The recent overhaul of the iOS sampler was a while in coming but well worth it. Powerful free DAW... one merely has to scratch the surface. I appreciate all that you, Pete, Jade and the like do to ease my curve. Great content as usual, Dan. Thank you.
You can also use the live loops window to create a multi loop type tap drum or sample machine, just record one track of audio in the track view and then split it up in the live loops window each sample cropped in every square, you can even use multiple tracks for example sampling a guitar chord at several velocity levels, and have earth chord in a row from left to right going through the scale you like, and then from top down at different velocity levels.
Enjoyed this Dan, it was a nice guide, and in fact I just finished watching your vid on the sampler done three whole years ago! Of course, it needs re-doing because not everyone will work through your back-catalogue. I ended up making music on GarageBand on the iPad purely because I found the amount of tech stuff involved in doing it on a PC, was all I ever spent my time doing. In a year using Cubase, I got one track recorded of one song. It was miserable. Then I finally made a decisive move, plumping for GB iOS and the best iPad I could buy at the time, three years ago. It’s time-consuming to produce a song, ‘master’ it using GB, and process it through the US Library of Congress for copyright, but that’s what I’ve done three times now. No, I probably won’t get anywhere commercially, but it’s fun to be able to tell siri to pull up my song on iTunes. There are numerous videos by people like yourself, going through every aspect, and that is the opposite to Cubase on my PC. I could not find a single guide, as to how to set up my PC and how routing and bussing was done, and I gave in. Sure, plenty of words written in a manual, and said on videos, but none that actually tell me how to set up a PC and why this or that is done, or what steps to take. I was floored, and stalled for a year. GB on iOS has loads of workarounds, sure, it’s a bit here-and-there, but it can be made to work. I could not get either Cubase 9.5 or Studio One, set up on my PC, satisfactorily. And yet, there is really no reason, as the ipad shows, why routing etc, needs to be made to emulate a ‘big studio’ at all. This is the way these software companies did it though, and I just wish I’d known how good GB iOS was, and indeed, it’s big brothers GB on the Mac, and is it Logic beyond that? Thanks again Dan, your videos lean a little more towards music tuition than many, that mixing-in of some music content, is not only useful, but much more interesting, and a perspective not everybody au fait with GB iOS is able to impart. EDIT - one more thing, the reverse is a thing I use a lot, in small doses. It gives a twist to some places, while still being in the right key and having a similar but not the same, sonic texture. That’s what I thought you were going to do with the drum sample. I know I am gonna try it now!
Awesome stuff Dan. Hey Dan, would you be interested in taking subbies little jingles and turning them into something more finished just for fun. I have a lot of unfinished projects that I’m not sure where to go with maybe you could sprinkle some of that magic dust you have on one of them. Thanks in advance. 🙏👍🏻
Thanks Dan! Do you know if there a sampler app in logic that allows you to play directly on the ipad like that? Or do you recommend downloading garageband for this particular use?
This is just it-although Logic is indeed far more powerful, it’s the tactile nature of GarageBand that really underlines its quality.... There probably is such a thing but I’ve not seen it...
I discovered a thing about that sampler that irks me. And it's a bit inexcusable. If you put the sampler on a track, load a longer sample, and you set the sampler to play the first half of the sample, and then load another sampler on another track, load the same sample in that one, then set the second sampler to play the last half of the sample, BOTH samplers will play the last half of the sample. Yes, there's ways around this, but it's a pain in the ***. In 2020, with our current state of music software, we shouldn't HAVE to work around something like that. I would have expected something like that ages ago, but not now. I'm not going to complain TOO much, because the software is free, but this issue is kind of inexcusable. Garageband has a bunch of little issues like this that you have to work around, instead of things just being like they should be for a modern music DAW. Even a free one.
Can you “Merge” your sample track before you add another to get the results you are looking for? I’m not sure I understand your problem but am curious. Is it that all sample tracks only have one envelope? BTW, what iOS DAW are you comparing to?
@@Bubba-zu6yr I'm just talking about the iOS version. Load a sample into the sampler. Go into the section of the sampler where you can highlight a section of the sample to play, so when you play the sample, it only plays that PART of the sample. Load up a second track with another sampler. Load that same sample into the second sampler, and this time, highlight a second area of the sample for THAT sampler to play. Now record a track using each sampler track. EACH sampler will end up playing the same section of the sample, instead of one sampler track playing say, the first highlighted part, and the second one playing the other part you highlighted. Sure, there's a workaround, where you can just.. convert one track to audio. But you shouldn't have to do this on a modern DAW. Both tracks should play that sample to however you set them. Garageband treats both samplers as the same single sampler if you load the same sound into it, even if you want each sampler to play a different part of the same sample. Not a single DAW other than Garageband has this issue.
So my assumption was correct with ‘merge’. Thanks, I guess my muscle memory has that three click routine to were I don’t even notice it’s a burden. Ya, I get it, GB isn’t the end all of DAW’s. Maybe you should suggest this to Apple on their boards... you never know.👍🏻
The recent overhaul of the iOS sampler was a while in coming but well worth it. Powerful free DAW... one merely has to scratch the surface. I appreciate all that you, Pete, Jade and the like do to ease my curve. Great content as usual, Dan. Thank you.
You can also use the live loops window to create a multi loop type tap drum or sample machine, just record one track of audio in the track view and then split it up in the live loops window each sample cropped in every square, you can even use multiple tracks for example sampling a guitar chord at several velocity levels, and have earth chord in a row from left to right going through the scale you like, and then from top down at different velocity levels.
It’s so unbelievably powerful!
Bloody genius mate......gonna nick that work flow 🤫👍
Super cool and creative way to use the sampler. This is next level, but Dan breaks it down step by step. Thanks for excellent tutorial!
Thanks Dan. Clever and fun!
Enjoyed this Dan, it was a nice guide, and in fact I just finished watching your vid on the sampler done three whole years ago! Of course, it needs re-doing because not everyone will work through your back-catalogue. I ended up making music on GarageBand on the iPad purely because I found the amount of tech stuff involved in doing it on a PC, was all I ever spent my time doing. In a year using Cubase, I got one track recorded of one song. It was miserable. Then I finally made a decisive move, plumping for GB iOS and the best iPad I could buy at the time, three years ago.
It’s time-consuming to produce a song, ‘master’ it using GB, and process it through the US Library of Congress for copyright, but that’s what I’ve done three times now. No, I probably won’t get anywhere commercially, but it’s fun to be able to tell siri to pull up my song on iTunes. There are numerous videos by people like yourself, going through every aspect, and that is the opposite to Cubase on my PC. I could not find a single guide, as to how to set up my PC and how routing and bussing was done, and I gave in. Sure, plenty of words written in a manual, and said on videos, but none that actually tell me how to set up a PC and why this or that is done, or what steps to take. I was floored, and stalled for a year.
GB on iOS has loads of workarounds, sure, it’s a bit here-and-there, but it can be made to work. I could not get either Cubase 9.5 or Studio One, set up on my PC, satisfactorily. And yet, there is really no reason, as the ipad shows, why routing etc, needs to be made to emulate a ‘big studio’ at all. This is the way these software companies did it though, and I just wish I’d known how good GB iOS was, and indeed, it’s big brothers GB on the Mac, and is it Logic beyond that? Thanks again Dan, your videos lean a little more towards music tuition than many, that mixing-in of some music content, is not only useful, but much more interesting, and a perspective not everybody au fait with GB iOS is able to impart. EDIT - one more thing, the reverse is a thing I use a lot, in small doses. It gives a twist to some places, while still being in the right key and having a similar but not the same, sonic texture. That’s what I thought you were going to do with the drum sample. I know I am gonna try it now!
Thanks for watching and for your comments-yes: I did forget to do the reverse sample! Oh well, next time...
Brilliant. So inventive and inspiring. That’s another day in lockdown where I’ll be busy having fun! Thanks Dan. 🎹👍
Awesome stuff Dan. Hey Dan, would you be interested in taking subbies little jingles and turning them into something more finished just for fun. I have a lot of unfinished projects that I’m not sure where to go with maybe you could sprinkle some of that magic dust you have on one of them.
Thanks in advance. 🙏👍🏻
Very interesting! Very good ! 👍😎
That was a great video Dan
This is what I need at the moment but instead of drums I need to use percussions
Great!
Thanks Dan! Do you know if there a sampler app in logic that allows you to play directly on the ipad like that? Or do you recommend downloading garageband for this particular use?
This is just it-although Logic is indeed far more powerful, it’s the tactile nature of GarageBand that really underlines its quality....
There probably is such a thing but I’ve not seen it...
Here is a video of the quick sampler in Logic, combine that with Logic remote on the ipad you´ve got it:
th-cam.com/video/Nnp3qx9R9eE/w-d-xo.html
The only reason i own an IPad
I discovered a thing about that sampler that irks me. And it's a bit inexcusable. If you put the sampler on a track, load a longer sample, and you set the sampler to play the first half of the sample, and then load another sampler on another track, load the same sample in that one, then set the second sampler to play the last half of the sample, BOTH samplers will play the last half of the sample. Yes, there's ways around this, but it's a pain in the ***. In 2020, with our current state of music software, we shouldn't HAVE to work around something like that. I would have expected something like that ages ago, but not now. I'm not going to complain TOO much, because the software is free, but this issue is kind of inexcusable. Garageband has a bunch of little issues like this that you have to work around, instead of things just being like they should be for a modern music DAW. Even a free one.
Can you “Merge” your sample track before you add another to get the results you are looking for? I’m not sure I understand your problem but am curious. Is it that all sample tracks only have one envelope? BTW, what iOS DAW are you comparing to?
@@Bubba-zu6yr I'm just talking about the iOS version. Load a sample into the sampler. Go into the section of the sampler where you can highlight a section of the sample to play, so when you play the sample, it only plays that PART of the sample. Load up a second track with another sampler. Load that same sample into the second sampler, and this time, highlight a second area of the sample for THAT sampler to play. Now record a track using each sampler track. EACH sampler will end up playing the same section of the sample, instead of one sampler track playing say, the first highlighted part, and the second one playing the other part you highlighted. Sure, there's a workaround, where you can just.. convert one track to audio. But you shouldn't have to do this on a modern DAW. Both tracks should play that sample to however you set them. Garageband treats both samplers as the same single sampler if you load the same sound into it, even if you want each sampler to play a different part of the same sample. Not a single DAW other than Garageband has this issue.
So my assumption was correct with ‘merge’. Thanks, I guess my muscle memory has that three click routine to were I don’t even notice it’s a burden. Ya, I get it, GB isn’t the end all of DAW’s. Maybe you should suggest this to Apple on their boards... you never know.👍🏻
I've been sticking drums into this sampler and feeding my inner Junglist addiction-
Nice!