While Serato is best known for its foray and subsequent shaping of the DJ industry, they started in the producer world. And the previous posted Serato Sample private beta program has now matured into a fully fledged ready to buy product. Serato Sample v1 is here, and you can sample it for free for 30 days too. Puntastic.
Press release follows:
Introducing Serato Sample – a high-quality production plugin that makes sampling fast, simple and fun. Key features include the ability to quickly find, chop, key-shift and time-stretch samples, all with studio-grade sound using the power of Pitch ‘n Time.
At its core, Serato Sample is a beatmaking tool designed to get your ideas out quick. “During our R&D phase we found a real demand for something that allows producers to find and play around with samples without hassle,” says Nick Maclaren, Head of Strategy at Serato. “The result is a fully-featured tool that produces great sound and offers an intuitive, uninterrupted workflow.”
The plugin has already garnered praise from DJ Dahi, long-time Kendrick Lamar collaborator and Damn producer. This legendary beatmaker likened its ‘find samples’ modes to old-school sampling methods like popping a needle along a record. “We wanted to set producers up for those happy accidents – often the most enjoyable part of making music,” says Maclaren. “There’s a lot of features in Sample that help you discover entirely new parts of a track you may never have found otherwise.”
Sample is integrated with Serato’s original production plugin, Pitch ‘n Time. Adding this technology allows producers to manipulate samples freely (like adjusting the BPM from 1, all the way up to 999), without losing audio quality. “Pitch ‘n Time is almost 20 years old and is still the industry standard for pitch-shifting and time-stretching”, says Maclaren. “To have this tech in a $99 plugin is amazing value.”
Serato Sample is now available for download, including a free 30 day trial. Anyone who downloads will gain access to a bank of free Loopmasters sample packs, and in-depth tutorials.
Key features of Sample 1.0
Unrivalled time-stretching powered by Pitch ‘n Time
Time-stretch samples to extreme values using the power of Serato Pitch ‘n Time. It’s also easy to sync samples to your project.
Flawless Key Detection and Key Shifting
Find the key and then shift it with the power of Pitch ‘n Time.
Find the best samples
With one click Serato Sample’s algorithm finds 16 of the best samples to work with.
Change samples beyond recognition
You can manipulate each pad individually. Mess around with key, bpm and more with pad parameters.
Keyboard mode
Play one sample across the full piano scale like a synth.
Mono/Poly playback
Trigger your Cue Points with monophonic playback like Serato DJ. Or you can use polyphonic playback to play chords and drum patterns.
Familiar and fast Cue Point workflow
Use Serato DJ’s popular Cue Point workflow to quickly set and trigger pads.
Works in leading music production software
Including Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro and Maschine. Sample will also work in other DAWs that support AU/VST plugins.
Try Sample for free or buy now for $99
Useful Links
Sample website: serato.com/sample
Free Trial download: serato.com/sample/free-trial
Tutorial Videos: serato.com/sample/tutorials
Sample Support: serato.com/sample/support
Sample Facebook: facebook.com/seratosample
Sample Instagram: instagram.com/seratosample or @seratosample
Free Loopmasters Content: serato.com/sample/freestuff
Having had my previous application to join the beta program mercilessly refused by a computer algorithm, I’ll see if I can find the time to download this and give it a go. I’ll probably be too busy doing important tasks like drinking tea, looking out of the window, or using a DJM-S9 with rekordbox DVS. Oh wait… I don’t have those either. Arse. Tea and window gazing it is then.
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i don’t get it tbh. what does this do different than any of the built-in samplers in modern daws. i can’t see this being any better than what ableton can do or maschine. ok, it detects the key of samples, but that’s not so difficult to do anyway with any other samplers/daws. other sampler vsts at least offer something cool like the tal sampler with it’s emulations of vintage units etc. at 99 bucks, 20% of the price of a full blown daw, or 50% of a maschine mikro (used), i really don’t see the appeal. yeah, pitch n time is pretty good but pitch algos have come a long way in the last years and most daws offer various warping modes anyway and often times, the weird artefacts of warping are what makes playing samples chromatically/polyphonically interesting (think all the techno/rave/house sampled chords).
I am also finding a hard time as to why I would use this if I am already an Ableton user, which I find offers a really quick and easy way to slice and dice clips. Guess I should take it for a test drive
What I don’t get is why Serato doesn’t allow DVS control from this and give people who asked for The Bridge/mixtape what they deserve? It will be recognize that Ms.Pinky m4l and Scratch Track were best approach than The Bridge but it doesn’t matter now :V
Now seriously, it could be a perfect pluging for Ableton or even Maschine….
I did some beta testing on this plugin shortly after it was first announced. To Serato’s credit, It does what it’s supposed to, does it fairly well, and isn’t bad by any means for a first gen product. If you’re coming to this with a healthy working knowledge of Ableton and/or Maschine (like me) it’s pretty redundant though.
Considering the brand name attached to it I wouldn’t be surprised to see it nudge a few DJs’ interest in the production realm who may have been on the fence otherwise. Beyond that, it’ll really need to evolve into something more to really stand out from the pack.
The way how Serato keep djs outside the beta sounds more to “we are trying to gain new kind of users”. The fact they haven’t any interest of implement timecode support points a clear shift towards producer market.
you can tell how much people care about this plugin from the amount of comments :))
at 19,99, it might be interesting as a plugin for having a different warp mode but at 99, they must be spicing their coffee in the morning