Video Lessons (Work-in-Progress)
It is the creative process of arranging sounds in space and time. It all starts with a Loop. ****The Loop is our foundation. It possesses the essence of your idea and sound.
Loops can be made or picked up from a Sample Library on the Internet. Search here - Internet Archive
Putting together multiple loops is called Layering.
This technique adds to our main idea by building on it. Here I layer a simple idea by introducing a lead part.
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Task - Come up with your own layer
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Sampling is one of the most important in music production and we will discover new ways to use them.
A Sample is any recorded sound that can be sequenced, chopped, or warped to fit in a song.
Most DAWs come with ready-to-use Drum Sounds, Vocal Hits, Impacts, Atmosphere, Bass, Instrument Hits etc.However, with the internet at our disposal we have infinite sounds available for sampling.
Boot Sound Compilation - PowerMac PCI - Boot.wav
Anatomy of a Sample
Fast Attack, Release
Slow Attack, Mid Sustain, Release
A Sequence is a group of notes that form a recognisable pattern. Here we have a Hip/Hop pattern at 119 BPM played using samples.
