Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Beginner sampler questions
From: Christian Henz (chrhenz_AT_gmx.de)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 18:45:40 EET
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 10:24:42AM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote:
[...]
> piano line and generate it through a sampler. But that brings my
> first question -- if you don't own/play the instruments in question,
> where do you get the samples? I've done a lot of web searching,
> and found tons of drum loops and bass lines that are two measures
> long and so forth, but don't find much in the way of e.g. individual
> notes on basses.
>
> And I wonder about how people use the extended samples I find.
> It seems kinda constraining, to be stuck with a melody/harmony
> line given to you by whatever someone sampled. Of course, there
> are tons and tons of samples available; but then, in order to
> express the music you're hearing in your head, you're gonna be
> spending hours and hours trying to find samples that work.
>
The Answer would be sample CDs. They may contain everything from a Grand Piano,
with each individual key sampled at different velocities, with/without pedal
etc. to readymade drumloops/vocal hooks that you can hack together a crappy
dance music track within mere seconds :)
They come in specific formats for different hard/software samplers (Akai,
Gigasampler etc.) as well as generic formats like a CD-ROM with .wav files
or simply an audio CD.
See this vendor site for examples: http://bestservice.de/index.asp?lng=3
cheers,
Christian
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