Sample Length

[Matt Smith]

How long do you guys usually make your kick/snare samples? Obviously I shave everything off at the beginning of the sample so there's no silence before the transient (which obviously throws the triggering way off), but I don't really know how long to let the tail go on it...

 

[kaomao]

How long do you guys usually make your kick/snare samples? Obviously I shave everything off at the beginning of the sample so there's no silence before the transient (which obviously throws the triggering way off), but I don't really know how long to let the tail go on it...

Usually I don't mind about the release of the sound, to me the important thing it's just the attack so I won't have a delay on the sound.

Maurizio

 

[Andy Sneap]

just common sense really, if you can still hear something, keep it.

 

[fabz]

Andy is so unorthodox with some stuff! maybe you should keep a little more than you hear! Load it into Wavelabe and also have a look on what you hear!
...different people hear different things!

btw. i rediscovered St. Anger and i think it rocks!

 

[Andy Sneap]

we'll have no St Anger fans here thank you!

 

[alexrookie]

hi andy and pals,
what about the start of the sample - take the point where the really first impulse of the attack is ? - that is what i did !

 

[acorredor]

Hi:

To get to the start of the transient, you can use the Tab To Transient feature in PT.

 

[Disconnekt]

The only problem with PT's tab to transient feature is that the algorithm it uses to find the transient peak doesn't take ascending zero crossings into consideration. What I usually do is tab to transient (if I'm looking to start right at the peak), but then go back until I get to the nearest previous ascending zero crossing, and I cut from there to keep my edits clean and click-free. Or, if I want to keep the entire character of the sound including the attack before the peak, I just do it by eye and by ear right where the amplitude starts to increase up to the peak (again, with an ascending zero crossing edit).