Or you could do that with free samples that someone else has recorded. freesound.org is the centre of the universe for that, basically. That stuff is mostly under a particular set of licenses ('Creative Commons') that's designed to encourage people to share stuff without feeling like they'll get ripped off for doing so. A lot of it tends to be sound effects and field recordings rather than instrument sounds, but again that'd be where you apply your creativity to editing.
One other interesting place to look for free sample collections is bedroomproducersblog.com They list a lot of stuff.
There are also hundreds of commercial companies out there making samples, from bedroom musos making a few bucks, to large companies with 'name' artists producing genre-of-the-month libraries. Some of those libraries have been around for years, and are very well known, to the point of cliche maybe, or just being 'standards'.
Look at Sampleism for a single point of sale for a lot of interesting small sample sets, for and Zero-G for the 'perpetual sale of the day' warehouse kinda deal on some of the bigger companies.
FWIW, a lot of folk take 'regular' sample libraries and process and layer them etc u until they have their own tailored/customised versions. For the lazy there's even a few pre-processed 'boutique' library makers out their like Goldbaby who have made an art of that..
For 'sound effects', rather than music samples (and subject to the 'you'll have to be creative' proviso) , sonniss.com is another front-end, for small sample library makers, as is asoundeffect.com.
(BTW If you want a crapload of stuff fast, have a look at the free Soniss GDC1GDC16 downloads; its about 10Gb of samples that they gave away to folk at the big games developer event. There's a GDC15 one too, but the link isnt obvious any more, you have to ask them for it I think)
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- KVRAF
- 1675 posts since 3 May, 2014
I've been digging into the converse library lately some good stuff on there,a mix mash of everything,from guitars to organs to synths to drums & some vocals,only problem is you have to download each sample individually no bulk download
https://www.conversesamplelibrary.com/
https://www.conversesamplelibrary.com/
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lunatiKK_synth lunatiKK_synth https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=336441
- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 26 posts since 22 Aug, 2014 from Long Valley, NJ
I'm mainly really going for drums, as the guitar/synths/bass is all composition for me. These are all some really awesome places! For the pro samples though, is there an existing database where like, all the companies are on one site?? I've seen pro producers in YouTube videos just going through sample packs like wildfire and I don't know where they hear about all this stuff XD
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- KVRAF
- 1675 posts since 3 May, 2014
Check out Rekkerd,it has news of new releases & sales
http://rekkerd.org/category/news/sample ... libraries/
http://rekkerd.org/category/news/sample ... libraries/
- KVRAF
- 5503 posts since 23 Aug, 2014 from Boston/Cambridge
He's a warmonger after alldeastman wrote:Yeah, I was a little too hasty in making that comment, and obviously read the post incorrectly. Being so nasty really wasn't warranted either way. I apologize.DJ Warmonger wrote:He is asking about samples. Do you know what samples are? With over 5000 posts you should .Have you considered making something original instead of just stealing other people's music?
- KVRAF
- 5223 posts since 20 Jul, 2010
Remember that with a good sampler, you have synthesis options on top of choosing the right samples. Filter, pitch and amp envelopes, not to mention effects, can really mould a drum hit to a track.
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- KVRAF
- 1683 posts since 29 Sep, 2013
Also http://www.noizefield.comere2learn wrote:Check out Rekkerd,it has news of new releases & sales
http://rekkerd.org/category/news/sample ... libraries/