The first version of Serato Sample was released back in 2017 and it included Serato’s legendary Pitch ’n’ Time algorithm alongside a lightning fast workflow. Now with version 2, Serato has upped the ante and added in realtime stem separation. But does it still hold the crown of most intuitive sampler ever?
Everything you need to work with Serato Sample is presented in a single window, as the GUI and workflow have been built for speed. When you first open an instance, you get a window asking you to Load or Drag and Drop an audio file. If you drag in something like an old funk track, the key and tempo are automatically detected, and the file is stretched to fit the host bpm. Simply set a cue point on the downbeat and you’re good to go with everything synced to your arrangement. If you’re used to some of the more cumbersome ways of doing this in your DAW, then it’s an astonishingly fast alternative.