You sitting there hours like "its A#, I just know it is, it sounds like A# straight up" only for it to be fukking G. Playing by ear is tough. I trying my damndest man shyt.
Trying To Ascertain The Key Of A Sample Is Annoying As fukk
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HollywoodP
#LongLive24 #TMC America's Team, Lakeshow, & ASU
Newtone should tell you what key its in if you having trouble. Also some of the stem seperator sites will do it too if you dont have FL
HollywoodP
#LongLive24 #TMC America's Team, Lakeshow, & ASU
i dont really use that shyt either...just lettin you know its a thing since some samples arent in perfect key. I dont really try to "ascertain the key" at all. I didnt study music theory so the note don't really matter to me so much. I just change the pitch by semitone til it fits.
Aje
All Madden
Here's what I do: I have the sample playing and, on another track, open up a MIDI instrument - usually a piano/keys of some sort. Generally, the down beat will contain the root note of the key - not always, but most of the time. There's only 12 notes you can play, so just loop that first measure and start playing some notes.
After I think I've obtained the root, I start playing the major then minor scale of that root. If I start with Major, and the 3rd sounds off, then I lower the 3rd by a half-step (minor).
After I think I've obtained the root, I start playing the major then minor scale of that root. If I start with Major, and the 3rd sounds off, then I lower the 3rd by a half-step (minor).
