First I enjoyed your enthusiasm and passion. I have recently purchase serato sample and but I use serato DJ Pro for Djing. I came from a time when we use to make pause tapes and I enjoyed doing that this plugin makes it’s so much easier and the possibilities are endless. One last thing that best was fire. Thanks
Only had Ableton a year, Serato 2 days (guessing that's what triggered your video being suggested (as well your general coolness - this has been a GREAT first video of yours to watch - getting to know more about you and you being more "genuinely psyched" about a new product > "in depth product review" (think you said there's a separate video for that)))... loving it, far easier than "chopping in Simpler then sliding to Drum Rack then manipulating" Imma hit that subscribe button now
That was a great track dude! I lost whatever DJ skills I was about to have back in the 80s. Being a Funk Bassist. Back then I was quite snobbish towards sampling back then. My thing was you're sampling musicians so I figured hell I'm a musician who works with other musicians. The Hip Hop rappers never liked what I did compared to the sample they fell in love with. What I was missing was the sound within that sample. It's about the musicians on that recording, the instruments they used, how they played them, the mixing console the sound of the room, everything that went into the recording of that record is what truly makes that sampled recording an instrument in it's own right. Now I get it! I just need to spend time sampling again to get that DJ mentality.
Awesome vid! Feel the same way and can relate on many points you said. For me, it is FL itself that amazes me and gives me the best shot at getting the sounds out of my head. Now I just have to learn how to do it. You even have a nice radio/DJ voice. Will be sure to check out more of your content!
Gotta get this! This looks so fun and creative. I tried Initial Audio's Slice VST, but Serato Sample's time-stretching seems more powerful and useful. Thanks as always, Dave!
Love what you produced with Serato. You mentioned a number of times Hip Hop. I wonder why you didn't create a hip hop demo piece. This is a more 70's funk/sound track vibe to me. That said I love this informative video.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment. This cue definitely leans towards funk, but it's hip-hop in construction and sample manipulation that's a bit of throwback to early 2000's sample technique coming out of the g-funk era.
Man you got me a little misty eyed towards the end there. This might be the best Serato Sample vid I've seen when it comes to explaining the possibilities. We don't care what the elitists say. If they can't respect that they're whole perspective is wack! Nothing but love.
Me too. I took years of criticism for my productions--even though some charted well and won me gold and platinum plaques. It is good to see someone who appreciates the art of sampling, and the spiritual homage that it pays to the original artist.
Hi, how do you set the end point or end cue point. I can create the start point of a sample but how do you get serato to stop by setting an end cue point? I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks in advance if you can please help explain it. Sincerely, Mike
Thanks for the question. There are two arrows whenever you make a cue point, a starting arrow (at the top, I believe) and an ending arrow on the bottom. Thanks for watching!
if you're going to use samples, make that sample sound like nothing it came from. Creatively you can do anything with it. The vibe of sound is the element of beauty.
9:00 Was JUST thinking "Don't see you as "four to the floor" or "trap" but upper tempo lofi with breakdance ("turntablism") and quirky movie monologue/TV quotes/comedy show records (Python, Pryor live etc)... then you go all Snoopy on me
@@52Cues Don't care if you spouted nothing but illiterate lies (yet to finish watching (grocery shopping)), you look cool asf, cost me nothing to spread a lil positive feedback. See you in future comments.
Way out of my comfort zone on this one (never used samples in this way, no experience with hip-hop) - but you sold it to me with the vlog and the terrific track - on my list to give this a go at some point. Re the 'debate' on the use of samples - I see the composer skills in this process are; 1. The selection of the appropriate samples in the first place, and then 2. assembling them into a whole piece that works (to the brief) - which are no less essential 'composer' skills than writing a good tune.
I hadn't heard of Budos Band before, but thank you so much for turning me on to them (along with the rabbit-hole Spotify trip finding other amazing modern funky instrumental groups)! And thanks for watching!
I recently got back into making hip hop and came across serato studio. Basically they created a full DAW and I’m hooked. I used FL long ago but i don’t see me using anything else for the moment.
It really was a game changer for me, and now I'm looking at getting into a DJ controller so I can do some actual scratching! Thanks so much for watching!
I have Serato too, haven't used it too much because Sampler can do the same. Have you tried LP 10.7 yet? Love the fact you now can use drummer, covert it to midi or to the sequencer grid.
i’m scared to death of using samples like that horn for fear of somehow tripping content-id despite manipulating it ie not manipulating it enough? i like the pitchshift and timestretch in serato sample but hate how the cuepoints dont visually any gear you might use to trigger them. i end up creating cuepoints by accident because i have no idea which keys are already assigned and i have to go and delete them etc, i end up doing it all on the timeline in cubase these days. i was a turntablist as well in a previous life so the years of “juggling” experience trained my ear to hear potential sample chop rearrangements.
I feel you on how Serato Sample doesn't give you a great visual representation of how the slices are mapped, especially in terms of which MIDI note they'd be on a keyboard. And yes! It's way too easy to assign random cue points when trying to figure out where the slices are laying if you hit an otherwise unassigned key. This is why I've been using my Akai MPD-18 so much since Bank A/Pad 1 (MIDI C2) is always the first slice on the grid. Granted, C2 is C2, so as long as you kept that in mind, finding where those slices would be on a keyboard is straightforward, but I found that the MPC-esque 4x4 layout of the MPD-18 lends itself very naturally to Serato Sample (and I'd imagine that'd by design since most hip-hop producers would be comfortable with this type of MIDI pad set up). Now, as far as tripping up Content-ID, I'd say that although very minimal (in my experience), I suppose there is a non-zero risk of using any sample, regardless of whether it's production music or a commercially released record. All I can do is my due-diligence in chopping, stretching, and other manipulating to ensure I have something original that won't trip up the algorithm. But I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before our robot overlords are able to see through those techniques as well! Thanks so much for the comment and for watching!
Check out Serato Studio, and its stems feature … One day perhaps this will be integrated into Sample, as well. Serato Studio is a cool, little DAW, with features such as its play-in-key, stems isolation/removal/solo or removal of key song elements (vocals, bass, keys, and drums, similar to what Izotope Rx and Ozone can now do, which adds an entirely new element to the possibilities, including obtaining on-the-fly acapellas. I wish Serato’s stems feature were at the quality level of their Pitch ‘n Time algorithm, and on the level of Izotope Rx/Ozone). The AI and machine learning in Izotope’s products is exciting.
Serato studio / Sample are dope - changed my game too...I actually have the Roland dj202 which mates as a controller. (So many possibilities.) Third party vst's work great i.e. Scaler etc. Good stuff . Thanks .
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. How accurate is to scratch and cut on the dj202? I've only ever scratched on a turntable, but it's been a while since I checked out digital gear like that and when I was hot and heavy into the DJ, those controller decks were really only for mixing.
@@52Cues its an analog Sampler emulator, i use it to add some texture. I like to use the high pass filter with some resonance to cut out the low end. I recommend watching a video on it at least
@@52Cues thanks for the answer! I'm planning on buying it, that's why I asked. Your channel is a great inspiration to me, it's a very generous source of information 🙏
Having been raised on "cover version records of popular artists" (Bacharach as sung "Insert name here" etc), and jazz standards, I've always seen sampling as "music appreciation"/that "mosaic" thing you said. "Nautilus" by Bob James is one of the most sampled song ever - it only exists cos in those days they had to fill the record space, so it's a "last minute throwaway track" (Track 6 on side A). Never a single/no well received if it was... ...cut to his niece telling him about "some guy talking over his song"... So yeah, just give credit - seems the biggest issue is when the sample is a bigger hit than OG ("Why didn't I come up with that?" etc) Not against "looping a section you love". Against "Using beat cos popular but pitching it up/down a tone (or other minor adjustment)" LOVE me some chopping - one song over itself or multiple, by sound, topic/phrase, artist etc "1,4,6,5,3,8,2,7" etc - like I'm conducting the actual musicians And I tend - as it's music appreciation - to only use songs I like, and I've listened to them countless times for their own sake, not just "seeking samples/getting excited by the drum intro and ignoring the remaining 3mins"
I love your enthusiasm about "SERATO SAMPLE". Just for the people who don't know what the term is for what you are describing it's called " FLIPPING-The-SAMPLE". You need to learn or get creative on how to "Flip" the sample to make it your own and not recognizable from its original form. Long gone are the days of taking a sample (verbatim ) and using it straight as it. There is a real hatred for producers who use samples/loops and don't make any attempt to make it their own. "You are being lazy" and are showing you have no real integrity towards being creative.
I’m confused. You tried MPC, Maschine, Ableton and you are using Logic which has an amazing new sampler, and none of those mapped out the sample to make it playable and pitchable and reversible and all that? Cool track Dave! You are my favorite YT channel for production music stuff 🙏🏻
Oh, all of those other tools could do all those things, it’s just that their workflows never gelled with me and I would find myself growing frustrated. Serato Sample fits perfectly into my DJ Traktor brain in a way none of those other solutions did.
"Thrift shops" ain't going out of business anytime soon. Some just wear a vintage tee... other fashion several items into a bespoke patchwork jacket Assembling old car parts in odd fashion is "art"... Chopping is WAY more than "just playing other people's records" (common accusation, not from you)
Never listen anyone that long just waiting for the thing title says :D Good history lesson. You must be teacher :D After 10 minutes I had to skip to the point.
Thanks so much for listening, and yes - I am definitely a teacher! As a vlog format video, it wasn't necessarily intended to be a straight up tutorial, but I'm glad to hear you were able to get something from the video. Thanks so much for watching!
Hip Hop came from soul .And Jazz . Witch is apart of the culture . hip hop producers were the children of those artists . And they took apart of there culture and made something new . It was never stolen . Please study the true History of hip hop before you speak on it . Thank You
Serato Samples and Cable Guys Shaperbox is my Go toooos!!! GREAT Video by the way 💯💯💯❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🔥❤️🔥🎶🎶
Thanks again, Dave!
My pleasure!
First I enjoyed your enthusiasm and passion. I have recently purchase serato sample and but I use serato DJ Pro for Djing. I came from a time when we use to make pause tapes and I enjoyed doing that this plugin makes it’s so much easier and the possibilities are endless. One last thing that best was fire. Thanks
Well Dave I just subscribed now. I figured following you will help me along my journey to creating like a DJ.
Thanx for the gems!
Thanks for subbing and thanks for watching!!
@@52Cues WOW Dave that was quick. Hey man thanx for posting this very informative content!
You're very welcome! Glad to have you with us!
First time I’ve viewed Your channel… and I’m now a fan!! Salute!
Welcome aboard! I’m so glad you liked the video!
Only had Ableton a year, Serato 2 days (guessing that's what triggered your video being suggested (as well your general coolness - this has been a GREAT first video of yours to watch - getting to know more about you and you being more "genuinely psyched" about a new product > "in depth product review" (think you said there's a separate video for that)))... loving it, far easier than "chopping in Simpler then sliding to Drum Rack then manipulating"
Imma hit that subscribe button now
I'm so glad you found the channel, and thanks for the sub!
That was a great track dude!
I lost whatever DJ skills I was about to have back in the 80s. Being a Funk Bassist. Back then I was quite snobbish towards sampling back then. My thing was you're sampling musicians so I figured hell I'm a musician who works with other musicians. The Hip Hop rappers never liked what I did compared to the sample they fell in love with. What I was missing was the sound within that sample. It's about the musicians on that recording, the instruments they used, how they played them, the mixing console the sound of the room, everything that went into the recording of that record is what truly makes that sampled recording an instrument in it's own right. Now I get it!
I just need to spend time sampling again to get that DJ mentality.
! Im inspired !! many thanks bro you are amazing keep this up great Vlog ive subbed
Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Welcome aboard!
Thanks Dave
I have learned so much from your videos. Thank you so much!!!!
You're most welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great nugget Dave! Thanks. Cool track
Thanks for watching!
Awesome vid! Feel the same way and can relate on many points you said. For me, it is FL itself that amazes me and gives me the best shot at getting the sounds out of my head. Now I just have to learn how to do it. You even have a nice radio/DJ voice. Will be sure to check out more of your content!
I'm so glad you found the video helpful. Thanks for watching!
Thanks Dave always dropping knowledge..I appreciate it..
You're most welcome! Thanks so much for watching!
Great video.
I love using samples.
Thanks for watching!
So inspirating. As always. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
There's a free vst called momentum, very similar to serato sample, it's worth to check it out. It's great too
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
@@netuno_music is it better then ableton simpler slice mode?
@@JVJF7 I don't know because I don't use Ableton. But serato sample is the best
@@netuno_music i missed the blackfriday discount so ill keep using simpler then
Passionate about it..thats a good character trait💪🏾
Gotta get this! This looks so fun and creative. I tried Initial Audio's Slice VST, but Serato Sample's time-stretching seems more powerful and useful. Thanks as always, Dave!
I really found it easy to use and helped inspire creativity, so that's a win/win!
Do you ever use the Logic Live Loops UI to work out your loop/sample ideas?
I don’t know if I’m too set in my ways, but I’ve never been able to click with live loops, even now some 3 yrs later!
@@52Cues same here
Love what you produced with Serato. You mentioned a number of times Hip Hop. I wonder why you didn't create a hip hop demo piece. This is a more 70's funk/sound track vibe to me. That said I love this informative video.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment. This cue definitely leans towards funk, but it's hip-hop in construction and sample manipulation that's a bit of throwback to early 2000's sample technique coming out of the g-funk era.
Man you got me a little misty eyed towards the end there. This might be the best Serato Sample vid I've seen when it comes to explaining the possibilities. We don't care what the elitists say. If they can't respect that they're whole perspective is wack! Nothing but love.
Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching. I appreciate you!
Me too. I took years of criticism for my productions--even though some charted well and won me gold and platinum plaques. It is good to see someone who appreciates the art of sampling, and the spiritual homage that it pays to the original artist.
Hi, how do you set the end point or end cue point. I can create the start point of a sample but how do you get serato to stop by setting an end cue point? I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks in advance if you can please help explain it. Sincerely, Mike
Thanks for the question. There are two arrows whenever you make a cue point, a starting arrow (at the top, I believe) and an ending arrow on the bottom. Thanks for watching!
if you're going to use samples, make that sample sound like nothing it came from. Creatively you can do anything with it. The vibe of sound is the element of beauty.
9:00
Was JUST thinking "Don't see you as "four to the floor" or "trap" but upper tempo lofi with breakdance ("turntablism") and quirky movie monologue/TV quotes/comedy show records (Python, Pryor live etc)... then you go all Snoopy on me
...and then his song had "Mission Impossible" vibes...
I found you searching "DJ Muggs".
So congrats on being in good company.
And loving the glasses (I'm due for a test/new pair)
I'm glad you found me and that you dig my glasses! I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching!
@@52Cues Don't care if you spouted nothing but illiterate lies (yet to finish watching (grocery shopping)), you look cool asf, cost me nothing to spread a lil positive feedback. See you in future comments.
Serato is dope!
Way out of my comfort zone on this one (never used samples in this way, no experience with hip-hop) - but you sold it to me with the vlog and the terrific track - on my list to give this a go at some point. Re the 'debate' on the use of samples - I see the composer skills in this process are; 1. The selection of the appropriate samples in the first place, and then 2. assembling them into a whole piece that works (to the brief) - which are no less essential 'composer' skills than writing a good tune.
Great job, has a Budos Band vibe, cool, I love SS, had it a while and often comes up on offer
I hadn't heard of Budos Band before, but thank you so much for turning me on to them (along with the rabbit-hole Spotify trip finding other amazing modern funky instrumental groups)! And thanks for watching!
@@52Cues Great man, I love all the Daptone stuff, subbed as well 🇬🇧
I recently got back into making hip hop and came across serato studio. Basically they created a full DAW and I’m hooked. I used FL long ago but i don’t see me using anything else for the moment.
It really was a game changer for me, and now I'm looking at getting into a DJ controller so I can do some actual scratching! Thanks so much for watching!
Dope
I have Serato too, haven't used it too much because Sampler can do the same.
Have you tried LP 10.7 yet?
Love the fact you now can use drummer, covert it to midi or to the sequencer grid.
I’m still on Mojave and even though 10.7 looks very cool, I’m not sure I can risk an OS update on my 2015 iMac.
Meaning: I’m still on Logic 10.5.6.
Really liked watching this process, it's always been a mystery to me as primarily a guitar player.
I'm so glad you found the video helpful! Thanks for watching and for your support!
i’m scared to death of using samples like that horn for fear of somehow tripping content-id despite manipulating it ie not manipulating it enough?
i like the pitchshift and timestretch in serato sample but hate how the cuepoints dont visually any gear you might use to trigger them. i end up creating cuepoints by accident because i have no idea which keys are already assigned and i have to go and delete them etc,
i end up doing it all on the timeline in cubase these days. i was a turntablist as well in a previous life so the years of “juggling” experience trained my ear to hear potential sample chop rearrangements.
I feel you on how Serato Sample doesn't give you a great visual representation of how the slices are mapped, especially in terms of which MIDI note they'd be on a keyboard. And yes! It's way too easy to assign random cue points when trying to figure out where the slices are laying if you hit an otherwise unassigned key. This is why I've been using my Akai MPD-18 so much since Bank A/Pad 1 (MIDI C2) is always the first slice on the grid. Granted, C2 is C2, so as long as you kept that in mind, finding where those slices would be on a keyboard is straightforward, but I found that the MPC-esque 4x4 layout of the MPD-18 lends itself very naturally to Serato Sample (and I'd imagine that'd by design since most hip-hop producers would be comfortable with this type of MIDI pad set up).
Now, as far as tripping up Content-ID, I'd say that although very minimal (in my experience), I suppose there is a non-zero risk of using any sample, regardless of whether it's production music or a commercially released record. All I can do is my due-diligence in chopping, stretching, and other manipulating to ensure I have something original that won't trip up the algorithm. But I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before our robot overlords are able to see through those techniques as well!
Thanks so much for the comment and for watching!
Check out Serato Studio, and its stems feature … One day perhaps this will be integrated into Sample, as well. Serato Studio is a cool, little DAW, with features such as its play-in-key, stems isolation/removal/solo or removal of key song elements (vocals, bass, keys, and drums, similar to what Izotope Rx and Ozone can now do, which adds an entirely new element to the possibilities, including obtaining on-the-fly acapellas. I wish Serato’s stems feature were at the quality level of their Pitch ‘n Time algorithm, and on the level of Izotope Rx/Ozone). The AI and machine learning in Izotope’s products is exciting.
Has a Mod Squad feel lol From the 70’s
Indeed! I was going for that Ocean's 11 vibe for sure.
I appreciate you. New sub
Thanks so much for watching!
Beatmaker 3 on iPad is perfect for samples!
I love sampling. My ting.
From a hip hop background. Love mashing up stuff, bringing it all together into an engaging track.
Thanks for watching! I hope you found the video helpful!
Serato studio / Sample are dope - changed my game too...I actually have the Roland dj202 which mates as a controller. (So many possibilities.) Third party vst's work great i.e. Scaler etc.
Good stuff .
Thanks .
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. How accurate is to scratch and cut on the dj202? I've only ever scratched on a turntable, but it's been a while since I checked out digital gear like that and when I was hot and heavy into the DJ, those controller decks were really only for mixing.
I Cant seem to record my samples to track.{DAW)
I put samplex2 plugin after i do my chops with Serato sample to give the sample more character and more of the tone I want
I’ve not heard of this plugin. What do you like best about it? Is it a filter or EQ type of plugin?
@@52Cues its an analog Sampler emulator, i use it to add some texture. I like to use the high pass filter with some resonance to cut out the low end. I recommend watching a video on it at least
Question: are you still in love with serato sample? Haha
I still am! It's become my primary driver any time I'm needing to chop samples and loops!
@@52Cues thanks for the answer! I'm planning on buying it, that's why I asked. Your channel is a great inspiration to me, it's a very generous source of information 🙏
Thanks so much! I have zero regrets getting Serato Sample! I hope you enjoy it!
🏆🏆🏆
Having been raised on "cover version records of popular artists" (Bacharach as sung "Insert name here" etc), and jazz standards, I've always seen sampling as "music appreciation"/that "mosaic" thing you said.
"Nautilus" by Bob James is one of the most sampled song ever - it only exists cos in those days they had to fill the record space, so it's a "last minute throwaway track" (Track 6 on side A). Never a single/no well received if it was...
...cut to his niece telling him about "some guy talking over his song"...
So yeah, just give credit - seems the biggest issue is when the sample is a bigger hit than OG ("Why didn't I come up with that?" etc)
Not against "looping a section you love".
Against "Using beat cos popular but pitching it up/down a tone (or other minor adjustment)"
LOVE me some chopping - one song over itself or multiple, by sound, topic/phrase, artist etc
"1,4,6,5,3,8,2,7" etc - like I'm conducting the actual musicians
And I tend - as it's music appreciation - to only use songs I like, and I've listened to them countless times for their own sake, not just "seeking samples/getting excited by the drum intro and ignoring the remaining 3mins"
I love your enthusiasm about "SERATO SAMPLE". Just for the people who don't know what the term is for what you are describing it's called " FLIPPING-The-SAMPLE". You need to learn or get creative on how to "Flip" the sample to make it your own and not recognizable from its original form. Long gone are the days of taking a sample (verbatim ) and using it straight as it. There is a real hatred for producers who use samples/loops and don't make any attempt to make it their own. "You are being lazy" and are showing you have no real integrity towards being creative.
I’m confused. You tried MPC, Maschine, Ableton and you are using Logic which has an amazing new sampler, and none of those mapped out the sample to make it playable and pitchable and reversible and all that? Cool track Dave! You are my favorite YT channel for production music stuff 🙏🏻
Oh, all of those other tools could do all those things, it’s just that their workflows never gelled with me and I would find myself growing frustrated. Serato Sample fits perfectly into my DJ Traktor brain in a way none of those other solutions did.
@@52Cues oh nice! Glad you found a good flow after all that time, so fun!! I’m excited to see more hip hop cues of yours.
Serato sample is my main everything plugin xD
Drums, one shots, chops.
And it just works 😊
"Thrift shops" ain't going out of business anytime soon.
Some just wear a vintage tee... other fashion several items into a bespoke patchwork jacket
Assembling old car parts in odd fashion is "art"...
Chopping is WAY more than "just playing other people's records" (common accusation, not from you)
Bro..22 minutes before you even showed Serato Sample lol.
Thanks for watching!
I kept looking at those white glasses and missed the entire information. Next time wear black frame lmao
Thanks for watching!
Never listen anyone that long just waiting for the thing title says :D Good history lesson. You must be teacher :D After 10 minutes I had to skip to the point.
Thanks so much for listening, and yes - I am definitely a teacher! As a vlog format video, it wasn't necessarily intended to be a straight up tutorial, but I'm glad to hear you were able to get something from the video. Thanks so much for watching!
Hip hop was invented by DJs. There is no debate to be had. Sample away folks.
Fact.
You talk to much! So boring , go to the point!
Thanks for watching!
Hip Hop came from soul .And Jazz . Witch is apart of the culture . hip hop producers were the children of those artists . And they took apart of there culture and made something new . It was never stolen . Please study the true History of hip hop before you speak on it . Thank You
Thanks so much for reaching out and for watching. I sincerely appreciate the comment!