Stephen, Thanks. I found your channel and I must say that you have a really amazing channel. You explain everything very well.Thanks again.I'm gonna check your other videos as well.
Superb intro to sampling and the use of Logic's samplers. I hope you have a video about how to merge across different velocity samples smoothly - you probably have. Also you didn't mention round robins, but that could be implicit in your approach and indeed in the way Logic automates the sampling and maps the samples to keys. Doing everything pretty much with user interfaces is great too - seemingly with no need to enter data into tables - though data table methods are no doubt also useful. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Hey, glad you enjoyed my videos. Indeed, groups can be set up with round robins. The video was getting a bit long, so I kept it brief, but it is certainly something I can explore more in other videos. There isn't a great merge across velocity layers in Logic Pro, but there is in Kontakt. You can overlap the regions in Kontakt by holding down the command key when dragging and it create a blend. I haven't seen a way to do it in Logic Pro yet (though I might not have found it).
It might be worth checking out, entering only F# as octaves, then pitching them UP and DOWN to the relative C's, That way you'd have less artificial detuning.
Hey, I'm afraid I can't fit everything into a video sometimes ahaha, but hopefully I can get you on the right track with that. Essentially the source will be the "modulator" (so, an LFO, Envelope, or something external like velocity or the mod wheel) and the target is what you want to affect. For example, if you wanted to open the filter more when you hit the key louder, you could use the velocity (how hard you are hitting the keys) as the source and tie it to the Filter Cutoff (opening and closing the filter) as the target. Then the amount is how much you want to affect this by. For example, if you set it at 100%, you will see a lot of change. If you set it only at say 30%, the filter won't open as much despite how hard you are hitting it. And if you put it into the negative, like -50%, you will actually close the filter more (do the opposite) based on how hard you hit the key. Don't forget, you still need to set your source (in this case the cutoff filter) to its "starting" position. If the filter is already fully open, for example, then there is no room for the modulator to work. In your case, you are attempting to control a modulator (the LFO) with another modulator (Mod Wheel). Some samplers and synths allow this, I can't remember if logic's samplers do off the top of my head, but in that case you might tie the mod wheel as the source to the LFO's depth control. Hope this helps.
Hey, you could absolutely try it. Optimised can sometimes help, but it does sometimes get it wrong, so when that happens I tend to use the original mode and tune it to the root key myself.
Finally the tutorial I was looking for! Excellent work 😊
Thanks so much!
Stephen,
Thanks. I found your channel and I must say that you have a really amazing channel. You explain everything very well.Thanks again.I'm gonna check your other videos as well.
This is knockout.Great explanations.Thank you.
To make Samplers interesting in the teaching itself is a GREAT talent.
Very cool! I wasn't aware of the velocity layers...wow!
Thank you!
“High sizzle of some cymbals.” That’s a tough one!
Haha, it certainly took me a few goes!
Very helpful, thank you
THANK YOU! 🙏🏻
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Great video… thanks!
Superb intro to sampling and the use of Logic's samplers. I hope you have a video about how to merge across different velocity samples smoothly - you probably have.
Also you didn't mention round robins, but that could be implicit in your approach and indeed in the way Logic automates the sampling and maps the samples to keys.
Doing everything pretty much with user interfaces is great too - seemingly with no need to enter data into tables - though data table methods are no doubt also useful.
I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Hey, glad you enjoyed my videos. Indeed, groups can be set up with round robins. The video was getting a bit long, so I kept it brief, but it is certainly something I can explore more in other videos. There isn't a great merge across velocity layers in Logic Pro, but there is in Kontakt. You can overlap the regions in Kontakt by holding down the command key when dragging and it create a blend. I haven't seen a way to do it in Logic Pro yet (though I might not have found it).
It might be worth checking out, entering only F# as octaves, then pitching them UP and DOWN to the relative C's, That way you'd have less artificial detuning.
I was hoping you’d demonstrate how to use the mod wheel to control one of the LFO’s to create vibrato. I can’t get the source and target right!
Hey, I'm afraid I can't fit everything into a video sometimes ahaha, but hopefully I can get you on the right track with that. Essentially the source will be the "modulator" (so, an LFO, Envelope, or something external like velocity or the mod wheel) and the target is what you want to affect. For example, if you wanted to open the filter more when you hit the key louder, you could use the velocity (how hard you are hitting the keys) as the source and tie it to the Filter Cutoff (opening and closing the filter) as the target. Then the amount is how much you want to affect this by. For example, if you set it at 100%, you will see a lot of change. If you set it only at say 30%, the filter won't open as much despite how hard you are hitting it. And if you put it into the negative, like -50%, you will actually close the filter more (do the opposite) based on how hard you hit the key. Don't forget, you still need to set your source (in this case the cutoff filter) to its "starting" position. If the filter is already fully open, for example, then there is no room for the modulator to work. In your case, you are attempting to control a modulator (the LFO) with another modulator (Mod Wheel). Some samplers and synths allow this, I can't remember if logic's samplers do off the top of my head, but in that case you might tie the mod wheel as the source to the LFO's depth control. Hope this helps.
If the optimized mode changed the key, would it be better to use the original mode?
Hey, you could absolutely try it. Optimised can sometimes help, but it does sometimes get it wrong, so when that happens I tend to use the original mode and tune it to the root key myself.
You didn't explain Poly on the multitrack sampler, that's why I watched this video :/