BeatTips Community Question: Chopping the Ends of Samples?
When Chopping a Sample do you fade out the end of it to make it sound smooth?
| By AMIR SAID (SA’ID) |
This BeatTips Community question comes from member BrandonF4208:
“Yo when you chop a sample do you usually fade out the end of the sample to make it smooth instead of abruptly stopping making a click sound? Obviously you don’t want that click shit but I am just wondering what other people out there do. maybe you use a different technique?”
Here’s my response:
I never “fade out” the end of a sample! If there is an unwanted sound at the end, whether it be a click or pop, I just chop the end a little more. And in the case where I don’t want do that, I decrease the amount of “sustain” and “release” on the sample. These sustain and release functions are inside of my Akai S950.
Note. Another way that I sometimes handle this situation is that I just sample a really short sound-stab—something close in sound to the sample—and layer it (overlap) the very end of the sample; this masks any audio defects at the end of the main sample. Also, the sound-stab that I use in this case usually sustains (lingers) for at least 1/8th note longer than the main sample. So not only does it work to mask a glitch or abrupt ending, it also serves as an effective sample blend.
