Yep, that's what I was talking about....cheaper than I remember, though still that's about the cost of an arm and half a leg.griffin wrote:This might be the software ntom was referring to Izotope RX2.
Skrillex Sampling question
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- KVRAF
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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- KVRAF
- 4584 posts since 21 Sep, 2005
I know what you are saying. I had exactly the same problem when I was starting out.jontah wrote:So, I've been really interested in sampling for a while, and I've been watching tons and tons of tutorials on how to sample and do this and that.
But I'm STILL wondering:
How do I get a sample to be isolated? I mean, lets say I want only the song from a sample (take Skrillex for example, he tends to take a few bits here and there from audio interviews, random phrases from youtube, resampling, transposing it and autotuning and processing it etc etc), how do you actually do this in a proffessional way? I mean, in interviews and stuff ,there's always some crack in the background, Skrillex manage to get a away from this, question is HOW?
I'm also wondering, when sampling, you have no idea what tempo the sample is in, since it's no song (lets say from an interview, just pure talk or scream), lets say a guy is talking reaaally slow, like 90bpm, and I want it up to 128bpm to match my track ,or in even extremer cases like skrillex's dubstep: 149bpm, how do I get it to fit good with the tempo without sounding too "speedy"?
This is another thing Skrillex manages to get good.
I think sampling in general is really interesting, and I would kill to get better at it. Any tips, tricks, tutorials or so on this? I've checked youtube alot for this, but I can't seem to find any good ones that come up with cool tricks and tips and isolations etc to make it sound professional. Most of the guys on youtube just show the basics on how to do this.
I also got FXpansion Geist which I think is awsome for drumbeats, should I use this as a sampler for whole tracks aswell and interviews to pick up parts etc? or should I just stick to the Ableton live 8 method? or is it better to use Logic for this?
So many questions, so much interesting stuff, so little answers.
A helping hand here is very much appreciated.
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Thanks alot!
Re:Skrillex.
What a lot of people don't know is this:
Skrillex was taught by Lee Scratch Perry to use a mixing desk. It is a lie that he does everything 'in the box'. pah.
If you ever see him live and look real close, you can see an Allen and Heath
16:8:2 beneath his lap. Sneaky little f**ker. Though this makes me love him more. Ok, even a fool can tell he uses massive for his basslines. His leads too. Also his pads. Er, I think he even uses them for his drum sounds. Anyway, this does not matter a jot. Not when one is going through an Allen and Heath 16:8:2. I believe that he even sums this down to stereo for the final mix.
Just for the speakers. And any dull fuckwit audio engineers that might be trying to gain glory by saying that they 'did his sound man'. Ha ha. That will teach them.
Skrillex looks about 25 years of age, but is actually 62. This subterfuge has enabled him to gain an upper hand in the audio engineering field. Taught by Lee Scratch Perry as already mentioned... There is a rumour that he is in fact not even real - an incarnation by the Aphex Twin. Ha ha, don't let these rumours fool you. Skrillex is real enough - he is just so 'high-end' that ordinary folk can not understand him or even his music. I heard one old granny on the tube to Walthamstow calling his work: POOP! She said this with so much venoum and commitment I nearly spat out my Costa Coffee Latte. When the old dear next to her said: 'Yes, he really is one over-rated c**t', I nearly choked on my dunkin' donut.
They both looked at me. I looked away. The hipsters next to us knew what time it was alright, though..
Next stop - Seven Sisters.