11-24-2016, 03:43 PM
I'm working towards looping all the sustain samples in my orchestral library. Some loops are surprisingly easy to create, others are very challenging. Solo Trombone samples are proving to be a nightmare but I'm slowly defeating each trombone sample, one at at time.
It occurs to me to wonder if I'm making a mistake. At the very least, I know I want to extend the length of some of the samples. Doing that is sometimes slower than looping, sometimes not but I'm confident I can transparently lengthen the samples that I want to lengthen. Often I find myself necessarily extending the length of a sample first and then looping the lengthened version.
Some samples loop quite well, others, if you don't let the samples loop more than 2 times, it should still sound good even in isolation so it should be fine in a mix.
What do professional libraries provide? Are the woodwind and brass sustain samples looped? Are the samples simply held as long as a real player could hold a note but the samples are never looped?
It occurs to me to wonder if I'm making a mistake. At the very least, I know I want to extend the length of some of the samples. Doing that is sometimes slower than looping, sometimes not but I'm confident I can transparently lengthen the samples that I want to lengthen. Often I find myself necessarily extending the length of a sample first and then looping the lengthened version.
Some samples loop quite well, others, if you don't let the samples loop more than 2 times, it should still sound good even in isolation so it should be fine in a mix.
What do professional libraries provide? Are the woodwind and brass sustain samples looped? Are the samples simply held as long as a real player could hold a note but the samples are never looped?
Paul Battersby
My free orchestral sample library: Virtual Playing Orchestra @ http://virtualplaying.com
My free orchestral sample library: Virtual Playing Orchestra @ http://virtualplaying.com