Chord samples can be uber useful ...
Posted: 12 May 2023
So, I was just moving my guitar during my lunch break, and since it was still plugged in decided to give it a tinker.
It was a very simple riff, but I could feel a beat for it. Quickly laid it down.
Cool.
Added some bass.
Cool.
When it came to adding a little bit more percussion from the 4 different drum patches I had loaded, the chord samples were annoying because they were all one shot.
While changing them to ADSR, one sample just happened to be the same as what was being played on the track.
This particular patch has chords from different instruments, so what I ended up with is a nice sequence that has a lot more momentum. Plus all of the samples had a decent amount of modulation and had already been processed to sit really well in a mix.
And that's what I wanted to draw attention to. Even though the chord samples are literally just holding a single chord, they're modulated in a way they might not have been done if they had been played. They're modulated like they are a sample. They sound more like samples than someone merely holding down a key.
Creating a simple library of well-processed chords from various instruments could be a major workflow enhancer.
I've toyed with this a few times, and have been slowly going through the long process of bouncing the separates of 20 years of Reason projects, ... but extracting the chords would also be useful.
It was a very simple riff, but I could feel a beat for it. Quickly laid it down.
Cool.
Added some bass.
Cool.
When it came to adding a little bit more percussion from the 4 different drum patches I had loaded, the chord samples were annoying because they were all one shot.
While changing them to ADSR, one sample just happened to be the same as what was being played on the track.
This particular patch has chords from different instruments, so what I ended up with is a nice sequence that has a lot more momentum. Plus all of the samples had a decent amount of modulation and had already been processed to sit really well in a mix.
And that's what I wanted to draw attention to. Even though the chord samples are literally just holding a single chord, they're modulated in a way they might not have been done if they had been played. They're modulated like they are a sample. They sound more like samples than someone merely holding down a key.
Creating a simple library of well-processed chords from various instruments could be a major workflow enhancer.
I've toyed with this a few times, and have been slowly going through the long process of bouncing the separates of 20 years of Reason projects, ... but extracting the chords would also be useful.
