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Nyyx wrote:Ok thank you for all the info guys. Very helpful, but I still have not been able to find my original note in the sampler. I compared the original note with the one in the sampler after transposing it endless, and nothing matched. I feel as though this shouldn't be so complicated...

I'm pretty sure Simpler uses C3 as the root note so if you make your bass patch and then bounce out say a C1 note, when you drag it into Simpler you're going to have to change the transpose value to +24 semitones to get it to play in the correct octave.

Dude, just play a C note all the way through. Every time you bounce something, bounce it as a C, and you'll always have a C

ableton sampler, but i use simpler for that... it is uses the C3 note as default sound (unchanged)
so play it there

ChadDub wrote:Dude, just play a C note all the way through. Every time you bounce something, bounce it as a C, and you'll always have a C

All notes don't sound the same and don't react the same way to a given FX chain so it's better to pick the best sounding note.
Also, if, like me, you rarely write in C to E keys it's better to sample your notes above E. The further you go from the note you sampled the less natural it will sound so try to pick a note from which you'll go a little higher or lower rather than having large gaps from C to A for instance...
So yeah, just insert the note in your sample's filename, then you don't even have to use your ears, just count how many semi-tones up or down you're from C and pitchshift accordingly. G, for instance, is either 5 s-t lower than C or 7 s-t higher so pitch up by 5 or down by 7 respectively and you're done.

It also depends on what kind of samples you're using. If you're using a normal sampler (Logic EXS24 Sampler) you should be able to play it on the note you bounced your clip from. If you're using any type of granular resampler though, you'll need to play it C3 or C5 (depends on the sampler) and when you press your C3/5 key, it'll automaticly play the key that you bounced the clip in. This is because granular synths aren't really made for sampling and playing in different keys, they will sound awefully stretched and pixeled.

FuzionDubstep wrote:Mine always lands on C3 no matter what note I play, I use reason not sure about other programs though ???/

right click > auto detect root note.

or just change the root note manually.