Ableton Tutorial: What is Serato Sample and why should I care?

In today's video I explain all the features of Serato Sample and how they work. Then we use it to put together a couple of little song ideas! I absolutely love this software. It's a lot of fun. I would definitely recommend trying it out for yourself.
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[@Slynk]

All my DJ gigs are cancelled (aka my main income is gone) so this is my full time job now. Big thanks to Serato for sponsoring this video (aka they paid me to make this which is cool). If you want to help support me and what I'm doing here, please consider buying something from my website - www.slynk.net/shop/ and check out my music for sale on my Bandcamp - slynk.bandcamp.com Thanks. Love you guys

[@wmextra]

Slynk Thanks man your song is dope

[@bruzedangelo]

Great video Slynk!! Is the French House Filtered Bass included in your Essential Ableton Toolbox?

[@kurtsoter1552]

I just was flipping around before my shift(essential worker) Thinking about getting my teenagers into something else besides video games. Wow you make that look so easy I owned scratch live in 2005 and played for a couple of years on my turntables and mixer. You got me ready to buy Ableton and dust off my record collection to have some fun. Enjoyed your video you made it look so easy. Thanks you made my Morning. Serato & Ableton should also thank you They just made some money today Once I finish my shift At 56 years old I hope I pick it up Looks like it will be tons of fun with my kids and granddaughter. Keep videos coming Definitely will hit up your website for something Stay safe Thx again

[@fibranijevidra]

Serato made great choice chosing you for this presentation. Thank you.

[@paradiddle16]

Find samples is by far my fav thing about serato sample. U just never know what comes which is the fun part of it.

[@jamesrobinson529]

This is the most inspiring Serato Sample tutorial that I've ever seen. I'm really hype to get it!

[@dazza42UK]

Another brilliant tutorial - inspiring and to the point. I always look forward to them.

[@robertsinnerman7804]

Spent ages watching all the different tutorials for Serato Sampler. Yours is by far the best one. Thank you!

[@Paytonwh]

Great video man, love the way you explained everything and showed your workflow and gave us helpful tips - thank you!

[@SickJames]

Best Serato Sample tutorial out there! Thanks Slynk✌️

[@adityasuryan2382]

Thanks brother. I have been looking for this tutorial. You delivered the tutorial in the best way. :)

[@mobeleen]

I’ve watched a lot of instructional video my man, imo this is one of the best.. thank you.. I’m a subscriber now!!

[@nodoze123]

I found this video while researching Serato Sample… very informative and fun to watch! Thank you🙌🏾

[@travw5374]

Good work slynk Been trying to fit this plug in into my work flow for a couple of weeks now 👌 cheers for inspiring me

[@orangesunset7968]

Hats off to you Slynk - this video inspired me to buy Serato Sample, and I'm so happy I did. It's worth every cent.

[@miguelaugusto8479]

Thanks for your videos. My friend just showed me your music and I realized you have tutorials! Learning a lot from them

[@andyredshaw3574]

Love your vibe man. Always so chilled 👊👊👊

[@_sweetchuck_]

I bought Serato sample recently and didnt really understand it. Thought I had just thrown money down the drain. This video was super helpful. Gonna go back to it and see what comes out. Thank you man!

[@japhy6536]

this was dope thank you so much - love your beats too!

[@beerados3989]

Sorry to hear about your situation, but boy am I glad to have you producing KZbin content again! You alone have been so informative and inspiring on my ableton journey over the last few years! Thank you Slynky! Big ups!

[@Slynk]

Yeah I mean, everyone in the world is playing the same tiny violin you know? Thanks for watching and please share my videos with your friends.

[@afroman1979]

Best Serato Sample tutorial! 🙌 thanks

[@DarlaBaltazar]

Wow this is awesome!!!! I got this for free having purchased gear that offered this as free software. Didn't know it was this powerful! Thanks man!

[@LRCDetroit]

What a great video. Thanks Slynk!

[@yeahrightdesign]

I love this plug in. It would be super cool if the Push would have a display option for the colored pads instead of the piano roll. Tell them!! :)

[@Slynk]

Yeah if the push had pad colors that reflected the Serato Sample cue point colors? That would be dope. I bet there is some nerd out there who can make it happen.

[@medik7493]

Im gonna get that, seems really easy to use. Thanks for yet another top notch tutorial.

[@Slynk]

Thanks mate :)

[@RmaNYouTube]

This was so inspiring man, Thanks ❤💕

[@TommyD1230]

This is a game changer 👌 thanks for sharing.

[@geoffstockton]

Hats off to you on the use of that Anita Baker track.

[@theelectricant98]

dipset vibes

[@ThaFruitbat]

Dope tut, thanks Slynkee! :D

[@producedbyghost.writer]

Really awesome video brother

[@quantumcadillac4748]

I kno im a lil late to the sho but U just sold me on this .....now to go buy some of ur music. big ups friend. thanks for ur work.

[@TheBadal35]

Nice ! Perfect period to try and be lost into it ;) Bdw congrats for your videos, learned a lot with them and they are really inspiring, thanks a lot for that man ! Peace 🤙

[@carlosramirezfabian1256]

will try to support!

[@soniibeatz]

Nice! Great tutorial!

[@tacosandsex]

love it great video!

[@cipherhype]

Hey Slynk just discovered you. I'm more stoked to find you than what. I was looking for in the first place. You got an easy to listen too energy. Love it. I am looking for Serato Sample deal and surprised nothing I can find. I see it's $99 now vs $79 when you made the vid. Hope your 25% off still applies. If you know of any deals hit me back I just decided to get it after your sweet video.

[@synapticrelease]

You just helped me make up my mind, I'm sold :0)

[@Montros]

Cool sampler!!

[@euUFonico]

Sao Paulo Brasil loves your lessons bro

[@djgon49]

Damn! Got me inspired! Buying when I get my Stimulus check :P

[@trevor_mounts_music]

serato sampler is easily the most useful and user friendly sampler i've ever used and I've used them all.

[@killacamfoo]

DOPE AF groove man.

[@IverBG97]

This is INSANE!!!!!!

[@chuefroxz9408]

siiiickkkk ty for the discount, good shit!

[@bedtimeread]

Thanks for the ideas bro! Take some sound design session and just dump in in there! ;)

[@darbomusic]

Holy ****, wow, this is awesome

[@maraoz]

holy shit this is amazing for live sets!

[@Slynk]

True, I didn't even consider using it live!

[@killyamomz]

Best sampler plug in. I put serato sample in a drum rack.

[@killyamomz]

@Seto Kaiba To me it's easier to manage my pads if I have serato sample in a drum rack. It also allows me to use my Push 2 properly with Serato sample and be able to chop all 32 if need be. If you go to serato sample website, that is the way to setup in ableton.

[@smith2924]

Thanks!

[@wmextra]

DOPENESS! My Guy

[@paintedfoxes9889]

this will make my french house sample chopping so much nicer after i produce a disco track with instruments first then chop. i really love this!!! thanks for sharing

[@C4P_10]

i wil def get this

[@turgutbelen6374]

Good show!

[@harryhenryuk]

More lofi style tutorials please 👌

[@mindmelt1111]

Mind blown.

[@griffingibson4389]

BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. BUYING.

[@benfoxmusicofficial]

Slynk is such a G

[@akmuk7]

Dope!

[@peacefulzombies]

good tutorials

[@DSWL_]

nice tutorial man 4:16

[@TimothyWisdomOfficial]

Really Good Video! Now I want to make Lo-Fi Pretty Lights music.....

[@Slynk]

Thanks for watching Tim! I would love to hear some new music from you :)

[@jayhu6075]

What a Great Explanation about this plugin. This bring to Understand this to the Next level. I am a beginner in Ableton Live. Is this plugin also a good alternative for Sample or Simpler? Which device you use to play the sample maybe a Novation of other ? Hopefully more in the future about pitch and time Technik. Many thanks.

[@elissitdesign]

Stay safe and keep the content rolling if you can. ✌🏼

[@Slynk]

That's the plan. All my gigs are cancelled so KZbin is my full time job now - and the pay sucks LOL.

[@elissitdesign]

@@Slynk You and me both. All my design work is canceled. I should work on a YT channel but the income curve is brutal.

[@Slynk]

Really? I have a graphic designer friend (she drew the gangsta bird in the thumbnail) and she said her work has gone through the roof!

[@elissitdesign]

@@Slynk Yah it depends on the design. I work in product advertising and 3d visualization. My clients client have put a halt on projects. I'm looking elsewhere.

[@itsnopez]

It's Recycle but like 20 years late! Being able to pitch change individual slices is nice and weirdly missing from simpler but not that hard with audio. Bought it though... stop making me buy stuff I don't really need! Hope the sale helped you out a bit. :D

[@Slynk]

Hahaha!

[@djsoo]

That Slicer mode is available in Serato DJ - you just need to update that ancient 62 of yours to get to it :)

[@Slynk]

Maybe I can twist someone's arm at Serato to send me a Rane 70 :P A man can dream!

[@djsoo]

Slynk better luck trying to hit up Rane :)

[@Omfgwhtavid]

Should do some online tutoring whilst you’re unemployed! Dibs on first pupil ;)

[@Slynk]

Yeah I have been thinking about it.

[@jm3012]

thank you! Do you have a discount for serato DJ pro?

[@Sam-cq9us]

how do i export somthing i made i use this in fl studio

[@Az3r0]

Great video, thank you. One question: can you show me some funky drum loops samples?

[@Slynk]

Check out my Quintuplet and Septuplet tutorials. Also, I have made a tutorial on how to make organic drum fills and another tutorial on how to make phat glitch hop drums. Go digging my friend.

[@sunn2000]

Brillant

[@NathanielPrinceCoulter]

Yeah will they try this beat it'll be fun. Proceeds to drop gold.

[@CestLaVie73]

Has Serato Studio that same sampling functions as this?

[@Letsynthesize]

Nice video Mr. Slynk! Although I don't get it. Is it THAT better than using simpler inside Drum Rack? Is time stretch quality really like unbeleivebly better?

[@Slynk]

It depends on your use case. If you're using drum samples in a drum rack then you probably don't need to be changing the key and tempo of the drum samples. You really just want something that plays the audio clip on command for a drum rack. I wouldn't use serato sample inside a drum rack.

[@Letsynthesize]

@@Slynk Of course, I get it, I didn't talk about one-shot samples either. I just made a 90's style hiphop sample pack where I used long loops in Simplers inside Drum Rack where I am able to use time stretch. Considering this do you find Serato time stretch quality better than Ableton's Complex Pro time Stretch quality (inside Simpler)?

[@Slynk]

Ableton complex warping algorithm vs serato sample pitch n time? They sound very similar. But I think pitch n time does a slightly better job. Especially with extreme pitch and tempo changes.

[@Letsynthesize]

Slynk Thank you! Will have a go with it then!

[@Ozfish75]

I got serato Sample LE thinking if it’s worth 50 to upgrade to the full

[@snaprockandpop]

hey great tutorial. Can i just ask how you are capturing the midi output from serato into ableton ?

[@Slynk]

Actually the midi information is coming from Ableton and being sent to Serato Sample because you can think of it as a regular softsynth. So recording midi is exactly the same as recording midi for say.. serum.

[@RmaNYouTube]

This plugin is great for finding good sections on weird resampled sounds, it saves much more time than using Ableton simpler Slice tool.

[@Slynk]

That's a really good idea. Toss one of those 15min neuro bass sound design audio clips into Serato Sample and "Find Samples"!

[@RmaNYouTube]

@@Slynk ;) & also on granular synths resamples [I've made whole songs out of unique sounds that come up this way]

[@wesleyleigh4063]

Not sure if this is covered elsewhere but just how legal is it to do this if you were to release it? Does it depend on the track/sample you use?

[@indigopsyche2488]

How can i play the samples on my computer keyboard? im pushing the buttons but it wont work for me unless i click it in my mouse

[@garyhendrie4001]

Would there be anything to gain from this if i had serato studio?

[@bboymac84]

Ayyye slinky where you been??

[@Slynk]

I been staying the fuck home!

[@patrickfeltham5438]

Great vid! Is there a way to process a full track, changing EITHER the pitch, OR the tempo? I’d like to change the tempo of a track by >10%, and Complex/Complex Pro doesn’t cut it. Can Serato Sample process a track, or do you literally have to load that track into Sample, and re-sample in real-time to a new track in Live?

[@Slynk]

Do you have 400 USD? Maybe you should check out Pitch n Time.

[@bydoempire9746]

If you're on Ableton place the full track in serato sampler, place a cue point at the beginning, set the sampler to whatever tempo/pitch you want to change it to. After this create a midi clip with one note on C1 and make the clip as long as the track or longer, then change serato sample play mode to play thru instead of gate and freeze the track, now simple drag the frozen track down to an empty audio track and you will have the full track with key/pitch change. Sounds like a lot but literally takes a few seconds and saves you from having to re-sample in real-time.

[@loflux]

Great vid, shame they bumped the price up to $99 +tax, even with the discount it's more than the original price :(

[@RSCL_BEATZ]

Hey man, cool review. Your code still work for the purchase?

[@nebulka-]

siiick plugin find, siiick jams.

[@ryan1845]

Bonkers

[@DamonDowns]

Dude how did you sidechain your stuff??

[@armintam5arian]

it would be soo col if they could integrate the stems-function to serato sample ...

[@LOLCoolJ]

Does my workstation need to be connected to the internet to use Serato Sample or just for activation?

[@Slynk]

Just for activation I believe?

[@obscurewax]

THIS IS INSANE... Ableton is already amazing with the simpler/sampler instrument for slicing and making chops.. Do you prefer this over it slynk? IM BUYIN REGARDLESS

[@Slynk]

I don't prefer Serato Sample over the Ableton sampler/simpler. I think they all have their individual strengths and weaknesses and it's great to have and use all three.

[@obscurewax]

@@Slynk facts bruh

[@darklordfilms129]

What keyboard synth do you use?

[@radiumXnl]

He is using Ableton Push 2

[@Weaverbeats]

Serato sample is the best sampler.

[@Slynk]

It's so good right? Find samples button is MVP!

[@sourdonkeyjuice]

How to Brock Berrigan???!! NICE

[@Slynk]

Exactly. Also, check out Handbook. And some of Gramatik's older stuff.

[@phiprion]

There are great things I can do in Ableton's Simpler when it captures transients and "chops" samples automatically in a similar way like Serato or, like in Ableton Sampler, when it allows me to make "synthish" sort of thing out of a sound sample by riding along back and forth and/or starting from different places... And since I've been thinking on migrating to Reaper, this Serato sampler might be a good replacement for Simpler, but not for Sampler. Does anyone know what could be a decent replacement for Ableton's sampling tools? (: thanx!

[@weenss]

I have been on reaper for years, and have been on that same quest for years too - finding elegant equivalents for simpler and sampler. Unfortunately you won't find something that has the same kind of integration as simpler/sampler have with Live. You also will find shockingly few solutions that have the simplicity in UI and usability as simpler/sampler (great business idea for anyone in the plugin game!). There are some simpler-like plugins, but most have very limited functionality and still lack that 'magic' that simpler possesses. The best I have come up with is using Battery - it lacks the minimal UI that simpler/sampler have, but has the power and flexibility that most people would desire from such a plugin.

[@phiprion]

@@weenss I somehow always took Battery as a drum machine, haha; I'll try it, thanks!

[@Omfgwhtavid]

I'm not someone who uses sampling and I'm confused. When is okay to use the music you produce using this? Doesn't it all fall under copyright?

[@travis3407]

This guy is giving me 80s weird al vibes and im here for it

[@unnecessary-roughness3303]

It's like you can read my mind

[@foolishwolf3700]

Can Ableton re-pitch audio without stretching or shortening it?

[@Kryptdegen]

repitch warp mode does this if im not mistaken

[@Slynk]

@@Kryptdegen You are in fact mistaken. Repitch warp more does not preserve the tempo of the sample.

[@Slynk]

Yes. There are a few different warping algorithms in Ableton that can achieve this. But, like I explain in the video, the Pitch 'n Time algorithm is in a class of its own. I compared it with the Ableton Complex pro algorithm and I believe P'nT does a slightly better job.

[@MrManlyBeardyMan]

I would've kept the intro version of ableton if i knew this existed back then lmao

[@0zymanndias773]

Bro do you even age??????? You look the same as in your 4 year old vids. By the way, your quintuple swing video was great help. I’m new to Ableton in the aspect of WAVs, I’ve always used FL studio but your videos are great help.

[@Slynk]

LOL! I almost never drink alcohol, I don't smoke anything or do any drugs. I try to eat healthy foods and I exercise regularly. I spend most of my time out of the sun and in the studio. Maybe that has helped.

[@0zymanndias773]

Slynk you sound like a good man. 🤟🏽

[@frattuncbas]

use this shit with Acon Acoustics 7 remix tools..Mute song's all drums and maybe basses and then have other stems,use them in Serato..U can have 10x more cleaner and smooth samples from a song.

[@ledgendairy3056]

Best thing about The World wide shutdown.........Slink and MrBill and more.......online all the time.....I love it!!! #NEVERENDLOCKDOWN

[@beatsbyblu6374]

just got it a week ago wish i watch this vid 20 off damn