Multisample your hardware instruments
Even though there are some outstanding sample-based instrument libraries around, it’s important to understand how to build your own. Firstly, you might have something unique that doesn’t already exist, and secondly, you get the ability to sample and tweak everything exactly as you like it. There are many different ways to achieve the finished result in software. You can go basic, and capture literally just one sample, and play it across your pads or keyboard, and sometimes it’s all you need; otherwise you can build a complex instrument using more source samples. This will apply to drums too – sometimes we want that one-size-fits-all unresponsive robot drum machine feel, where every note is the same level and tone, but there are times when we want something to behave in a more organic or creative way, and multisamples come into play with our favourite drum kits as well. Hook up your hardware and we’ll give it a try.