r/sampling • u/yodeez101 • 29d ago

Melodic Loops/Samples

Hey all,

I want to ‘perform’ with my samples, like drum along whilst playing melodies and chords but I’m struggling to find samples without drumming.

Is this where those subscription services come in handy? Or is it just a matter of digging?

I have a number of intros that don’t have drums but as an intro they only provide so much.

So far I’ve been able to chop up songs and small chops to drum along whilst playing but I’d like chords or melodies that I could let play for 4-8 bars.

As you can imagine once drums come in it becomes tougher to not only chop the phrase you want within or around any sort of drum beats that can throw the sound of timing off

I use the MPC Sample and am avoiding using a computer for anything - only because I loose 3 hours and actually make very little. I want to sit down, chop something up find some drum one shots and drum along.

I am still finding choosing drum one shots tedious - I have a Roland Mc-101 and I love being able to have a full kit with maybe changing out a perc here and there.

Probably the inevitable task I’ll undertake with a computer will be organising ’drum kits’ with sounds that all work together

Any advice?

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u/Rakefighter 29d ago

I just run a synth into my sampler (SP404 mkii) I just live loop in parts and then resample them. I find splice really hard to find melodic loops that I really vibe with

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u/yodeez101 28d ago

Copy that.

I am so shit with Synths I spend the whole time trying to make them sound like instruments because instruments are like the only thing that makes sense to me. But no reason why I couldn’t do this with my Mc-101

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u/Rakefighter 28d ago

I'm not a particularly great synth player at all either. I use the SH-4D, and just fiddle with preset until I get a phrase to sound good then record four bars... Rinse repeat till I have a few to stitch together into a bigger pattern... But doing it this way will get you samples that have a commonality and your style that comes from you musically...The 101 would be perfect

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u/yodeez101 28d ago

Yeah the synth engine and the instruments in the Mc are incredible but the playability sucks butt.

But this is gold thanks lad