Sample Shorting Out - Weirdest **** thing... Frusterated!

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So this is the 3rd time I think, it happends rarely, but when it does, it's horrible.

Basically, I will be making a beat, and will be continuing to add specific elements, ie; Crash, Snare, Hi-Hat and when I go to add that in the beat, it will short out the sample in the background.

In this case specifically, I have 2 orchestra samples playing on top of each other. Snare, kick, crash is in place, and I am going to add a Hi-Hat, it does and sounds fine in the beginning but then within the last bar, one of the Orchestra samples shorts out and it's like that part is deleted?

Anyways, it's not just a specific instrument, I even tried to add a bassline and it shorted out at the same spot again... But it's weird, cause I let it play, and eventually it just went back and filled the sample back in?

Anyways, I am completely frusterated, and not too sure where to turn with it or how to fix it.

I think the biggest peeve of mine can be when my creative flow is interrupted whether it be by someone, phone call, or when a piece of equipment is failing.

Please, if someone knows the answer, and how to fix this issue. By all means, drop the knowledge homie and preach...



Good Lookin'...

what you're dealing with is polyphony overload. it's something that happens when you either have too much going on at one time, OR when you're not making the best of your polyphony.

you're 100% correct when you say "shorting out" ie additional samples played begin to max out the others. this is when you've reached 32 "voices" at 1 time.

i've covered this many times. i describe it as "polyphony mismanagement."

i've gone in depth about this in other threads - google polyphony mismanagement or search it for those descriptions. meanwhile, here is the info, short and sweet:

1 - if any samples are stereo, why? does it need to be? would you lose anything by converting it to mono? take it as a sample by sample basis.

2 - are any of your pads playing overtop each other? ie, a long cym hits once, then hits again before the 1st play is finished. Set these to "mono" playback. unless you NEED the sample to play overtop itself, it should be set to mono. (the PAD, not the PROGRAM)

i was thinking it sounded more like a mute groups problem, but be sure to check polyphony as well.