Finally after watching like 20 tutorials that just basically show me how to loop something in fl studio I found a video that really gets to the heart of it man this feels more like a real workshop that i paid money for love it man
Yeah this is dope. Kinda remind me of chopping on cassettes using the pause button back in the day. You can insert elements from other sources with different keys. Serato Sample has changed the game as far as key goes. You basically can take any element and put it in the key you are working in and its done. Thanks for dropping this video.
I started making beats on audacity and the whole time I didn't know my friend could get fl studio for free, I spent just over a full year on that hahaha Thanks for the video! I'm a new subscriber
Thanks for the knowledge, I have ableton AND audacity and what I enjoyed about your video is simplicity. I have a hard head sometimes and have to keep it simple.
Ive recently started trying to make my own beats and learned about sampling and the machines used, after some research that revealed the art to me I went to youtube and this was the first one I found and am very thankful this helps a ton and Im considering buying a sampler to use with FL and my MPK mini
@@OverlorBeats whats a beat making consultation? Mine arent very good yet. Im just trying to learn in depth while I mess around with sounds on my free time
Wow ... Time Stretching could do that and if you go to your LFO's or effects you can fad it out that way if on hardware if in a daw it can be done also but depending on the daw that would determine how it is done. Hope this helps.
Amazing Tutorial. Very straight to the point. I'm trying to get out the approach of just chopping samples and randomly hitting other pads. which makes it sound scattered. I will apply this solution. Thank you.
Yo this video was amazing. I’m trying to learn how to sample rn. I’m trying to be on Kanye and mad lib grind. I don’t know where to start so hopefully this series will help.
I understand working with loops,it's understanding the fundamentals of sampling that gets me,but that's neither here nor there, thanks for the video. 😎
great video - trying to sample from all manner of records and this is helping - hoping that you will show us how to remove elements and isolate them to use in the projects and samplers down the line. Bless !
Thank you kindly for taking the time to articulate and demonstrate the process first hand. I have been able to time loops for a minute but It was like knowing the answer to a math problem and not being able to show your work -- once the math becomes too complex and whatever system you were using begins to fail, it becomes very difficult to continue making progress. I never thought about actually using the timestamps and counting the beat and instead only focused on the visual cues, which become mundane when sampling individual words/lines/instrumentation I suspect this will make the difference and allow me to sample much more precisely.
@@OverlorBeats I appreciate the sentiment, I have always enjoyed the process and spirit behind creating and editing music. Being able to chop and screw music correctly is probably my top goal over the last several years, yet even as I become comfortable with many other parts of the process, I have hardly progressed at all with complex editing during that time. It means a great deal to me to finally have a toolset and strategy for reaching that goal. I will pass it on as often as I have the opportunity -- thanks again my friend!
I started taking notes after you told us its rules to this shit and broke down the formula for us. I was mostly focused on what I had failed to do (using the timestamp and counting off beats), feel free to add on anything I missed: Rules 4 Choppin Tracks: 1. To Chop is to Sample and vice versa. Chopping (and sampling) is the art of taking some portion of audio and repurposing, remixing, reworking it, etc. 2 - Solidify ya Loop game! Learn to count beats, visible cues lose effectiveness when timing semi-notes, the smaller the note the less of a pattern can be recognized and relied upon. If you cannot time loop you wish to use, you cannot effectively chop music. Timing is everything here. a) Use available timestamps to more effectively sample perfect loops. Count the time it takes for the sample you desire to repeat (or complete), and add/subtract this against the timestamp for accurate placement. b) Looping entire tracks or an entire measure of a track is a good place to start this visual cues and patterns make timing relatively easy and quick, however, continue practicing counting notes and applying this formula. The process remains the same for chopping semi-notes (lines/words/instrumentation) however, the patterns become increasingly more difficult to apply, the smaller the note being sampled. c) Audacity's magnification function is more than sufficient to sample however small, begin using it as much as needed, it is a must for millisecond precision. d) Audacity also has a repeater function, making this process even more streamlined -- it has dozen's of features, look around and learn ways to use the program to your advantage. I have a lot of dope ass tracks in my mind I haven't been able to piece together effectively or to my satisfaction. Thank you very much Overlor for articulating and outlining this basic formula for those of us who couldn't see it.
Wow you articulated that very well. You learn the principles and how to follow the rules to build up your skill level so when you break those rules it is done with a purpose and a technique that still allows you to make dope beats. You can't get away with breaking the rules if you don't know them.
@@OverlorBeats Exactly -- when you covered counting beats early on in the video it hit me like a brick to the face, it feels very obvious but in all the hours ive spent editing music, it literally did occur to me once to count off and measure against the timestamp. I have no issues using visual cues to make various instrumentals, It was how I figured out to sample at all, and it never occurred to me there was a better way, lol. Its fairly easy to loop tracks and make minor edits here and there in most cases, but I have always loved C&S style music and I would love to be able to create more of it. The way I was going about editing, it would literally take me several hours to get a solid start at chopping a track, and having to continually retry cuts with minor adjustments is too frustrating a process. So yeah, back to basics for me! Thanks again.
@@OverlorBeats Hey my man I just wanted to update this thread because that really was the key I was missing. Finally able to begin creating some dope ass mixes and OG C&S tracks in just the two weekends I been practicing. Thanks again bro.
I want more so If I find out where to get them I will let you know. I ordered it just before they revamped the website. I got a Hat as well as some decals. I hope I can find them again I will be bummed if I can't.
Finally after watching like 20 tutorials that just basically show me how to loop something in fl studio I found a video that really gets to the heart of it man this feels more like a real workshop that i paid money for love it man
Almost skipped over the video then someone started slicing onions and chopping wood and I'm hooked hahaha!
Thanks so much for watching
Lol nice!
I thought that was on ad hahaha
Bro that's an old-school work flow you got going on... Looking for fundamentals and found them in this video, thank you!
I like how you sampled a TH-cam sample breakdown... inception level
Thanks so much
I agree best video I found new subscriber
doing it in audacity what a legend
Yeah this is dope. Kinda remind me of chopping on cassettes using the pause button back in the day. You can insert elements from other sources with different keys. Serato Sample has changed the game as far as key goes. You basically can take any element and put it in the key you are working in and its done. Thanks for dropping this video.
I started making beats on audacity and the whole time I didn't know my friend could get fl studio for free, I spent just over a full year on that hahaha
Thanks for the video! I'm a new subscriber
Sir out of all the videos I’ve seen about sampling and chopping this has been the most helpful and information You need to teach a master class.
Been chopping for decades, and my essentials... Soundforge and Recycle. And don't forget... you don't always need to chop your beats on the "one"!
As I said there are rules to this But no rules to creativity... As long as it sounds good in the end.
Man you need to upgrade lmao
fax!!!!!!!
I have been watching you on youtube for about two years now and WoW brother you're a great teacher. Overlor keep spreading the message thanks
Thanks for your support I hope to be back at it very soon!!
Thanks for the knowledge, I have ableton AND audacity and what I enjoyed about your video is simplicity. I have a hard head sometimes and have to keep it simple.
Ive recently started trying to make my own beats and learned about sampling and the machines used, after some research that revealed the art to me I went to youtube and this was the first one I found and am very thankful this helps a ton and Im considering buying a sampler to use with FL and my MPK mini
I actually do beat making consultations feel free to email me at overlorbeats@gmail.com
@@OverlorBeats whats a beat making consultation? Mine arent very good yet. Im just trying to learn in depth while I mess around with sounds on my free time
Great Info! Thanks for sharing.
Great video. I’ve been sampling for two years but I still go a lot out of them.
Any idea where one would source his mpc renaissance wall poster 🧐
Thanks for dropping this gem OverlorBeats I'm five mintues into the video and this is hipping me to the art of chopping...
Thanks Fam I appreciate it. I was a couple of days late I try to drop a fresh one every Friday. So stay Tuned.
Shift + Spacebar loops a selection seamlessly for better previewing of your loops. and its quicker than making a new track.
Nice tutorial and demo. Great content. New subber here. Thank you OG!
I almost left because of some production value criticism, but I'm really glad I stayed. There's some real meaty information here that I'll remember.
Thanks I appreciate you
How do you extend it to the time length you want and let's say you want to fade it out in the end how do you do that?
Wow ... Time Stretching could do that and if you go to your LFO's or effects you can fad it out that way if on hardware if in a daw it can be done also but depending on the daw that would determine how it is done. Hope this helps.
@@davidvirgell6666 it does.What is daw?
AND I QUOTE “So if you haven’t got you loop game down pat you’re makin your chop game suffer” ***Facts big bro 💯
ToneMeloTV loved this!
Thanks for watching fam appreciate you
Hope everything is alright with you haven’t seen you post in a minute
Thanks for your time brother this was good info! Any tips on chopping jazz since the time signatures and structure is different than 4x4.
Thanks... I will cover that on a future vid makes for an excellent topic.
Lol. I'm only 2 m10 secs in and I already like what you're doing. Nice delivery and explanation .... already.
Thanks fam I appreciate it.
If you wanna sample look up the simpliler in Ableton. How I got started👍🏿
ableton is tight
Loved the video, brother!
THANKS ALOT FAM .. I BEEN LOOKING FOR SOME TIPS LIKE THIS EVER SINCE LAST YEAR .. KEEP MAKING THEM !!! ONE LOVE FROM BROOKLYN NY
I love this video
Thank you so much!!
Amazing Tutorial. Very straight to the point. I'm trying to get out the approach of just chopping samples and randomly hitting other pads. which makes it sound scattered. I will apply this solution. Thank you.
This was great info to learn.
thanks fam I appreciate you watching.
Yo this video was amazing. I’m trying to learn how to sample rn. I’m trying to be on Kanye and mad lib grind. I don’t know where to start so hopefully this series will help.
"IF you don't have your loop game down pat, you're making your chop game suffer" FAX
Good Video mate , well explained
I understand working with loops,it's understanding the fundamentals of sampling that gets me,but that's neither here nor there, thanks for the video. 😎
I got you I will be covering that I hope next weeks episode helps if not DM me and I will try to cover it for you.
OverlorBeats Cool,I'll keep that in mind. 😎
great video - trying to sample from all manner of records and this is helping - hoping that you will show us how to remove elements and isolate them to use in the projects and samplers down the line. Bless !
Thank you kindly for taking the time to articulate and demonstrate the process first hand. I have been able to time loops for a minute but It was like knowing the answer to a math problem and not being able to show your work -- once the math becomes too complex and whatever system you were using begins to fail, it becomes very difficult to continue making progress.
I never thought about actually using the timestamps and counting the beat and instead only focused on the visual cues, which become mundane when sampling individual words/lines/instrumentation I suspect this will make the difference and allow me to sample much more precisely.
My pleasure I am so glad you found this helpful I wish you luck and success in all you do.
@@OverlorBeats I appreciate the sentiment, I have always enjoyed the process and spirit behind creating and editing music. Being able to chop and screw music correctly is probably my top goal over the last several years, yet even as I become comfortable with many other parts of the process, I have hardly progressed at all with complex editing during that time. It means a great deal to me to finally have a toolset and strategy for reaching that goal. I will pass it on as often as I have the opportunity -- thanks again my friend!
You got my attention! I am learning great video!
Nice one Overlorbeats !!!! Your knowledge is supreme bro !! 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿
everytime you said that there's rules to this shit I would remember a doom bar and get distracted for a little bit lol
aye nice profile picture
Bro I did the same thing in my mind too 😂 rip DOOM 🤧
Dope video
Dang bro, I'm only a few mins in but looks like u takin us to school furreal lol
To save time you can press shift when you hit play and it will repeat/loop your sample rather than go into the effects every time.Check link below.
OK but what's an overlor?
My chops play slow what is the cause of it
Bpm, maybe
You may have to save it as a one shot
I started taking notes after you told us its rules to this shit and broke down the formula for us. I was mostly focused on what I had failed to do (using the timestamp and counting off beats), feel free to add on anything I missed:
Rules 4 Choppin Tracks:
1. To Chop is to Sample and vice versa. Chopping (and sampling) is the art of taking some portion of audio and repurposing, remixing, reworking it, etc.
2 - Solidify ya Loop game! Learn to count beats, visible cues lose effectiveness when timing semi-notes, the smaller the note the less of a pattern can be recognized and relied upon. If you cannot time loop you wish to use, you cannot effectively chop music. Timing is everything here.
a) Use available timestamps to more effectively sample perfect loops. Count the time it takes for the sample you desire to repeat (or complete), and add/subtract this against the timestamp for accurate placement.
b) Looping entire tracks or an entire measure of a track is a good place to start this visual cues and patterns make timing relatively easy and quick, however, continue practicing counting notes and applying this formula. The process remains the same for chopping semi-notes (lines/words/instrumentation) however, the patterns become increasingly more difficult to apply, the smaller the note being sampled.
c) Audacity's magnification function is more than sufficient to sample however small, begin using it as much as needed, it is a must for millisecond precision.
d) Audacity also has a repeater function, making this process even more streamlined -- it has dozen's of features, look around and learn ways to use the program to your advantage.
I have a lot of dope ass tracks in my mind I haven't been able to piece together effectively or to my satisfaction. Thank you very much Overlor for articulating and outlining this basic formula for those of us who couldn't see it.
Wow you articulated that very well. You learn the principles and how to follow the rules to build up your skill level so when you break those rules it is done with a purpose and a technique that still allows you to make dope beats. You can't get away with breaking the rules if you don't know them.
@@OverlorBeats Exactly -- when you covered counting beats early on in the video it hit me like a brick to the face, it feels very obvious but in all the hours ive spent editing music, it literally did occur to me once to count off and measure against the timestamp.
I have no issues using visual cues to make various instrumentals, It was how I figured out to sample at all, and it never occurred to me there was a better way, lol. Its fairly easy to loop tracks and make minor edits here and there in most cases, but I have always loved C&S style music and I would love to be able to create more of it. The way I was going about editing, it would literally take me several hours to get a solid start at chopping a track, and having to continually retry cuts with minor adjustments is too frustrating a process.
So yeah, back to basics for me! Thanks again.
@@OverlorBeats Hey my man I just wanted to update this thread because that really was the key I was missing. Finally able to begin creating some dope ass mixes and OG C&S tracks in just the two weekends I been practicing. Thanks again bro.
Great video.. I keep a old version of Sony Acid 5 on my computer to do a similar thing to make perfect oops.
Wow this some dope technique thxz brotha
I love 90s shit but god damn those slay bells! Seriously
hey man, thank you soo much for ur explanation is perfect too as ur samples bangs funk yo. lol . Algeriafunk
Hey, you should create a digital course!
Great vid, thanks!
Thank u brother!
Your welcome fam ... Glad it was helpful. What are you using for your production??
im on the Push, Live9 and Serato Sample for all them chops :) i see u got the big MPC! have too get my hands on that one day =)
Thank you
My Pleasure
Not sure if it's cause I haven't slept all night but you sound like a deeper rza at some times lol
Bmore in the building!!!
You know It!!!!!
You from bmore?
Yep Born and Raised!!
OK??? SO NOW HOW DO YOU SET THOSE CHOPS TO THE MIDI KEYBOARD? AND WHAT VST OR PROGRAM DO YOU USE?
You could grab and use serato studio for free. it has an amazing sampler
Were you influenced by the art of noise? JJ jeczalik was a major player in sampling back in the 80's
When chopping a sample do you used 2 chops for 2 bar sample loops?
Thank you, this really helped me.
This is gold
Reaper is free and comes with a decent sampler. Cheers!!! :)
Wow I never knew you get busy in audacity like that
SO COOL!!! THANK YOU!
right on
Are you from Baltimore? You have our accent lol
Dabsick yes I legitimately have our accent!!!
David Virgell haha I knew it glad to know there’s someone doing big things close to me!
Dabsick I am from Baltimore living in Wisconsin.
I'm late but I appreciate the knowledge
where did you buy that akai Shirt? I need it!
Akai Pro website.
OverlorBeats I can‘t find it on the Website! Any link?
They used to have a merch store on the website now it's gone but I noticed it here: interspace180.com/akai-professional-retro-logo-t-shirt/
OverlorBeats It‘s not the same, because the Logo is way smaller.
I want more so If I find out where to get them I will let you know. I ordered it just before they revamped the website. I got a Hat as well as some decals. I hope I can find them again I will be bummed if I can't.
What about the Bomb Squad? Let's give credit where it's due!
R B it’s so many master samplers that could have been mentioned but I definitely here you and a big fan of Shocklee and the Bomb Squad!!
Love the video, you have a bmore accent
AND LINUX
Sounds like pac all eyes on me.
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mac miller sampled that first song tho.. nikes on my feet
okay Dave... u aint chop shit lmaoo
I refuse to accept your reality ...LMAO
@@davidvirgell6666 Im jjust sayin the way u said it was funny af