

Not to mention you can go up or down the scale! However, the 3rd and the 7th are good alternatives if you don’t like the feel off the 5th. Turns out the most widely used method is the Perfect 5th of the root key of the track. The second value is the Root Key.Ĭhange the Root Key Parameter in Sampler Second where should my key be in relation to my song? However your mouse over the peak while the loop plays and look at the small box in the bottom-left corner of Spectrum’s display. As the spectrum displays the frequencies of the kick you will notice a peak. Now drop Spectrum on the same channel and play the midi clip. That means that when you trigger C3 you will get an un-pitched (regular) playback of the sample. That is the default location of the Sampler. Next make a midi clip that loops every bar and place a midi note on C3. Go ahead and drop an instance of Sampler onto a channel. I have already covered this in an earlier video tutorial when I was making the 32 Tuned Snares Rack, but just in case you missed it… First how do I find the root key of my kick? In this short tutorial I am going to show you how to discover the root note (root key) of your kicks, if you don’t already know, and also which note they should be hitting at in relation to the key of your track.

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