Download the samples here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/box-violin-harmonics-kontakt-ableton-sfz-free/ For the last four months, I’ve been living in London — meeting people, recording stuff, writing music. While I was there, I built two violins in the flat where I was living. If you haven’t seen those videos, I highly recommend checking them out (I think they’re a lot of…
Have you ever had an audio file that contained a bunch of extra frequencies in it that you wish you could just remove? Spectral editing may be for you. In this video, I show how to use spectral editing to clean up a sample so that I can make a Kontakt instrument–but not just any…
In this video, I explore various techniques for making samples loop. First, I cover the options available within Kontakt, then I investigate external tools: LoopAuditioneer and WaveLab. At the end of the video, I put theory into practice by recording some musical wine glasses and making them into a Kontakt Library. The Kontakt library I…
In this video, I show you the entire process of creating a Kontakt Sample Library in four steps: 1. Recording 2. Noise Reduction (using iZoTope RX), Editing, and Chopping (using Reaper) 3. Sample Layout 4. and finally: Music As part of the video, I sample a Kalimba I found in a thrift store and turn…