Your Software Sampler of Choice.......

[Silky]

Hey guys, I really need some help, Now I have made Breakbeat Hardcore tunes in the past, but the chopping and slicing of breaks has always me scratching my head.

Now I get the logistics of it and have always done my Rex files thru Recycle and I totally get the slicing points on each hit of the break, etc...

But what do you guys do from there, I have always used Battery 3 as my sampler of choice but its not the most straight forward of programs, I don't have any MPC's or hardware, I have just got hold of FXpasions - Geist so I will give that a go, I just don't see any easy way of re-arranging or pitching up & down breakbeats, or even getting those 70's breakbeats to sound at least the way they did in the early 90's, and the same goes for samples in general.

And I don't really see any good breakbeat tutorials on youtube, only couple I could find were these.

Logic Tutorial: Hatttrixx Style Break Chopping - YouTube

Logic Tutorial: Hattrixx Breakbeats Part 2 - YouTube

And a surprisingly good hardcore tune using Geist as the sampler.

FXpansion Geist - Strictly for the Hardcore - YouTube

So if you get a spare 5 mins let me know what sampler you use and what you would recommend? & maybe your secrets on how you re-arrange & make your breaks sounds crisp & nice.

I am using Cubase SX3 just for reference.

Thanks

Dan

 

[blue jammer]

I'm not sure if SX3 has 'Groove Agent One' built in or not? If not, I'd ditch it and install Cubase 5

Chopping a sample in Cubase 5, Groove Agent One - YouTube

Soundforge to roughly edit samples (trimming start/end) and sorting the levels out

Load into Groove Agent One and then use in your track as if you would a regular VST

Add EQ/FX and the good thing is, you can save your samples as a preset and load multiple channels to use different effects on them.

 

[Silky]

I'm not sure if SX3 has 'Groove Agent One' built in or not? If not, I'd ditch it and install Cubase 5

Chopping a sample in Cubase 5, Groove Agent One - YouTube

Soundforge to roughly edit samples (trimming start/end) and sorting the levels out

Load into Groove Agent One and then use in your track as if you would a regular VST

Add EQ/FX and the good thing is, you can save your samples as a preset and load multiple channels to use different effects on them.

Many thanks there mate, Haven't checked if SX3 has Groove Agent One or not but it looks like I should upgrade anyway, I need to get to a point that I am happy with upgrading as I have quite a few unfinished works that won't be compatible with Cubase 5 one installed.

For now I have worked out importing breakbeat audio, then using Cubase timestretch function and slicing from that has worked ok so far. I do like the look of Groove Agent One though so thanks for sharing!

Nice to see your sunset session are going well. Keep at it, its refreshing to see!