About sampling instruments.

So I've read first 100 pages from the manual and made some ... noise.
Now I'm thinking of good practices of sampling instruments.

I have this Arturia Minibrute synth and if I were to sample that, should I play a certain key or chord to sample? If I understood correctly this sampled sound can then be used in a keygroup that modulated the sample (so I don't need to sample every note).
Also is there a general naming convention when it comes to sampling?

On a side note, I'm also interested in how big has your sample collection grown during the years?

You can use the 'autosampler' to create instruments from your Minibrute, just set up your minibrute sound via a MIDI track on your MPC, and configure the autosampler to sample from the outpt of the minibrute, it takes care of all the notes for you.

https://www.mpc-tutor.com/mpc-bible-tut ... tosampler/

nobuo wrote:So I've read first 100 pages from the manual and made some ... noise.
Now I'm thinking of good practices of sampling instruments.

I have this Arturia Minibrute synth and if I were to sample that, should I play a certain key or chord to sample? If I understood correctly this sampled sound can then be used in a keygroup that modulated the sample (so I don't need to sample every note).
Also is there a general naming convention when it comes to sampling?

On a side note, I'm also interested in how big has your sample collection grown during the years?

Obvious but not so obvious… sample whatever sounds good and trim/chop it to what you want or need. That said… it really depends on your intent. Chords are great for one shots, and if you know the math you can figure out what are valid chords if you pitch it up or down.

On the other hand, sampling single notes and putting them in a key group will let you construct any chords you may want to in the future. If you really like a sound and want to use it in the future, use autosampler like Tutor suggested. On the orher… if you just want to go, then sample sounds as one shots as you see fit.

There is value to either approach, personally I mix and match, and with practice you will get a better sense for which is better in the moment.

Sometimes you might also just want to sequence your synth without sampling it. This can let you play it, adjust knobs, do filter sweeps and all that… which can get you details recorded to the looper or audio track that you would not be able to do with a key geoup or one shot.

NearTao wrote:Sometimes you might also just want to sequence your synth without sampling it. This can let you play it, adjust knobs, do filter sweeps and all that… which can get you details recorded to the looper or audio track that you would not be able to do with a key geoup or one shot.

Although: using them in keygroups or drum programs can give you other interesting possibilities. I‘d suggest fiddling.

If you want a rather authentic instrument, sample different notes and assign them as root just as sampled. But I‘d suggest loading some keygroups and look at what was done. You‘ll get a feel for it, although many prefer tools like Kontakt for they provide a rather graphical than numerical configuration of them.