How To Make A Sample Pack / Sound Library

Learn how to make a sample pack (how to make a sound library) and how to sell it. Although this video is done in FL Studio 20, a lot can be applied in any DAW. This tutorial breaks down making, recording, packaging, and selling sound effects. That last part can lead you to a passive income stream from selling SFX to video game developers, animators, and other media creators.
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These are the resources I mentioned in the video:
DAW (Digital Audio Workstation used: FL Studio
Synthesizer used (making the SFX): Sylenth1
Add metadata to your sounds: www.getsoundly.com/
Hire an artist (cover art): www.fiverr.com/
Royalty-free (CC0) Pictures: unsplash.com/
More free Pictures: pixabay.com/
Offline Graphics Editor: www.gimp.org/
Online Graphics Editor: www.canva.com/
Get Music for your demo track: www.audionetwork.com/track/se...
Sell your sample pack / sound library:
A Sound Effect: www.asoundeffect.com/
Audio Jungle: audiojungle.net/
Unity Asset Store: assetstore.unity.com/categori...
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Thanks for watching, I appreciate your comments and support!

[@TransverseAudio]

Hey, thanks for watching! If you're making a sound library for music producers (a sample pack) you can probably get away with simply using 44.1 or 48kHz to make your sounds. What DAW is the best for making sound libraries (makes it the easiest)? Let me know if you have any questions or just say hello!

[@Mauricemukiri]

Great to see sound design and packaging tutorial in a nutshell. There's very little quality info online on this topics.thanks for sharing

[@danielkim2996]

Very detailed guide! You went above and beyond with this video. Thank you!

[@TransverseAudio]

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@hkkendall7150]

So many great audio instruction channels... Glad to find yours! Thanks... I'll be back often.

[@TransverseAudio]

Thanks! I'm happy knowing I make valuable content. See you soon!

[@Handler870]

Thanks for this vital info. Happy New Year! 🎉

[@TransverseAudio]

You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@SycoDeathDealer]

Great video! I am currently working on a sample pack and the advice here is glorious! Thanks a lot!

[@TransverseAudio]

Thanks again, Ricardo. I'm happy to hear this video came to you at the right time!

[@Mrgoodnessproduction]

This is a amazing tutorial thank you for posting. God Bless and Keep up the Great work.

[@TransverseAudio]

You are very welcome

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Great video, tons of info and inspiration!

[@TransverseAudio]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@loveyourwork8480]

muchísimas gracias!!

[@TransverseAudio]

¡De nada!

[@haaland2835]

That was really amazing that will really help me 👍👍👍😁

[@TransverseAudio]

That's great to hear, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@Gusrikh1]

Very educational.

[@TransverseAudio]

Thank you, I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@sidalihamri8020]

Coooooooooool I like That Thank you

[@TransverseAudio]

You're welcome, I'm happy to know you appreciate it!

[@JAlejandro2612]

Gold

[@TransverseAudio]

Thank you, you're welcome!

[@edwardfanboy]

24-point sinc (resampling quality) is not the same as 24 bit (sample bit depth). Resampling quality controls how the DAW behaves when it needs to generate new sample-points in between those that already exist in a sound file. This needs to happen when you change the sample rate of a sound, or change its pitch and/or playback rate. (N)-point sinc means that, when it needs to generate a new sample-point, it calculates the position of the new point based on the (N) existing points around it. More points means better estimates of the correct sample-point positions, and therefore less aliasing, but the amount of processing power required increases proportionally with N. Bit-depth controls how many digits are used when storing the positions of the samples in the output file. Sample positions are numbers. 16 bits means each number is stored to about 4 to 5 decimal places. 24 bits means each number is stored to about 7 decimal places. More bits means less rounding error, which corresponds to less noise.

[@TransverseAudio]

Wow, thank you so much for taking the time to make this comment. I had no idea it was actually that different (let alone different at all). So, do you think it would be best to use a higher resampling quality and then go with 24-bit depth when exporting?

[@solo3140]

Hello, I have a file with the extension (pack). What software can be used to open the extension (pack)?

[@Ekalavya_]

Cool video. Thumbs up man. Also can you make a video on how to independently release tracks on Apple Music and Beatport with/without signing any record label?

[@TransverseAudio]

Hey, thanks for asking, this is a great idea! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@SuperQuwertz]

A full video on how to make a sound effect please. As an example: Creating a Sci-Fi machine gun fire out of a single gun shot sample. That should be complicated enough I guess

[@TransverseAudio]

I can't promise anything, but I appreciate the request. I may have to make a small series on making sound effects for indie game devs.

[@orateusdijin6557]

So hey yeah thanks for the video. Since, I want to get into selling sound effects soon, because I've been making tunes for 4yrs. And. I have a question on recording synths, so are you only allowed to make sounds with the stock synth...or is it certain synths I can sample?

[@TransverseAudio]

You're welcome! Each plugin probably has a different License Agreement so you would need to check to be sure. However, most of what I've come across allows you to sample original sounds made from synths, not presets that come with them (which would also include stock synths I would imagine).

[@peterwagner3398]

Great video, very helpful. Got one question, how do you write up a liscence for your sound effects

[@TransverseAudio]

Thank you, I'm glad it was. For mine, I just looked at the ones for some credible publishers like Boom Library and Soundmorph. I re-wrote it with some slight alteration to how it was written and what I would consider fair use of my sounds. Just make sure to understand the fundamentals of what you are writing and make its conditions what you would allow when people use your sounds. I'm not a lawyer though, so hey, grain of salt.

[@pagansheltervisual4681]

​@@TransverseAudio Hey Amazing video, very and helpful for me too. I have one question too, you have to register the library somewhere or is enough with this license, Thanks :)

[@SamirPatnaik]

Anyone likes before watching Jake’s videos ?

[@nicholassage2076]

2:23 How did you highlight text with yellow color ? I'm asking so I can reverse design your video haha :D Jk I really love the clarity of your explanations and I'm just interested how its done. Cheers

[@TransverseAudio]

Lol, thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! It does it automatically in Microsoft Edge when you highlight text (at least in a PDF I think).

[@althepsyphros3314]

hey, i have a question, if I wanted to give away a free pack, can I do that too? I am just starting off, and I want to start of by giving my stuff away for free at small amounts, and then slowly charging more, and making bigger packs. any advice?

[@TransverseAudio]

Hey, thanks for asking! Although I'm no expert, I think you can definitely do that. There are many ways to go about it though, try to be creative and bring to the table a freebie that not many people go for. I went for free content that helps people learn such as videos, blog articles, and other resources. Is there anything else you would like to know?

[@dragonfire810]

How to make a mythological creature sound effects for fantasy movies and video game design such a a Chimera for a example?

[@TransverseAudio]

I don't know if I can give you an accurate answer myself. I would say look up "how to make monster sound effects" and try and find a video that matches what kind of sound you're after.

[@dragonfire810]

`Transverse Audio “How to make a Chimera Roar “was combined with a lion roar very loud mixes with a fireball blast , goat bleats and angry lion snarls, growls and snake hisses .

[@TransverseAudio]

@@dragonfire810 Cool, you found a way! Another question to ask is whether or not all roar and breath fire all at the same time. Maybe different actions call for different parts of the beast to make a sound.

[@smokeystarr]

Excellent mate. No fat in this video. Except for maybe the explanation on how you designed the sound. Not really relevant to the video but still great content

[@TransverseAudio]

Hey, thank you! You're right, I didn't even realize how it didn't really fit in with the video. I don't know why I included it now that you mentioned it lol.

[@GugaOnFire014]

Hello, Jake! How are you? I've already seen this video, but I came back to ask you if there is any problem by making a FX sound for my own sound library with an empty present... Like... When you open a Plugin, for example, a synthesizer one, you have the possibility to choose between many presets made by the developer. However, you can't use those presents most of the times, because of copyright situations and other stuff related to it. Although, there are empty presents, patches, you name it, where it doens't have any defenitions inside them... Like... "USER - Init". So, the question is: "Can we use those to make our sound libraries?". I mean... I can't see any other way to make them... (Feeling dumb right now... XD). Anyways... I hope you have an splendid week! It's allways nice to talk with you! See you next time!

[@TransverseAudio]

Hey, Guga! I'm doing well, how about you? Yes, you can use the init or default patch and build from that to make sounds for a library. Don't worry, it's not a dumb question. It's good to get clarity on things that deal with terms of use. I hope this helps!

[@GugaOnFire014]

Hi! I am fine, thank you for asking! Sure that helps! Thanks! See you soon!

[@gilo7171]

You speak too fast - ADHD? Like Luthor in Superman&Batman movie...

[@TransverseAudio]

Idk, I might have it lol. I want to respect peoples time. You can know when to pause but you can't predict when to skip. Plus, KZbin has a nice playback speed control.

[@gilo7171]

@@TransverseAudio : ;)

[@sarabelafonte]

@@TransverseAudio I appreciated the fast-talking speed!

[@c-f-productionscom]

Can i do this in logic pro.