{"id":6285,"date":"2020-09-17T07:42:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T06:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonarworks.com\/soundid-reference\/blog\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2020-09-17T07:42:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T06:42:20","slug":"4-steps-to-create-your-own-custom-sample-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonarworks.com\/blog\/learn\/4-steps-to-create-your-own-custom-sample-libraries","title":{"rendered":"4 Steps to Create Your Own Custom Sample Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a composer or producer, creating your own sample libraries provides a unique opportunity to develop your sonic personality. Sample libraries can capture sounds around you or from within your projects to organize them for easy recall and manipulate or transform those sounds into something completely different. Sampling is an art form on par with mixing and mastering and as such requires considerable experience through trial and error. Creating your own custom library may seem daunting, or even not worth the effort, considering the overwhelming amount of \u201coff the shelf\u201d library plugins available on the market.&nbsp; Here are 4 tips to help you begin quickly and easily developing these sample libraries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>1. <strong>Where to Start? Creating the raw material<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To build a library, you need sounds, but how do you generate the sounds? If you are starting from scratch, one of the most creative ways to approach sound design is to start from a relatively simple idea and expand with the help of effects. One example of this could be running basic waveforms (sine, triangle, square, pulse) through your favorite delay or reverb unit. Many of the time-based effect plugins in your DAW feature various modulation parameters (see Chroma plugins below). Go nuts and tweak as many parameters as you can while recording, or use automation to record parameter changes. This method is particularly useful for creating pads, drones, and evolving textures.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.17.34.png?auto=compress%2Cformat\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6290\" width=\"605\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.17.34.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=807 807w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.17.34-386x300.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=386 386w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.17.34-768x598.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=768 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><figcaption>Logic X\u2019s ChromaVerb reverb provides reverb with EQ and modulation effects which can be used to create a wide variety of subtle to alien textures. These textures can be applied to acoustic or electronic sources for sound design and resampling.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to start with computer-based sounds, it\u2019s possible to create interesting tonal types of sounds by processing organic sounds. For example, you can record your voice through your favorite studio microphone or even your laptop\u2019s microphone. Listen to the recorded material and try to single out its most resonant frequency using a sharp band-pass filter (see image below). Next, drop that filtered audio into a sampler and there you have it! You have made a fully playable polyphonic instrument out of a single resonance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are just a couple for examples, however, there are virtually no limits to the way you can generate, manipulate, and morph audio signals to create interesting musical instruments. Try these techniques with drums, percussion, acoustic instruments, previously recorded parts, or full mixes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.19.12.png?auto=compress%2Cformat\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6291\" width=\"688\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.19.12.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=917 917w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.19.12-400x250.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.19.12-768x481.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=768 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><figcaption><em>Fabfilter\u2019s Pro-Q3 showing a narrow band-pass filter isolating a resonant frequency.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>2. <strong>Capture Your New Sounds &#8211; Audio is King<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to embark on the creation of an original sonic palette it is important to find a straightforward way to render your newly-created sounds into audio files. While features like \u201cbounce in place,\u201d \u201cfreeze,\u201d or \u201ccommit\u201d might sound like obvious choices, a better option is to record your sounds onto a new stereo audio track through a bus or via Ableton\u2019s Resampling input. Just record enable your print\/resampling track and hit record. With this method, your print track will continuously capture your sound design automation or live moves just like a live performance. Once you have recorded enough material you can go back and edit the audio into pieces that can be dropped directly into the sampler. You\u2019ve created your first sampler instrument!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>3. <strong>Sampler? Look No Further Than Your DAW<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Most DAWs on the market come with a native sampler (Ableton\u2019s <em>Sampler<\/em> and <em>Simpler<\/em> or Logic\u2019s <em>EXS24<\/em> and <em>Sampler<\/em>) in which you can create sampler instrument templates. This way, you don\u2019t have to start from scratch each time. Such templates should include your preferred settings for basic controls like LFOs, envelopes, and filters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create a sampler template in Ableton, you can drop a <em>Sampler<\/em> or <em>Simpler<\/em> into an<em> Instrument Effect Rack <\/em>and map the <em>macro controls <\/em>to your desired parameters. To achieve this click on the \u201cknob\u201d button to show the<em> Macro Controls, <\/em>then click on the <em>Map <\/em>button. You can now map the green parameters to any of the 8 knobs by clicking on a parameter and then clicking on any Macro Control\u2019s Map button.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each sampler instrument is slightly different, but you can typically drag-and-drop one or more audio clips directly onto the sampler instrument to create the instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.32.04-1000x164.png?auto=compress%2Cformat\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6292\" width=\"750\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.32.04-1000x164.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.32.04-400x66.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.32.04-768x126.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.32.04.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1294 1294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption><em>The mapping control of Ableton\u2019s Sampler\/Simpler ready to be mapped.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.34.49-1000x205.png?auto=compress%2Cformat\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6293\" width=\"750\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.34.49-1000x205.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.34.49-400x82.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.34.49-768x157.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.34.49.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1278 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption><em>An example of the color-coded and renamed macros in my Sampler\/Simpler template.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In Logic\u2019s EX24 things are a little more straightforward. To create a starting template, simply edit the default sampler settings as desired and then select \u2018Save As default.\u2019<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.35.51-1000x692.png?auto=compress%2Cformat\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6294\" width=\"750\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.35.51-1000x692.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.35.51-400x277.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=400 400w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.35.51-768x531.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/blog-uploads.imgix.net\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-17-at-09.35.51.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1005 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Logic\u2019s EXS24 Sampler with the \u201cSave as Default\u201d option selected<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3>4. <strong>Use What You Have<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You may already be sitting on a goldmine. Even without investing a lot of time to create new sounds from scratch, you can always go through your existing projects to grab interesting bits of sounds, render them into audio, and pop them into your sampler. Give each sampler instrument you create a descriptive name so you can easily find them later. Also, be sure that your samples are saved along with the sampler instrument so you can recall them for future projects. Before you know it, you will have created an impressive amount of your own custom sample libraries!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a composer or producer, creating your own sample libraries provides a unique opportunity to develop your sonic personality. Sample libraries can capture sounds around you or from within your projects to organize them for easy recall and manipulate or transform those sounds into something completely different. 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