Part I: Building a sample pack using a toy drum set (FREE SAMPLE PACK)

This is how I created a sample pack of my grandson's toy drum/percussion set. As it was laying around unused for a little bit, I took the opportunity to sample it. While a little limited in application, I do have a large array of home-recorded percussion sample packs that I have built over time that often get a use on my recordings, and this is a fine addition to that collection. Creating your own sample packs gives you access to a library of sounds that no one else has.

In this first instalment, I cover the process of recording the instrument and creating the individual sound files that will be used in the final MIDI pack. I recorded the samples using an OPR U87 directly overhead, through a UA Neve 1073 Unison preamp, with a high pass filter at 80Hz. I subsequently added additional processing in Pro Tools (mainly limiting to bring up the overall volume) and created four round-robin files for each of the seven instruments, resulting in 52 sample files.

Part II covers building the Decent Sampler pack in a little more detail, here:

Download the Decent Sampler MIDI player (free!) from here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product...

Download my sample pack of the Guffland Toy Drum (free!) here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G24o...

You can also check out my music at https://marklowrie.bandcamp.com/ and all streaming services.

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