The tag has no wiki summary.

learn more… | top users | synonyms

6
votes
4answers
146 views

In what units is a sample's amplitude value represented, and how it relates to the real world?

I'm new to digital audio signals and read about sampling rate on hydrogenaudio. What this doesn't mention is how a single sample's value, ranging from -32768 to 32767 in a 16 bit, relates to any ...
3
votes
1answer
45 views

How to make a sample/note sustained or long in Reason 4?

In Reason 4, some notes play as long as the red bar in the editing window continues. Others have just a single touch with no release and no matter how long the bar, they don't sound continuously. How ...
0
votes
4answers
63 views

What Windows-based DAW can I use for sample arrangement?

I want to make music where I layer samples over one another. I don't just want these to be samples of notes--I have samples of drum breaks and guitar riffs that I'd like to sequence. For example, ...
0
votes
1answer
46 views

Changing the sampling or playback rate

Why does changing the sampling or playback rate of a sound changes its pitch?
2
votes
3answers
81 views

tips for making a more realistic “live drummer” sound with only audio samples

I compose and produce my own electronic music and I generally only have trouble with one aspect of music: the drums. Drums are the only major instrument that I have no formal in so its definitely the ...
2
votes
4answers
201 views

Acid Pro alternatives for OS X

Ten years ago I learned how to use Sony's Acid Music in Windows XP, since it allows to compose music using samples and more important, it can automatically match tempo, pitch and lots of other useful ...
2
votes
2answers
45 views

Licence of audio samples

I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but is there a free-to-use licence for audio samples like drum-kit sounds? And what if I want to use the samples in a commercial application? And what ...
2
votes
0answers
107 views

how to do mono to stereo conversion

(This is a cross-post from StackOverflow. But I wondered wether some people here might be the better audience to answer this.) I am using libswresample to resample from any PCM format to 44.1kHz, ...
5
votes
1answer
327 views

In Ableton, how come cropped samples aren't cropped as much when imported later?

I've been trying to archive my samples for later use. Assume I have a sample cropped perfectly in drum rack and I've verified that the sample is how I want it. I've then stored the .wav for the ...
2
votes
2answers
114 views

Where can I license sample libraries for a virtual iOS instrument?

I'm making a virtual instrument for mobile devices. Where can I license a sample library from for this purpose? For example I would need individual audio files for individual piano notes. The license ...
1
vote
2answers
513 views

Is it normal for audio recorded in a particular sampling rate to have distortions when transcoded into another sampling rate?

I'm working on a small video editing project at home and am new at this. I have a multiple videos that I'm combining together into one video and am using the audio from one of these videos as the ...
2
votes
0answers
32 views

How do I get Logic to export the sounds recorded from Kontak w/ Symphobia?

I can get the sounds recorded and on separate tracks but they wont export. It just says there is nothing to export. Also I cant get Kontak in a regular channel strip with level meter. It will only ...
0
votes
3answers
320 views

Software playing real sounds not midi when writing scores

Is there any software able to synthesize music based on real sounds, not midi when writing scores? I mean something really offering all known instrument sounds and sound dynamics, no matter what it ...
3
votes
3answers
64 views

Where to find music beats

Where can I find drum beat samples or individual notes, especially electronic music styles (electro house, dubstep, trance etc.)?
2
votes
0answers
92 views

Maschine: Automatically tag all samples in folder

Is there a way to automatically tag all samples in a particular folder? For example, I have a folder in my samples directory full of vocals, and I want to tag them all with type "Vocal" and subtype ...
1
vote
2answers
104 views

samples, sampling; the use of these terms in different contexts

I am getting confused with different peoples' uses of the term 'sample' or 'sampling'. Some people using drum beat programs like fruity loops, generate a drum beat sequence and then take a subset ...
3
votes
2answers
245 views

How are vocals and other different tracks separated from a mix?

I am referring to extractions like these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLKFSmI-iYM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyx14aFNPX0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm7w5al2n7o ...
3
votes
3answers
502 views

What advantages does an MPC-style device have that are not offered by a DAW?

It seems that the MPC-2000 had a long stranglehold on drum programmers and sample editors, but with the rise of DAWs (most notably I think was FL Studio around version 4), are they now obsolete? What ...