Sampling 101 (orchestra bells and rubber band)

A semi-amusing demonstration of Tracktion's bare-bones sampler plugin. I sample one "real" instrument, and one "found object" with a surprising five-octave range.

When I finished editing this, I thought, "you know, I look kind of drunk in this video." I'm not, of course; I just get a little loopy when I'm tired... and I'm always tired (send help)!

Will try to include more smash-em-up cops next time.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• sampling
• session
• orchestra
• bells
• rubber
• band
• tracktion
• howto

[thesenatormatt]

I think I have the same bells kit. Ludwig??

[acousvnt]

It just says "CB" on the side, so I don't know. I picked it up for $5.00 at a garage sale, no case, no mallet.

[cthulufunk]

Thanks for the helpful replies! I forgot to ask what mic you were using for sampling....looks like a condenser of some sort. Would you go with a condenser like a Studio Projects B1 for sampling, or the standard Shure SM57? People often recommend me SM57, but I'm not just wanting to do standard amp micing and drums, but rubberband banjo, wine glasses, etc.

[acousvnt]

In this one I used an SM57 for the rubber band and a stereo condenser for the bells. I'll have to find that mic later to remember make/model, but in my experience it's noisy and best suited for loud things like overhead drum mics. I had to remove some hiss from the bell samples after recording them.

[cthulufunk]

Couldn't you have just done Select All and then hit Ignore Release?

[acousvnt]

Yes, I realized that after doing the video. Didn't take more than a minute anyway, though, so no huge loss.

[wholtone]

Rubber band sounds fat as hell!!! Sounds awesome.

[BluePaddleProduction]

cool!

[Shironekomoon]

OMG you rock mate! XD

[InSaneTK]

the rubber band sound is awesomeeeee

[cky12qxz]

i got the Ludwig :D practice pad & bells???

[whitesicanman]

dude, this is awesome. very very awesome. you've expanded my imagination.