how do u sample?¡

[IGLESIAS]

hi

at church we have a Korg Triton dunno if that's the rigth name but u get the point

it has an awesome trumpet which I would very much like to sample the thing is I have neever done this b4 so I have some questions

1- How do I do it? just like a regular recording?? u know piano plug into my PC via mixer or w/e

2- which is better .wav or .sf2 I'm kinda leaning more to .sf2 since I could put that on a piano roll and would make things much easier so how do u make a .sf2
u know soundfont what kind of software can do this??

thx in advance
bye 4 now

[C00kie]

1) thats right, just like regular recording. You need to trim the recordings (remove silence before and after) using your audio editor. Maybe one good sample will do, maybe you need samples of different root keys or at different velocities.

2) depends on your needs... A Sf2 file is a collection of wavs with some extra info on which sample to use in which keyrange and velocity range. And there are much more details to tweak (envelope, filters, lfo's.)

If you have a SB Audigy or Live card you can ofcourse use Vienna to build the SF2 file. You can try the demo version of FMJSoft AWAVE Studio. This also allows you to put the WAV files into a SF2 file.

Most hosts nowadays have a native basic sampler to play back the samples. Maybe that will do, maybe not... Milage varies!

[learjeff]

First, be aware that what you're planning is a violation of Korg's copyrights. If you're not doing it for profit, it's probably not criminal, unless specific provisions of the DCMA act apply.

However, if you own the Korg and you're sampling it for a more convenient way to use the sampler's sounds, then the best bet is to program a MIDI track to play each note, hold it long enough to ensure a good loop point (probably one second is plenty), and leave a second or so of silence before the next note to make it easy to edit & cut the samples apart.

You'd probably want to sample each set of notes using different MIDI velocities, because the sound is probably different (brighter) with stronger keystrokes.

You probably don't need to sample every note, either. It depends on the sound, but every 4th white key often works well for me. If you sample every key, it ends up taking a lot more space, and you're more likely to have technical issues when playing it.

Play the MIDI track and record normally.

Then the fun starts! (ugh) Chopping all the samples up and building the soundfont.

I have some free tools that automate most of this process, but I call 'em "nerd tools", they're not particularly user-friendly, no GUI, and you have to load "Python" onto your computer. If you're interested, read more at Learjeff.com/sf/jSfTools.html.