How do y'all going about finding the key of a sample?

[Payroll]

Definitely trying to master the ear.... don't know shyt about notes

You will eventually hear it ....just by learning your keys and some practice ...

A game I like to do when I'm listening to shyt on YouTube is to open up my phone and just play different keys over it .... Then I'll use some of the tools I showed you to check if I'm right or not ... And I'm slowly getting to the point where I can discern melodies ... But just focusing on those bass intervals will help with any sample.

 

[head shots101]

You will eventually hear it ....just by learning your keys and some practice ...

A game I like to do when I'm listening to shyt on YouTube is to open up my phone and just play different keys over it .... Then I'll use some of the tools I showed you to check if I'm right or not ... And I'm slowly getting to the point where I can discern melodies ... But just focusing on those bass intervals will help with any sample.

You Kno any good bass vst?

 

[Payroll]

You Kno any good bass vst?

APBL by Ample Sounds (Bass guitar)

TAL Bassline (SH101 emulation)

MiniMogueVA (Moog emulation)

Dexed (DX7 emulation)

For subs I just use a plain sine wave and play with the attack and release to make it smooth


All free

 

[Payroll]

The best paid for bass I heard is Trillion...

Or you can sample basslines from genres like dub..

 

[Payroll]

Alright, thanks for letting me know!
Than i did nothing wrong in a lot of my beats. Haha

If you bored...

Learn your modes...its basically all the same notes in any particular scale...just starting on a different degree which emphasizes different musical flavors because you shift the interval relationships within the scale...

Take Cmajor....for example..

Now play all the notes in Cmajor only starting From E and ending at E...

That is the E phrgian mode and from it you can derive that spanish guitar flamenco sound...

Or all the white notes from D to D and you got the Dorian mode...which is popular in model jazz like "So What" by Miles Davis.

Theres more complex scales used in Avant Garde, Serialism and Atonal music that consist of more than 7 notes but thats the deep end of jazz.

Also Im not trying to be condescending if you already know all this shyt...but explaining it out like that helps me conceptualize shyt too

 

[head shots101]

I'm bugging in studio one I can basically make any damn baseline @Payroll with this particular vst

 

[Payroll]

I'm bugging in studio one I can basically make any damn baseline @Payroll with this particular vst

Which one did you get ?

 

[head shots101]

Which one did you get ?

It's the stock plugin in studio 4 Mai tai

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Entirely by ear. I played Trombone for 8 years so I theoretically should know the actual notes but fukk it, it's easier to just go with what sounds right to my ear.

 

[head shots101]

@head shots101

You can try this Spectro

The demo is fully featured and has no limitations.

It also let's you solo and edit on the graph in real time..

Don't sleep on ear training though.

demo wont download on my mac....smh saying some shyt about the site needs to update the app

 

[greenvale]

Ear usually because you will clearly hear when something is off. Otherwise I just throw shyt into serato sample.

 

[head shots101]

Ear usually because you will clearly hear when something is off. Otherwise I just throw shyt into serato sample.

Explain the serato sample

 

[greenvale]

Explain the serato sample

vst to chop and time stretch samples among other things. when you load up a sample it tells you the key

 

[head shots101]

vst to chop and time stretch samples among other things. when you load up a sample it tells you the key

Interesting. What daw do u use it in?

Is serrato dope?

 

[greenvale]

Interesting. What daw do u use it in?

Is serrato dope?

I use it in FL Studio. I use it a lot for chopping drum breaks or even getting a loop to fit in time to the bpm i’m working with. I think it’s pretty dope but may not be worth it full price. It goes on sale frequently I think I copped it for $40