Posted by: "Neil Marsh" Neil@AudioBoy.net audioboyma Mon Sep 3, 2007 11:58 am (PST) > I'm selling off a couple of my synths to make room in my studio. > They're old, but they each have a bunch of sounds that I have used in > the past and would like to continue using, so I've decided to sample > them. One of them's a percussion synth, so it wasn't difficult to get > those recorded, but I'm uncertain about the other synths. > > Is there a general rule for what notes and ranges to record? Looking > at the samples in my Logic/GarageBand collection, I see different note > ranges. Some of them are sampled in whole steps (C, D, E, F#, G#, > A#), some in half-octaves (C, F#), some in quarter-octaves (C, D#, F#, > A). I'm inclined to go for thirds, as that seems like a commonly-used > range and would result in sample sets that aren't too huge. (I'm not > concerned about velocity ranges for these sounds, as most of them > don't have any significant differences, other than volume, when hit > harder or softer). > > Are there other factors I ought to consider before using this > approach? > > Thanks! I'd recommend AutoSampler from www.Redmatica.com. It does this automatically. Best, NB Nick Batzdorf, editor/publisher Virtual Instruments Magazine www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com 1-877 VImagzn (846-2496) +1818/905-9101, cell 590-9101