On Sat, 2014-08-02 at 22:30 +0100, James Morris wrote: > I resorted to downloading drum samples from Freesound directly into > Ardour and used that to create a two bar loop but never got any > further. Just don't know how I used to find the time... When I use CR-78 samples or similar, I visit a Wiki or another source, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_CR-78 , then I use such an example loop and copy the same rhythm by a MIDI file to play the samples unison with the audio example loop. I tune the samples, correct loudness and panning until it fits to the original drum machine. This is the basic I need, most of the times the samples provided by soundfonts are completely detuned. Anyway, once the samples are consistent, e.g. the tuning of the kick fits to the snare, I detune the drums to fit to my composition, I edit attack times etc., but I don't remember that I ever have done this using Linux software ;). IMO a good basic for synth sounds are _real_ Roland synth drum samples, TR series etc., but it's important that the sounds are original, not detuned, not wrong loudness relations, the samples need to be consistent, work with each other. Sure, I will detune and edit attack and decay times etc. to fit to my songs, but IMO the problem often is that there isn't a good basic to do that. Most soundfonts that claim to provide CR, TR etc. are a PITA and need much correction, before you can start to edit them to fit to your needs. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
