Serato Sample Explained

Studio expert Larry Holcombe presents comprehensive video tutorials on Serato Sample! If you're wanting to add an incredibly powerful sampler to your DAW without stinging your wallet, Serato Sample can't be beat. These videos will get you up and running and sampling like a pro in no time, as well as demonstrate some tips and tricks that will serve you well as you get more advanced in your sampling. Larry walks you through all the important features, providing plenty of examples along the way for context. These videos are for new Serato Sample users.

Videos

• Introduction to the Series & the Interface (05:17) - First up, Larry covers the ethos of the plugin and what it allows you to do, followed by an outline of the different areas of the interface.

• The Waveform Displays & Autoset (09:25) - Next up, take a look at the main waveform display and waveform overview and also the different ways that Serato Sample finds cues to work with using a process called Autoset.

• Global Pitch & BPM (04:28) - Discover the ways in which we can manipulate the global pitch and tempo of our samples in this video.

• Cues (08:46) - Here, Larry demonstrates how to manually create cues, change cue length, and edit cue start and end points. Explore copying, moving, deleting, and playing cues in different ways. Finally, learn how to play cues up and down the keyboard.

• Cue Parameters (05:02) - Next up, discover the cue parameters that allow us to change envelope, filter, key, tempo, and level controls on a cue-by-cue basis. Also learn the benefits of favoriting cues.

• Creating Beats Using Serato Sample (13:35) - Larry creates a beat by chopping up loops using Serato Sample and re-playing in a part using those individual hits. This allows us to take hits from different places, mixing and matching them to create a new beat.

• Adding the Sample (09:27) - To continue the track, Larry programs a groove with the sample and then create a B section for contrast. He also adds some reversed and pitched alternative samples to create a track arrangement.

• Adding an A Cappella (11:51) - Next up, chop up an a cappella source to find interesting cues. These are then arranged alongside pitched variations to create a quick song arrangement.

• Multi Outputs (03:13) - To finish off, Larry demonstrates the way in which you can route different cues to separate outputs, which makes mixing cues much easier.

• Serato Sample 10.4 Update (06:19) - Larry discusses what's new in the 10.4 update.