Category Archives: Sampling

I’ve written a new blog post for VIR2 and Big Fish Audio.  I talk about some of the thought processes and techniques that went into creating Violence as well as new demos and audio examples.  You can check it out … Continue reading →

~ I am extremely proud to announce the release of my first commercial sample library.  Made for VIR2 and Big Fish Audio, this library features 82 unique and innovative instruments.   Just like this blog, this library is all about … Continue reading →

Why has the piano become one of the most universal and widely used instruments?  It’s heavy, hard to move, and difficult to tune.  It’s impossible bend or slide between notes and it can’t play notes outside of a fixed tuning.  … Continue reading →

Even the simplest techniques can produce complex and interesting results.  There are, for instance, many simple methods for turning mono signals into stereo signals.  Combining several of these techniques produces some very interesting results.  The basic idea behind most of these … Continue reading →

    Have you ever spent hours in a video store, completely unable to decide what movie you want to watch?  Have you ever felt overwhelmed just setting foot into a bookstore or a supermarket?  How about this, do you … Continue reading →

        A few weeks ago, I decided to play around with the idea of “playable loops”.  For this post I thought I would revisit this concept and add envelope controlled effects modulation to the mix.  As it … Continue reading →

    Tim Prebble over at “The Music of Sound” has been hosting a series of music projects he calls “Synesthesia”.  He posts a picture and asks his readers to translate the image into music.  Simple in concept but challenging in … Continue reading →

    In the late 1940s, the first boxed cake mixes were marketed to housewives across the country.  The initial sales were unexpectedly low, so food companies surveyed women to find out why the product was so unpopular.  What they found … Continue reading →

    By default, Kontakt operates in what’s called DFD (direct from disk) mode.  In this mode, only a small section of each sample is loaded into memory as a buffer, and the rest is streamed from the disk.  This is … Continue reading →

    I have a lot of friends who date or marry people with whom they share a passion.  Since most of my friends are musicians, this means musicians dating and marrying other musicians.  My wife however doesn’t play any instruments, … Continue reading →