Dec 2022 Book Update + 3RD WAVE Multi-samples
Added 2022-12-31 18:46:49 +0000 UTCDear WaveShapers!
Attached is the book update for December 2022 (as usual, search for the string DEC2022 to jump from update to update), and the 3RD WAVE multi-samples promised yesterday.
The biggest book update this month is a new appendix dedicated to using MPC Beats as a multi-sample player because that's how I plan to package multi-samples going forward.
I’ve decided to "standardize" on the MPC Keygroup format when sharing instruments with you going forward for a few reasons:
- Its player, the MPC Beats software, is free
- It’s cross-platform - PC and Mac, though not on iOS, and of course is playable on Akai’s MPC/Force hardware instruments
- It can be used as a plug-in inside a DAW
- It uses open WAV files, so you can easily just take the source samples and import them into the multisample player of your choice, software (Kontakt, Decent Sampler, Logic, etc) or hardware (Maschine, Blackbox, Zenology/Fantom, etc).
- It's fairly easy to sculpt the sound to your taste with effects, envelopes and LFOs without additional plugins
There’s just one problem… the MPC software is a bit overwhelming when you first open it up, hence the new Appendix B.
The zip files also include example projects with multiple patches - note that MPC Beats only supports projects with up to 8 tracks, so don't worry about the error message if you don't own the full MPC software, the appendix shows you how to start a new project and load the multi-samples you want.
Here's everything that's new in the book:
- New Appendix B – how to use MPC Beats to play multi-sampled instruments (Page 522)
- New tools and refinements to the Spatial chapter (Page 407)
- Added a couple of ideas to the LFO chapter (Page 103)
- Added references to bonus content and SYNTRX tips and tricks videos (Page 512)
Patreon only allows attachments up to 199MB - I tried to work around this by attaching multiple zip files here - hopefully this email makes it through.
Aside from that, a mega thanks for being here this year and wishing you a fantastic 2023!
Ziv / Loopop
Comments
Glad you liked them! A filter with velocity modulation could be a simple way to get a low pass gate style effect with these
2023-01-09 20:18:08 +0000 UTCI had no problem previewing the samples, using the Patreon App on my iPad. I’m from the Tape Music era and was surprised (although I shouldn’t have been) that all of the samples were the same duration. Well, of course; that’s point of this generation of “recorders”. I also found the Settings files interesting. Sampling on “C” and “Gb” are good choices, remembering the old 2Mb+ Multi-Sampled Pianos, that still sounded “wrong”. These are quite clear. I wonder how a (Buchla, etc.) Low-pass Gate would work, to add a velocity curve to samples?
Timothy-Douglas Alvey
2023-01-09 19:18:40 +0000 UTCHappy New Year, and thanks for all the hard work you do! Cheers!
GerenM (Geren W Mortensen Jr)
2023-01-01 14:06:27 +0000 UTCLove the idea of MPC Keygroups as a standard, thank you!
2023-01-01 01:20:40 +0000 UTCTotally my pleasure and thanks for your ongoing support!
2022-12-31 21:48:18 +0000 UTCMy pleasure and thanks for being here!
2022-12-31 21:48:01 +0000 UTCMany thanks Ziv for another year of great synth insight! Happy 2023!
Steve Meiers
2022-12-31 19:42:25 +0000 UTC<3
Richard Knijnenburg
2022-12-31 19:09:25 +0000 UTCThank you and best wishes for 2023!
Bram Damman
2022-12-31 18:53:24 +0000 UTC
