In this video, we explore the power and simplicity of Ableton Live’s built-in Sampler instrument. In the process, we take the Box Violin sample we released two weeks ago and create an Ableton Sampler version of it.
Video: Trying out Apple’s new Sampler plug-in + FREE SAMPLE LIBRARY
Apple has a new sampling plugin called Sampler; it comes as part of Logic 10.5. In this quick video, Dave Hilowitz gives the new plugin a spin, and uses it to create an EXS version of our Box Violins Sample Library.
Download the EXS version of Box Violins here.
Free Sample Library: Box Violin Sustain & Swells
In October 2019, Dave Hilowitz built a Box Violin out of a paintbrush box. Well, we’ve finally gotten around to sampling it, and today we’re releasing the resulting sample library for free.
Download it here
Video: Is this the perfect Kontakt starter template?
FREE SAMPLE: Banjo Ukulele (Banjolele) [Kontakt, SFZ]
FREE SAMPLE: Mandolin Guitarophone (Marxophone) [Kontakt, SFZ]
We’ve just released a FREE SAMPLE: Mandolin Guitarophone (Marxophone) [Kontakt, SFZ]
Check it out:
Kontakt Tutorial: How to Work with Hi-Hats
Last week, Jon Meyer released in his fantastic Soft Drums library. In this video, we tinker with his samples–adding hi-hat “choke groups” to his kit.
Kontakt Video Tutorial: How to Make Mic Level Knobs (using Instrument Busses) + FREE KONTAKT INSTRUMENT
In this Kontakt tutorial, we show how to make mic level knobs using instrument busses.
The samples we worked with in this video are from the free Box Violin Harmonics library we released last week.
DOWNLOAD THEM HERE
Free Sample: Box Violin Harmonics (Kontakt, Ableton Live, SFZ)
Experiment: Can you make reverb out of party balloons?
In this video, we make a functioning reverb unit out of stuff we bought at the dollar store: party balloons, a plastic container, and some tiny speakers.