Out of Key Samples are Destroying Your Music

[@Bittamin]

This is a good follow up with the call and response video as well

[@dirtymidranger7274]

Nice little video to remind us of tension in samples. Like the way you resolve them. Keep up the great short tips.

[@youngkizzi9944]

Thanks for your hard work when you create this stuff and bring it to us!

[@iamdjkirk]

What’s the best way to train your ear so you can hear this more easily?

[@muzaarnold]

practice x3... pick up an instrument, ear training games/apps, make more music...

[@EDMProd]

I've heard some good things about sound gym! But never tried it myself

[@TommyJonesProductions]

For single note melody lines, I load up Ableton's tuner and watch it guess the notes, although I can usually tell by ear if it's in key and where it needs to move if not.

[@joshandrus]

Just use an EQ and look at the frequencies playing.

[@isaacanthonydj4124]

i'm trying to find a proper tuner for the samples coming out of my Octatrack, it's kind of a pain in my arse, i guess thats part of the "charm" of hardware samplers? LoL

[@isaacanthonydj4124]

i chop up more melodic content than drums, and i want to make sure everything is in key...

[@EDMProd]

@@isaacanthonydj4124 Toootally feel you here. Unfortunately, the best tuner is simply using your ear - especially with hardware. You could try something like soundgym to help with that www.soundgym.co/

[@shanonkiyoshi4784]

🤔 WHY hunt around transposing samples or using a 3RD PARTY PLUGIN when ABLETON will TELL YOU what the NOTES are by simply using the CONVERT MELODY/HARMONY TO MIDI function?!? Click. DONE lol 😆

[@EDMProd]

A good alternative! But unfortunately not a fool-proof solution, audio loops that are a little more 'ambivalent' and harder to tell won't always be accurately calculated, still best to trust your ears and listen out for unresolved tension! Hope this has helped :)

[@shanonkiyoshi4784]

@@EDMProd Helped? Actually I think you misunderstood my intent. I DO this in Ableton ALL THE TIME. Very RARELY does Ableton get it Wrong in Melody Mode. In Harmony Mode it might take a bit of fiddling, but I instantly BYPASS any fiddling by using Ableton's SCALE feature. BOOM. Now I KNOW the NOTES, now I have the MIDI, and I can craft EITHER to fit into my track 🎹 So I was trying to help ppl SAVE SOME TIME in ABLETON (bcuz I don't know if other daws have similar features), but thanks for answering 😉😎👍🎶