Final acappella samples

Si Ya Hamba:

Si Ya Hamba-verse

I really like this African, tribal style of singing and think it could definitely be used in a breakdown. Some tribal style drums and a nice liquidy bass line and it could be epic. Sample would have to not be overused though.

Oh Happy Day:

Oh Happy Day 01

Oh Happy Day 02

Oh Happy Day 03

Oh Happy Day 04

Oh Happy Day 05

I think the ‘Oh Happy Day’ sample could fit in perfectly with a drum and bass track. A nice, catchy, uplifting vocal with a rolling drum beat and smooth bass line. As I sated before, I didn’t want anything to god orientated so I chose to cut out the rest of the vocals just leaving the ‘Oh Happy Day’. This is enough of a similarity and still conjures up imagery without being to full on or cheesy.

This Little Light of Mine:

23 This Little Light of Mine

Although I find the lyrics rather catchy and bouncy, I’m not actually sure this would work without using the entire sample. And then it’s quite a long, repetative sample. Maybe cutting a section and adding effects would work, but the other two I can imagine straight away where as this one I can but just not as well. I think it’s the vocals crossing over each other, makes it hard to define start and end cuts. Annoying, and as I cant find another decent acappella then maybe not one to pursue.

Danny Byrd Sample Pack

Danny Byrd is by far and away one of the best producers in the drum and bass scene today, and is signed primarily to Hospital Records, the leaders in innovative liquid drum and bass. Absolute genius’s the lot of them. And you can get sample packs from their very own, personal collection from the hospital records shop. As Danny Byrd is my favourite, naturally I choose his first, although I shall certainly invest in the nu-tone and probably the other 2 too. May as well, had a lot of fun playing with the Danny Byrd one so far!

http://shop.hospitalrecords.com/

Apart from that I have sourced sample packs from external Ableton links and a few other free ones downloaded from forums etc. But there’s so much out there still to find and the search really never ends…

Sourcing Acappella’s

So for a few of my samples it would certainly be nice to source a few uplifting, harmonious acappella’s with a religious influence. I don’t want anything to God heavy, it needs to be nice and smooth with hints of gospel but no actual religion, as otherwise it would either not appeal to the drum and bass scene or just sound cheesy, neither of which I want. After listening to masses of Gospel/Christian music it certainly became evident gospel choir with an upbeat step and catchy vocals was the best route, but finding a good acappella site was not easy. Eventually i-Tunes came to the rescue, although the acappella’s are not 320 bit rate (they’re 257, which is good but wav or 320 would have been best), and in m4a format. I have to admit Apple are a bit annoying like that, but they are usable certainly. Obviously I shall only use sections of the samples, but they are all bought from religious acappella CD’s:

07 Si Ya Hamba

10 Oh Happy Day

23 This Little Light of Mine

Samples – Sound Effects

These samples are mostly taken from the web, and are purely comical. They do have their place though. Funny, laughable samples can work wonders sometimes as they relate to the audience, it all depends on the feel of the tune and what your trying to convey. I can imagine some being used in breakdowns and drops.

heartbeat fast

heartbeat normal

robot hover

silly noise 2

silly noise

Samples – Indoors and Outdoors

These samples are taken from random household objects and the few, very limited recordings I did outside. If I use the mic again I shall have to make more time (weather allowing) to record outside as there are some cool unexpected sounds waiting to be recorded. These sounds will be difficult to incorporate into my samples, but I definitely imagine some working, like the oven as the start of a tune or the toilet flushing as a comical drop, but it will all depend on what sounds good through trial and error.

air filter

coffee steamer

door opening

egg break

oven

plane flying

police siren

pouring a can

running water

shower

toilet flushing

zip 1

zip 2

zip 3

Samples – Hits and Knocks

Here are a whole bunch of recorded hits, taps and knocks as well as some sourced from the net. Most were recorded from my kitchen and my bedroom. Many of these will be used for percussion and drums, and I expect i will make a complete tribal sample from these sounds to compare it to a digital version. I’m still a little wary about how it will come out and still feel nice clean samples will create a better sound.

bottle roll 2

bottle roll

bottle

breaking apart frozen food

can rattle

champagne bottle

cheese grater

church bell

cup roll

door closing

glass tap 2

glass tap 3

glass tap 4

glass tap

hard knock

hit 1

hit 2

hit 3

hit 4

hit 5

hit 6

hit 7

hit 8

hit 9

hit 10

hit 11

hit 13

hit 14

hit 14

hit 16

hit 17

hit 18

hit 19

hit 20

hit 21

hit 22

hit 23

hit 24

hit 25

hit 26

jar lid

jewellery box lid

knife chopping board

knock on glass 2

knock on glass

lightswitch

packet scrunch

spray can

tray hit 2

tray hit

tuppaware close

tuppaware open

turntable button

vitamin shaker

Samples – Choral

Here are some nice Choral samples I sourced from the net. I shall experiment with them as melody samples to be used as an undertone to the tune or in breakdowns. Again it all depends on how it fits in with the tune, but one of my audio samples needs to have this kind of religious influence on it.

choral 1

choral 2

choral 3

choral 4

organ 1

organ 2

organ 3

sweet orchestral

Samples – Vocal

Here is a list of Vocal samples I recorded and sourced from the internet. Some are great, some are not so great, but they could potentially all have their use. I’ll just have to experiment with them and see what happens. Many could be used at ‘hit points’ by cutting out the music leaving the sample, then drop back in with the music, while others could be used over the top of the music. It all depends on the style of the tune and how the sample fits in with it.

ah fiddle faddle

bird mouth

breath

brothers and sisters

can i get a witness

can i get an amen

clear throat 2

clear throat

code blue

cough 1

cough 2

cough 3

focal point

friendly missle

god almighty

hallelujah

have mercy

hello robot

holy moley 2

holy moley

im a super genius

its a miracle

laughter 2

laughter 3

laughter 4

laughter

mouth click 1

mouth clicking

mouth drop

rasberry

super genius

thank you very much

throat 1

throat 2

truth set you free

uav recon

whistle 2

whistle 3

whistle 4

whistle

wolf wistle

yeah man

you dont see that everyday

spot on

Recording Samples

So for a part of my unit I have decided to record a bunch of my own samples to experiment with. To do this I borrowed a Rifle Mic with a Fostex recorder and recorded sounds from all over my house and outside where possible. Unfortunately it rained quite a lot in the time I borrowed it so recording outside was limited. But it wasn’t such an issue as I knew many of the sounds I would want would be percussion sounds, and I could make many of them in the kitchen. But at the same time had doubts about using my own samples, I like clean, crisp sounds and digital sounds give you this. But I will have an experiment and see what happens.

At the same time I have used vocal samples I have sourced from the net, taken from audio sample sites like Soundsnap. These sites are really good and help save you time by having huge databases of samples of pretty much everything ans anything you can think of.