Sample Challenge #3 - 100% Computer Love

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:06 pm

Ok, here is our 3rd installment of the electribe sample challenge! As always, all flavors of the electribe samplers (ES-1, ESX, ES2) as well as the Volca Sample can be used for this.

Here is your material - use as much or as little as you need:

Crystal Waters - 100% Pure Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQX2q6WCrbE

Kraftwerk - Computer Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWTUt2RZh0

Deadline for entries is Oct 5th. Post your entries onto this thread, and on that day I will set up a voting poll which will go on until Friday, the 9th of October.

Good luck, and most of all have fun with this!

apapdop · Post by **apapdop** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:08 pm

Ermmmm.... Should that be October?

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:13 pm

Corrected! (doh...)

gizmoismogwai · Post by **gizmoismogwai** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:07 pm

Yes! Very excited to do another one and I love the sample sources you picked.

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:08 pm

bumping this to get a few more entries and interests...

colulizard · Post by **colulizard** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:44 am

Right...
I have overcome my "frozen" problems on the sampler (for now I hope) and made a start on this last night.
The two tracks work surprisingly well together.

I'll try to finish mine off over the weekend.

(PS.. after listening to Computer Love melody repeatedly it's now stuck in my brain. There's worse ear worms to have i guess).

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:46 pm

Since the site was down over the weekend, I'll extend the deadline a few more days.

colulizard · Post by **colulizard** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:07 pm

Here is my entry.

Not 100% happy with it, but it helped me understand some of the functions and limitations of the ES2
https://soundcloud.com/colulizard/100percent-lurve

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:49 pm

Unfortunately I've been a bit too busy to finish my song for this challenge. If no one else steps up within the next few days, Colulizard will be declared the winner by default, and we can move on to a 4th installment, hopefully one that will garner more interest than this one...

colulizard · Post by **colulizard** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:33 pm

roblabs wrote:Unfortunately I've been a bit too busy to finish my song for this challenge. If no one else steps up within the next few days, Colulizard will be declared the winner by default, and we can move on to a 4th installment, hopefully one that will garner more interest than this one...

By default?
You mean my entry is not so powerful it has intimidated the others from entering?

thesigma · Post by **thesigma** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:46 pm

sorry, I got nothing. Well I got two patterns I'm really not happy at all with. Good songs, but I tried to do the thing where you can't tell what the source material is and make a breakbeat track but I just couldn't get sounds I was happy with.

Wasn't a great month anyway. sick 8 days and had inlaws for 10.....

I'll try harder next time though...

colulizard · Post by **colulizard** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:10 am

thesigma wrote:sorry, I got nothing. Well I got two patterns I'm really not happy at all with. Good songs, but I tried to do the thing where you can't tell what the source material is and make a breakbeat track but I just couldn't get sounds I was happy with.

Wasn't a great month anyway. sick 8 days and had inlaws for 10.....

I'll try harder next time though...

What I've done (but haven't got round to finishing) is picking one of the samples (a kraftwerk synth i think) and using audacity to hone in very tight on a single cycle waveform, and importing that into the sampler, and looping it. Very bland sound but with modulation, filter movement etc it comes alive a bit.

If i finish that off and post it I could be winner and runner up by default.

My mother will be very proud of me

apapdop · Post by **apapdop** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:51 am

colulizard wrote: My mother will be very proud of me

There can be no higher aim than that!!

thesigma · Post by **thesigma** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:20 pm

colulizard wrote:
thesigma wrote:sorry, I got nothing. Well I got two patterns I'm really not happy at all with. Good songs, but I tried to do the thing where you can't tell what the source material is and make a breakbeat track but I just couldn't get sounds I was happy with.

Wasn't a great month anyway. sick 8 days and had inlaws for 10.....

I'll try harder next time though...
What I've done (but haven't got round to finishing) is picking one of the samples (a kraftwerk synth i think) and using audacity to hone in very tight on a single cycle waveform, and importing that into the sampler, and looping it. Very bland sound but with modulation, filter movement etc it comes alive a bit.

If i finish that off and post it I could be winner and runner up by default.

My mother will be very proud of me

A solid technique I've used it a lot and even this time honestly it was drum sounds that were letting me down this time.

So shall we declare a winner by default? I'm ready to move on to the next challenge...