{"id":85063,"date":"2021-04-27T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=85063"},"modified":"2021-04-28T13:13:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:13:55","slug":"5-easy-ways-to-customise-loops-for-beginner-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/5-easy-ways-to-customise-loops-for-beginner-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"5 easy ways to customise loops for beginner producers (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Improve your music producing with these tips of how to flip samples and manipulate loops in your DAW. Take your tracks up a notch and get creative editing loops.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s lots of high quality royalty-free loops<\/a> out there for music producers <\/a>who love to work with samples in their tracks. Often however, using someone else\u2019s original loop doesn\u2019t quite scratch the creative itch. There\u2019s more to samples than dragging and dropping them into a track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the uninitiated, samples and loops<\/a> aren\u2019t a complex thing, though the way producers<\/a> talk about them can sometimes seem it. They\u2019re simply audio files of sections of other people’s tracks that you use in your own songs. Bear in mind that if you\u2019re looking to release a track commercially and you’ve used samples,<\/a> it\u2019s important to make sure to have permission from the copyright holder,<\/a> and make sure any sites that are \u201croyalty-free\u201d are legit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, whether you\u2019re using a stock loop that came with your DAW,<\/a> or a royalty-free sample downloaded from a loop store, often it won\u2019t perfectly fit with the vision you have in your head. Luckily, you can edit loops just like any other audio or MIDI in your DAW \u2013 using The Edison<\/a> audio editing plugin in FL Studio,<\/a> for example. Part of the fun of working with sampled loops is taking a loop and putting your own producing stamp on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After manipulating the loop into something new,<\/a> your tracks will sound fresh and original. For beginners, a good way to get your head around flipping samples is to find a loop you like and start experimenting with manipulating it in a DAW.<\/a> Here\u2019s 5 loop tips to get you started manipulating samples in music production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hit reverse<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Most DAWs<\/a> have functions where you can reverse the sample \u2013 so the loop plays backwards. A cool riser effect is sometimes achievable in this way. Or try selecting just a small section of a beat to reverse, to create glitchy effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rearrange your sample<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Experiment with slicing a sample into smaller chunks, creating separate sections which can be rearranged however you like in a new pattern. That’s “flipping” a sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make it as crazy as you like. Drop a drum loop in, chop it in a similar fashion, and see how the loops work on top of each other. You\u2019ve then got a unique foundation to add other elements on top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chop feature in FL Studio can split samples into patterns for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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