Let's Make a Lo-Fi Track - Stepping Stones Tutorial - PO-33 *Free Samples*

[@fkaca1964]

Hello. I am a synthesizer performer working in Korea. The video you uploaded was very helpful to me and I think the sample you shared is also very good. I usually use op1, opz, po33 when I work. They are synthesizers that I love and use most often. If you don't mind, I would appreciate it if you could share more tutorial videos and samples of these devices(used or worked on by you). I could be rude, but the samples and videos you shared gave me a lot of inspiration, so I came to ask you this favor. I am sorry if you felt bad and I sincerely support your KZbin and music activities. Thank you. ps) I look forward to hearing from you.

[@GarHoover]

Thank you for you kind words and support! I will continue to make tutorials and share samples! I’m planning on making a large sample pack for everyone! Have you watch my playlist on my channel of all my Tutorials? That may be something for you to enjoy while you wait for another tutorial! Thank you and talk to you soon!

[@ShadyNetworker]

Holy crap, I didn't know my PO33 could do this! Thanks for all the explanation about the many features! TE didn't really do a proper job with their manuals.

[@natanaelnaranjo869]

Ooosom work bruh

[@GarHoover]

Hey, Thank you!

[@conrad1969ch]

Brilliant video, at last a decent song tutorial for us newbies, thank you so much 👍👍👍👍😁

[@GarHoover]

Conrad Howell I’m glad that it has fulfilled a need! Aways happy to help!

[@GarHoover]

Bruh, this the second time you’ve commented this junk. No ones coming to this channel or video to entertain their trust issues with your hacks and scams.

[@erikm5655]

Do you record the sample pack into the 9-16 drum slots? Or do you record it into the melodic and then copy it to drums? When I try to record it into the melodic it only gets about 12 seconds of the clip and says 'FUL' thanks!

[@jasonbesant4074]

This is not only one of the best pocket operator tutorials it also is an amazing lo-fi song writing tutorial... You really put out an amazing video. Thank you so much!

[@GarHoover]

Thats some high praise! Thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed watching the video! Hopefully you learned a lot along the way!

[@maunstermusic]

First, the video's content is great. More than that, your personality and sense of humor are awesome.

[@GarHoover]

Mister Maunster Thank you! I figure people deserve to see the man behind the hands so I’ll be expressing myself a little more in upcoming tutorials!

[@maunstermusic]

Gar Hoover personally, I like to get to see/know the people whose stuff I watch.

[@FrozenShop]

got my PO a couple of weeks ago and kinda gave up, as I couldn't quite find a tutorial that suited me. But today I'm importing the sounds you used and getting right back on the horse! Awesome vid!!

[@FrozenShop]

The google drive link might be dead :/ Any chance for a reupload?

[@GarHoover]

I hope this tutorial was able to help you out and inspire you to keep using the PO-33! I can message a personal link if you want for the samples!

[@FrozenShop]

@@GarHoover Thanks for the offer, but made it work! If anyone gets the same issue, just "add it to my drive" and make a copy! Thanks again for the great vid!!

[@GarHoover]

Sorry for my ugly finger, I burned it while cooking.

[@rhyskt]

Oh right. I thought it was because that track was so hot!

[@kubburdigital]

Sounds like something a human would say, awesome tutorial btw

[@BigSocksProds]

@@rhyskt smooooooth lol

[@kaidubois4502]

I made a .WAV backup file if anybody is interested. I tried to keep it as close to how he had his PO set up. There is also a backup of a setup I find a bit more useful which you can try. Basically just moved the guitar plucks to a drum bank (slot 13) and can be switch out into the melodic bank (slot 4) as needed and the chords are all on the melodic bank (slots 5 to 6). Please do your own research on how to do backups and restoring before you do anything. i don't take any responsibility for you blowing your ears out listening to the .wav files or losing your samples. Link to google drive folder: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BdmX4ktyd_FKNCytdIGNlx2jetpD7Obi?usp=sharing

[@GarHoover]

Thank you for the help and support! I really appreciate it!

[@kaidubois4502]

@@GarHoover Likewise. Main goal is to make it as easy as possible for people to follow one of the better tutorials out there for the po-33. Also only thing missing from how you had it is the 80s synth is missing as it wasnt in the sample sound and i couldn't pull a good sample from the video but you didn't end up using it anyway.

[@OpenFilmmaker]

@@kaidubois4502 this is great, thank you. Do you have any other po33 backups?

[@tameless2494]

I think I learned more from this vid than all the other PO videos I've seen. Question about your samples (like your bass and horns): Do you always record them in a certain key or do you match the sample to your chord progression? I'm not sure how the key of the sample affects the scale of the melodic banks.

[@GarHoover]

Codey Sivley Thanks Man! Yes, I always sample my instruments so that they are all in the same key! By having them all in the same key the melodic samples are already in a scale that works with the rest of the samples! Having all the samples in the same key you can also pitch them a full octave up and down too if you wanna switch it up for a section!

[@vladallaen6221]

damn....I just pressed SUBSCRIBE again.... but was already ...

[@goodnightosaka]

Creativity through the roof here dude. Great job

[@GarHoover]

Chase Dunkley Thanks! I hope it provides some inspiration for you!

[@goodnightosaka]

Gar Hoover sure did

[@Kael87full]

Is there a possibility to have the stereo tricky backup from this tutorial with all the sounds and patterns to analize and recreat and pull the samples ?....pls..?

[@user-zi5rs1by7b]

I've watched tons of others and they dont even come close. You make the absolute most out of this single device.

[@GarHoover]

Thanks! That means a lot! I love trying to push the PO-33 and see what it's capable of!

[@OpenFilmmaker]

The chord sound in the second pattern stops the previous chord from playing. I can't figure out how to get around that.

[@jieelyuu]

"If that's not lofi I don't know what is"

[@GarHoover]

Haha Thank you!

[@jimrussell3785]

When I go to record the melody chords. I get some really off notes on the others any help on what I'm doing wrong?

[@iosmusicman]

Man that is fabulous already at just a few minutes in. I’m tired at 1am (since I’m an old git) so I’ll have to watch the rest tomorrow. Ace. Rich with sounds and tips to boot. Cheers. Lee

[@brewhaha99th]

only 6min in and I’m stoked!! thanks for this tutorial and samples! learning so much from your videos keep them coming

[@GarHoover]

brewhaha99th Thank you! I will be sure to provide more tutorials! If I make a new song and you want a tutorial for it just leave a comment!

[@djformalin]

Nice....greetings from K.O. in Thailand 🎼

[@happyfarmer6823]

8:55 this is when I subscribed and I'm coming right back to sample this for my next po33ko jam after I finish my laundry =)

[@GarHoover]

Thank you! Hopefully your laundry was a success and you were able to jump back in!

[@JACKOJACKO121]

Went in on this excpecting to hate but just ended up getting sucked in by this guys enthusiasm hahaha " OH SHIT THIS SOUNDS SO DOPE ALREDY"

[@GarHoover]

Hahaha Thank you! This means a lot!! I hope you used some of the samples that I provided in the description of the video!

[@rhyskt]

Best Pocket Operator tutes available. Keep up the good content man! Loving it!

[@GarHoover]

Rhys Thomas Thank you! I definitely should make more tutorials! It’s being received very well!!

[@Mr54M]

I just got my first PO33, this shit hard as fuck 😭🥺

[@GarHoover]

It definitely has a learning curve to it and has a strange workflow at times but keep at it! And if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them! ALSO I have more tutorials on my channel in the "Pocket Operator Tutorial" Playlist so be sure to check those out!

[@Mr54M]

@@GarHoover Thanks man! Your videos are a great help - got yourself a new subscriber!

[@miuadrian89]

love your work man. I like how you talk and think about the music. keep it up!

[@GarHoover]

Thank you so much! I definitely will!

[@doubledown9]

I’m getting stuck into this today. Dude. Thank you so much for these videos!

[@GarHoover]

Thank you, I hope you enjoyed and have learned how to use the PO-33!

[@wojomojo]

Is a "vertical row" same as a column? :-)

[@GarHoover]

Yup!

[@ericespinal9961]

Do I just sample the whole thing to one group or does everything go into there own group

[@GarHoover]

Hello! Each sample should be assigned to its own bank! One shot melodic samples each go in their own melodic bank, all drums are sampled together into one drum bank, all chords are sampled into one drum bank, and the river sample is placed in its own drum bank!

[@ericespinal9961]

@@GarHoover so how do I get the chords working

[@GarHoover]

Sorry for the delayed response I was moving across the country! I recorded all of the chords into 1 drum bank and then I needed to trim each of the samples on the PO-33 to make sure they were the full length of the chord and started at the beginning of the chord. It takes a little work but thats the most effective way to handle the chords.

[@AdamMundok]

Tha is for making this video! I love lo-fi hiphop and my PO-33 is ordered and on it's way, so I'm looking forward to following along and checking out more of your work! 🤟😊🎶🎛

[@GarHoover]

You’re welcome! Thank you for your support of my videos and channel!

[@AlienRegalia]

Great video. Thanks Gar

[@GarHoover]

Thanks! I'm glad that you enjoyed it! Hopefully it helped you get to know your PO-33 a little bit better!

[@bernardlemay8563]

To be honest I wasn't expecting such an enjoyable and informative video. You truly master your instrument.

[@GarHoover]

Thank You! I really appreciate it. I find the PO-33 very rewarding to work with and addictive!!

[@Momoschannel97]

How should i record all 39sec on the button 9? It’s showing only 23secs

[@christof5416]

you have to erase ALL sounds

[@MaseratiSparks]

How did you get your samples in each individual track? because everytime i sample it goes straight across from 1-8 so how do i get a sample in each button ?

[@GarHoover]

Maserati Sparks Hello! You are are going to need to sample each Melodic sample individually into each melodic bank. The drums, river, and chords will each be recorded into their own drums banks and the PO-33 will chop them up into separate samples in each drum bank! It’s a little bit of a process but it yields fantastic results!

[@qalx]

Excellent bro! thanks for hear your audience... !!! (Also for put a time jumps in a description) Respect!

[@GarHoover]

Q-FX SKLLZ Thank you! The time jumps took a while but if it’s a 55 minute long video time jumps are necessary!!

[@rajadityadas7948]

Need more videos brotha

[@dedskull6185]

How do you add the sample to the po33 I can't figure it out

[@dedskull6185]

I got my PO a year ago from a friend and never used it until now, and I'm so confused

[@ArtPopMan]

You’re the best when it comes around the PO33. I have no clue about some terms about music, but with your videos it’s so easy to understand :)

[@GarHoover]

ArtPop Man That’s fantastic news! I never want to come across as cryptic or confusing! Y’all deserve to know how to use the PO-33 to the best of your abilities!

[@briansato3486]

This may be obvious to other people. But.. on the right side. Is a Mic Jack correct? And on the left is a Jack to input sounds? Forgive my lack of PO 33 knowledge. I just got it. There wasn't a manual.

[@GarHoover]

The left side is the audio input which can be used to sample audio onto the PO-33. The right side is the audio out for the PO-33 to listen with headphones or with speakers! It is confusing when the onboard mic is next to the audio output rather than the input!

[@briansato3486]

Thank you very much

[@richardcnrd8302]

Whoa po sounding like an mpc!

[@GarHoover]

Thank You! Yeah, the PO-33 can definitely get into MPC territory!

[@BeaHasPP]

5:32 on 1,25 speed 2or or3 or 4 times good line cool

[@DjAkirA108]

No subtitles :(

[@PHeMoX]

The chorus has some sick swing to it. Very cool stuff!

[@GarHoover]

Thanks! That means a lot!

[@Bob2ld]

Thanks a lot !!

[@badbenjy]

There are some really good tips in here. Plus the track and your delivery are bang on. More of this!!

[@GarHoover]

Thank you for the encouragement!

[@CapFlipGaming]

Holy shit. What a fantastic video!

[@GarHoover]

ssbrosking36 thanks! I hope it’s not too long or dry!

[@CapFlipGaming]

@@GarHoover not at all! I'll be watching it again in the near future to play along with mine at home. I learned a lot from this video.

[@ZooM18241]

Awesome tutorial, man, you have a way of explaining things. Also, I think this track is fire!

[@MehmetKoseDev]

Hi Gar, great video thanks! I just got stuck with synthesizer videos on youtube and really hyped to learn some music producing but I have no idea about music production. So I don't want to waste your time but can you throw me some links to start from basics. I want to buy a device and produce music with my ipad. Thanks

[@cjw4381]

Wow what an absolutely great video. Very informative and easy to follow. Plus you made a tastey song. Thank you these kind of videos are just what I wanted.

[@GarHoover]

Chuck Wheelock I’m happy you enjoyed it! I figure that nothing needs to be secret when it comes to making music! If anything, knowing the behind the scenes makes it even better!

[@cjw4381]

@@GarHoover Agreed. I have a deep love for the beats DJ's and the like. I love to draw and finally decided I want to create something for the ears as well. Thanks again this video has inspired me to put my nose down and create.

[@ybab-j]

I don't understand how you're choking the sound at 5:00. Did you copy it to a drum pad? If so, how is it choking the melodic pad?

[@GarHoover]

The river sample is in a drum bank. I extended the sample on one pad so that it holds out once it is triggered and then I use a small snippet of the river sample from another pad to choke the sample so it doesn’t carry on!

[@ybab-j]

@@GarHoover oh, that makes sense! i always forget you can edit the length of an individual chop. i was just wondering how i would go about choking like this. thank you for the quick response!

[@LauLex]

Thanks!

[@jeffwise8398]

This is awesome info! Thank you!

[@GarHoover]

You’re welcome, feel free to ask any questions!

[@UncleBoogieRF]

Definitely saving this for when I have an hour. You are the man!

[@gutsberserker5476]

Your the best at this game by farrrrrr!

[@GarHoover]

Haha thank you! I appreciate it!!

[@BrandonS50]

i didnt found the 80s synth with resonance in the sample and also the po33 cuts the record of the river :(

[@martininghardt7774]

How do I get the chords in?

[@GarHoover]

The all the chords should be sampled into a drum slot together and then you will likely need to trim and adjust the chord length as the PO-33 does not do the best job trimming longer samples

[@michaelbutler5917]

Your tutorials are top notch! My PO-33 got water damage,so I’m unable to use it at the moment, but I just want to say you can really manipulate the shit out of that thing bro! Great material!

[@joevera5250]

Thank You Sir!!

[@mr.mastergaming8449]

there's alot of good tips like the retriggering in the video

[@BrendanArthurRing]

This was a really awesome video. I’m learning sampling and like Lofi. I learned so much from this video even though I’m working on the Koala Sampler app until I can afford the KO. Thank you for providing the sample pack and for an awesome video. (BTW, your voice sounds crazily like Bob Odenkirk from Better Call Saul) keep up the awesome work.

[@GarHoover]

The Koala sampler is legit! I’m glad I can help out! I’ve never heard that I sounded like Bob Odenkirk but I’ll take it! Thanks!

[@OPdbx]

@9:40 I had no idea you could do this!

[@GarHoover]

Yes! It’s crucial for keeping grooves tight!!

[@filip-jj3gz]

Hey man, I recently got a PO -33 for christams and was wondering if you could make a tutorial on how to put the samples in the PO-33. Great tutorial BTW!

[@GarHoover]

Congrats! Yes! I'd be happy to make a tutorial explaining my process!

[@mattonm]

Very cool! Wondering if it's too complicated for a 12 year old? Was thinking of getting him a po-33 ko for christmas.

[@GarHoover]

Hello! There are certain parts of the PO-33 that might be require some teaching to understand the basics but I'm sure that once they get the hang of it they would have a lot of fun! The built in mic makes it easy to sample whatever they want and I know I would've enjoyed a PO-33 when I was 12!

[@willdebeest8977]

Bravo for making such a great tutorial!! This has been by far the best po33 tutorial for newbies. Ive only had mine for a few days and its been a struggle haha

[@GarHoover]

Thank you! The PO-33 can be a little tricky to figure out! There are a lot of different commands to remember!

[@ashleysutton2396]

Thanks man! This is suuuuuuper helpful!

[@smnbot]

how do u switch to the second pattern for write it?I'm soooo confused, and how do you copy a pattern to another? how to choose the pattern u want to modify?😭😭😭🙏🏻

[@GarHoover]

Whatever pattern that you have selected is the one that you are able to edit! If you have pattern chained multiple together than you will only be able to edit the first pattern! To switch to another pattern you hold down the pattern button and press the pattern you wish to go to. If you are playing a pattern and then decide to switch patterns it will play the first pattern to the end of the sequence and then it will jump to the pattern you selected! To copy a pattern, you must first be on the pattern you wish to copy and then you hold down write and pattern together and then press the location you wish to copy the pattern! I hope this helps! Please comment again if you have more questions!

[@problemme7879]

lets me dust off my PO 33 to try something similar. Nice Tutorial Man!

[@GarHoover]

Go for it! Best of luck!

[@seanoneal94]

too fast dude.

[@GarHoover]

That’s fair, I do talk fast but it’s a long video and would be even longer if I talked slower. I know some people turn on the subtitles or replay sections that are a lot of information! I hope you can still enjoy it!

[@marcdavis4412]

Love your tutorials ! And your songs are amazing 🥰 How do you connect your po33 with your Mac and logic ?

[@GarHoover]

Thank you!!! All I do is plug the PO-33 into the headphone jack on my MacBook and I record the samples I make in Logic onto my PO-33! It's a pretty convenient process!

[@vincentwong4944]

GREAT LESSON !!! I want to make a lo fi beat too , so I got my PO137 (which is a Rick and Morty version of PO35) , but I can't layer things that much like you. I can only make a drum beat layer and one layer of melodic stuff , is it the limitation of PO137(or PO 35)? thankyou very much!!!

[@GarHoover]

I do not own a PO-35, so I do not know the limitations of it. From what I heard people perform on the PO-35, it seems that you can have the drums and one melodic sample at a time. I wish I could help!

[@vincentwong4944]

@@GarHoover never mind! thankyou for your reply! KEEP GROOVING!

[@maxmax-vm7xi]

Hey Gar, thank you for you great video. I'm following every step, but when bass, chords and drum are playing, i can not ad the plug sound and i don't get why, because its three layers. Are Kick and snare maybe overlapping, so the PO thinks it is four layer? Anyway, keep doing great music.

[@GarHoover]

Hello! If you only have three separate samples playing you should be ok! But you might have other sample from a previous pattern that are trailing into the new pattern with 3 samples causing some of the samples in the “drum banks” to cut out. Make sure that your samples are finished at the end of a pattern. Melodic samples can have the the length adjusted by holding the note that it sequenced and turning the left knob, but for “drum bank” samples you will need to adjust the length of the sample in trim mode!

[@GarHoover]

Let me know if this works!

[@sonofharryh6045]

Just subscribed! Great vid. Tried re-creating this on my new PO 33 today but even tho (i think) I copied everything you did. My drums sound slightly out of time? Why would that be happening? I’ve tried re-trimming my drum samples but it hasn’t had much of an effect

[@GarHoover]

Re-trimming the drums is a very finicky process. I always start at the end of the sample and keep bringing the start point further and further to the beginning of the sample so that I never have any silence when the pad is triggered. I would also check your swing. That may be affecting the rhythm of your drums, hold bpm and turn the left knob to adjust it, I normally set mine to S04 or S05!

[@sonofharryh6045]

Gar Hoover thanks! Will give it a try

[@mwcooke8441]

Really great video. Just found it. When you record samples what pitch do you use for the original sound? I was told that A is best as it gives the best overall range of notes on the PO-33.

[@GarHoover]

I generally will sample in "A" or "C" depending on the song! I pick "A" when I want to be working in C Major because the sampled A will go to "pad 13" and all of notes will be the same as playing the white keys on a piano if you ignore pads 4 and 12! My Tips and Tricks tutorial covers different scales on the PO-33! In the description there is a link to the point in the video where I discuss scales! I hope this helps! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4O8ho2ff7ibptU

[@franekwardynski694]

Can you explain how do you copy the samples from your file to PO? thanks

[@GarHoover]

Absolutely! This may sound tedious but you will need to record each sample (except the drums, chords, and river) into individual melodic banks on the PO-33. I prefer recording these in by using an aux cable instead of recording using the built in mic. What you will do is hold down the record button and whatever melodic bank you would like to record the sound into and then you will play the sample from the computer/phone and the PO-33 will record the sample and place it in the bank you selected. For the drums, chords and river, you will select the one of the eight drum banks and hold down record just like the melodic bank, but when it comes to the drums, chords, and river, record every sample for that specific instrument all at once and the PO-33 will chop up the samples and assign one to each of the 16 pads! You can then trim each of the samples to suit you! Hope this helps! If not, please feel free to ask me to clarify!

[@franekwardynski694]

@@GarHoover thanks for your detailed reply. Also I was a bit puzzled how you got the chords and the stream into the drum section but then I figured it out with trimming. Great video!

[@shmuffle]

I really love the video, thanks so much! I have a question though, at 5:55 you 'removed the river from the track'. I THINK what you did was play a snippet of the river sound from the same drum bank as the original river sound, stopping the original drum sound since the PO can only play a single sound from the same drum bank. Is that right? How did you create the river sound snippets? I know when you RECORD a sound into a drum bank it will chop it up, but it looks like you copied the original river sound. How? Thanks again!

[@GarHoover]

Gareth Evans Hello! Yes I used a snippet of the river sound to “choke” or stop the river sample from carrying all the way through. I used the trim settings under “FX” to make the sample as long as I wanted and then created a very very short snippet of the sound to choke it using the trim setting as well!

[@tuanecho]

Awesome video, thanks for time and effort you put into this mate

[@NeTZcHaOT94]

Hey Gar Hoover, i am pretty new to the PO 33 (got it 2 days ago). To get familar with it i wanted to build the song along with your tutorial. However i am not able to get your samples correctly into my PO. When i am recording the first 16 samples from your file into my drum bank, the PO slices the chords into more of one pieces so that i have the first chord sliced into 7 pieces or so. Do i really have to trim each of those samples by hand?

[@GarHoover]

Hello! Congrats on the PO-33! I would make sure to load only the drums into one drum bank, the chords into another drum bank, the river sound into another drum bank. The longer the sample is, the more of a challenge the PO-33 has with distributing it equally across each of the 16 pads. Unfortunately, especially with Chords, the PO-33 still fails to distribute across the pads equally. Which requires manual trimming which can be very annoying. My tip with manual trimming is to find the beginning of the samples by going from right to left and getting as close to the beginning of the sample as possible without reaching the gap of silence before the sample. It's better to lose a little of the beginning transient of the sample than to have it a delay and be out of time because of silence before the sample. I hope this helps you!

[@NeTZcHaOT94]

@@GarHoover Thank you for your reply. Trimming manually is a bit annoying but i got it working with your video and your tips. Thank you ;) Looking forward to your next video about the PO!

[@simonjonasmusic8410]

Subscribed. You're a golden firegod of lo-fi.

[@GarHoover]

Thanks Man!

[@Doubleoreviews]

Heck yeah! Thank you for sharing, I'm excited along with everyone else for this.

[@GarHoover]

drawnomology I’m glad you enjoyed it! It’s always encouraging to get support for the tutorials!

[@Cubehead666]

Hi. I'm new to the KO, and I'm confused as to how you separate those drum sounds that are packed so tightly together. This seems waaaaaay too precise for the trim function!

[@GarHoover]

Hello! I packed the drum samples tightly together so that when you hold record on a drum bank they were all record in quickly and the PO 33 will detect the transients and place them on the pads. Sometimes there will be clicks at the end of some of the samples but it is easy to remove the ending portion of the sample on each pad by trimming it! I hope that this helps!

[@Cubehead666]

@@GarHoover Ooohhh! So you don't record the whole 40-second file all at once, do you? You record the drums into the drums and the melodics into the melodics, one at a time, yes? Thank you!! 🙏

[@adrianovalenzuela1373]

I have a scarlett, I want my pocket to sound in my speakers, what kind of cables do I need? Good morning and thanks!

[@GarHoover]

Hello! You can use a 3.5 mil. to 1/4 inch cable or a converter if you want to connect it to your scarlett. I use a 1/4 inch cable with a 3.5mil. converter to plug my PO-33 into my interface.

[@naumchomsky8840]

Got this notification as a recommendation and now you got a sub 👌🏼

[@victorheid4105]

First time I've seen the technique to stop a note of playing... Great stuff

[@GarHoover]

Thank You! I hope it helps you make some great beats!

[@Lolorenzo64]

Great video ! But could anyone tell me how to put these free samples in my PO33 ? (like a video with a tutorial for this ?) I just got this beautiful device, but I really struggle with the basic features. Thanks for your answers !

[@GarHoover]

Hello! The easiest way to upload the samples will be to use an aux cord connected to either your phone or laptop which is plugged into the input of your PO-33. Next, pick the sample from the pack that you want on your PO-33 by lining up the play head on your phone or laptop right before the beginning of the sample and then you will need to hold down record and the bank (melodic or drum) you want a sample to go into and then press play on your phone or laptop and when the sample is done let go of record on the PO-33 and it should be in the bank you selected!

[@GarHoover]

Hopefully this helps! I definitely need to make a full video describing the process!

[@Lolorenzo64]

@@GarHoover Thanks a lot man, it helps ! I thought I could download every sound in its right bank (melodic or drum) in one "take", but I'll follow your advice and place each sample one at a time, like you say. Thanks again, that's very helpful !

[@wasteland8544]

One hour oh man I love you, mine arrives today!! You're doing God's work

[@GarHoover]

Haha Thanks! I hope you've had a good time with your PO-33 so far!

[@jackolbean4765]

awesome man! Thanks for sharing :D

[@GarHoover]

Hey thanks man!

[@johnallen6990]

My dude, let's collab on some kind of VR experience some day

[@GarHoover]

John Allen YES that would be perfect! An avenue in video game scoring! I’m all about it!

[@gregorybissell4255]

this video is really all you need to start making beats on the po33.

[@GarHoover]

Thank you! I hope it inspires you to go make some beats!

[@Quickness05328]

this. was. dope. Thanks so much and God bless you!!

[@GarHoover]

Thank you and you’re welcome! I’m happy to help! I have other tutorials if you want to learn more!

[@Quickness05328]

@@GarHoover Will do! I have some of them queued, that I plan to check out after I finish working on a new track!

[@Grindian]

Hiya - bit confused in how to record the chords used that are available for download? there are 4 chords on the wav, but if I try to record them into a drum slot (ie slot 13) it dices the chords up and doesnt let them ring

[@GarHoover]

Hello! yes, this is the challenge of the PO-33, you will need to adjust the trim length of the chopped up chord. I also look to find the pad that has the beginning of the chord and then I press the effect button until I reach trim and then you are going to adjust the right knob and that will allow you to change the length of the pad you just pressed! That way the chords will ring out longer! If you turn the left knob it will change where it starts in the sample! Sometimes the PO-33 won't include all four chords on the pads so I'll adjust a pad start by turning the left knob to include the fourth chord! I hope this helps!!!

[@Grindian]

@@GarHoover yessss! This is what I was missing... thanks for all the videos...after watching a few of your videos I was able to impress the crap outve my friend who got me my po33... thanks for your response and for the great videos! 👏

[@GarHoover]

Haha lets go! Its always fun to impress people with little synths and samplers like the PO-33!!!

[@tamilyvideos]

Wow this was beautiful.

[@GarHoover]

Thank you! I hope it was a help to you!

[@max1994dude]

I love you man your workflow is so good

[@GarHoover]

Thank you! I’ve spent a lot of time with the PO-33 and found a workflow that works best for me! Hopefully it works for you too!

[@docjfnoel]

Great tutorial! I couldn't get how you loop the first step (the river background)

[@GarHoover]

You need to adjust the length of the sample. Go into trim mode, and adjust the length of the sample to its full length and it will continue play after it is triggered!

[@docjfnoel]

Gar Hoover thanks! New to PO here. I still can't get it. I put the sample to it's full length, and let's say I trigger it on step 1. It still doesn't loop and stops around the step 8. Does it mean that I need a sample that would last the whole 16 steps?

[@GarHoover]

Yes getting a longer sample would work, or you could retrigger the sample on step 8 or 9 to give the the background sound a little rhythm to it! Or you could lower the pitch of the sample and it will play longer!

[@quelloliciccionedidoraemon4790]

Great video but i have a question. Can you load the sample of a single note and build chords with it like pressing 3 or 4 buttons at the same time?

[@quelloliciccionedidoraemon4790]

Or maybe it could be possible to sample all the chords of a certain key and make a progression with them

[@GarHoover]

Unfortunately each melodic track is monophonic but you can have four voices playing on the PO-33 at once. So to make chords you would need to sequence each note of a chord on a different track but if you made a 4 note chord you would have no space for any other sounds. Normally I have 2 “melodic” tracks and 2 “drum” tracks. One drum track is actual drum track and the other drum track I use to trigger chords! As you said in your follow up question, I picked 5 or 6 chords from a scale that will work well together and sample them all into my drum track and trim each one to an individual pad in the drum track so I can have them all be triggered! It works really well and I often come up with progressions I would write on my keyboard!

[@quelloliciccionedidoraemon4790]

@@GarHoover thanks

[@aaronwong9709]

You are the man thank you!!!

[@GarHoover]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching! Let me know if you have any questions about the PO-33! I'm happy to answer them!

[@BigSocksProds]

Not my first time visiting that video, i admire all the efforts you put into it and the result is great, i only wish we had more tutorials from scratch like the one here

[@GarHoover]

I’d be happy to make another tutorial from scratch! What genre?

[@BigSocksProds]

@@GarHoover would be nice to have ambient, lofi the same type you are already doing, thanks 🙏🏽

[@DUXia]

Great video! thank you!

[@GarHoover]

You’re welcome! I’m happy to help!

[@emilianoescalante4418]

Hi if you see this, Excellent Work. Just curious, in the video at five minutes, which bank did you copy the river into for snippets to stop the trailing river?

[@GarHoover]

Thank You, it is in a drum bank! I trimmed the river sample on one of the pads to a very short snippet to use it as a choke for the river sample, to keep it from trailing!

[@emilianoescalante4418]

@@GarHoover oops, miscommunication, in the video your fingers move like lightning. LOL, so I was trying to see which specific bank (1-16) you put that snippet in.

[@GarHoover]

Emiliano Escalante Gotcha! River sample is in drum bank 14, and the snippet of the river that I use is from “pad 15” in that river drum bank. I place the “pad 15” river snippet on the 15th step in the sequence.

[@emilianoescalante4418]

@@GarHoover Super Thanks!!! You've got some incredible talent. Good Luck with all your new videos. I'll be watching.

[@gravytopic]

The samples are one extended wave file. Do you have to split them up in an editor before putting them on the PO-33? Confused

[@GarHoover]

One approach is to pause and play the sound file as you record the different sample types into the different banks. But if you wanted you could load it into an editor or DAW but that’s additional work. One Shot notes go in Melodic Banks on the PO-33. All chords are recorded together into a drum bank on the PO-33. All drum sounds are recorded into another drum bank on the PO-33. The river also is sampled into a drum bank on the PO-33!

[@hdavidagmailcom]

@@GarHoover could you please use PO backup procedure: start recording on the (external) device and then press write + sound + play to transmit data. So anyone (including me :)) could restore that afterwards without any hassle (like cutting and arranging samples) to their PO using restore procedure press write + sound + record to enter receive mode and then press play on the device to send data P.S you ROCK!!! Video is awesome!!! P.P.S I've spent like 2 hours and 7 different sound editors on Android to transfer samples with no luck :(

[@ericespinal9961]

Wait so everything goes into the drum banks

[@TheAutoKite]

​@@hdavidagmailcom I come across the question by accident, I also spend a lot of time on Data Transfer with PO33, here are some quick tip: use Line-in to connect PO33 into computer, put PO vol at "9" , when transfer data, make sure it is recording a stereo .Wav file at 44Hz. and finally, put your .wav data file on to an icloud and play the file via an iphone at 80% volume in to PO33 for transfer the data back on to it for restoring the backup. why? because this is the only way the Data won't read as error. not sure why I can't just play back through my computer via headphone jack... but this this is one way I know it works. also one more thing: make sure you don't overload the PO33 with a lot of data, sounds, and samples. I found out if you do that, the Data .wav gets longer than 4minute 12 sec, the data won't be able to go back to a PO33 completely the receiver PO will display "ERR" before the transfor ends ( the last bit of your sample in the last sound bank won't be there). good luck.

[@abrahamolguin9393]

Bro when i want to put the bass line my sound cut, what can i do to thay don t happen

[@GarHoover]

Abraham Olguin How many samples are you playing at once? The PO-33 has a limit of 4 sample tracks playing at once. If you add another sample the PO-33 will drop out other samples that are playing to compensate.

[@abrahamolguin9393]

Gar Hoover oh okay, maybe is for that bro, im gona loock and say what is the problem