by djnarrative | 8 Oct, 2010 | Reckorder Tutorials
Chances are you've got plenty of sounds and instruments in your chosen sequencer, but what if you're looking for a certain sound, loop or layer? Well there's (at least) 3 options available. > Sample it from a record, find it on the web or make it yourself. The reason for grabbing it from a record is because all of the production has been done for you, though you're obviously using someone else's sound. How that really affects anything is down to your view and what you do with it once you've sampled it, but for any total beginners, if you're grabbing it from a record you'll either be recording it into your sequencer / audio editor (e.g wavelab, audacity, etc) or cutting out the sample from an mp3 track. To do this you'll need to route the output of your source (e.g a turntable plugged into your mixer) into the soundcard input of your laptop, hit record & chop out the bit you want. Obviously if you're grabbing the sound from an mp3, you just need to drag the mp3 into your audio editor/sequencer and chop it out. The 2nd method is finding the sound on the web. There's free places where you can grab accapellas, loops and samples (some links are below) and there are paid sites, whereby you can purchase high quality loop and sample packs from a whole range of producers. The quality of loop libraries can be really good, e.g the bt breaks one, and give you a real strong starting point in which to build tracks. Having debated both methods (making your own and...
