A look at oldshool sampling on an Amiga, which I did in the early 90s using an add-on for the Amiga. raveystabs.co.uk / raveystabs / raveystabs www.mixcloud.c...
Awesome! This was totally amazing to watch! Really cool how you blend the oldskool with the new and get a really functional setup, on such minimal gear! Looking quite forward to the follow up video! =D
Back in the 90’s I used the stereo master sampler and ripped samples from cassette (Walkman) and vinyl with pretty good results. A lot of trial and error before I mastered good quality samples. I went on to use the DSS8+ cart with better results. These days I tend to batch convert my samples on cooledit pro and save them as iff/8svx then putting them up an octave If necessary in OctaMED.
Was always curious about the DSS and its tracker, was it a better sampler? The biggest problem sampling was the CRT monitor whine noise (game changer after discovering that!), but also bass samples you always got a lot of hiss on them, maybe other samplers were better with this? Converting in would solve those problems. I think i used something called Sound Machine to convert wav files from PC.
ton of great info in this vid,! a lot of it is just on finding the samples! thank you. you should make sample packs. if you have please let me know where to get them.
Hi @RaveyStabs, I have been really enjoying your videos as I am trying my hand at some oldskool hardcore. I have been looking for the break at 02:47 for a long time. The video you sampled from is no longer on youtube. Do you happen to know the name of the break or where it came from? A link to a Wav would be amazing...
Thanks. Not totally sure about that break, sounds like it's a play on Think (Lyn Collins). A lot of rap artists mashed it up with big kicks and other breaks to get different takes on it so I would think it's probably from somewhere like that. An example is Kid 'N Play Gitting Funky (UK remix) chops it to make the break SL2 sampled for On A Ragga Tip. I should also still have the 8bit sampled break from this video on the Amiga if that's any use.
Trying to get mine set up again. I downloaded samples using a modem from the internet in 1996. These external hardware items seem to go for stupid prices on eBay for what looks like ridiculously simple circuits. Going to make my one once I figure out the circuits or get someone to photo the PCBs haha ;) - fantastic videos had great fun watching them. Having a muck about with pro tracker on Mac and Buzz while setting the 1200 up.
I love your channel! Quick question: do you really need an Amiga sampling cartridge for that authentic rough Amiga sound? Or will downsampling 16 bit samples to 8 bit and then using them in Octamed in the Amiga do the trick as well?
Good question, not totally sure! 16 bit to 8 should give you better quality especially for high end but still add grunge on playback. I'd imagine doing both sampling and playback would give you most grunge.
You can do something similar with audacity n sample some stabs. I done it a while back n lifted some off some owld bouncy techno 12". Sounded a little shit coz i didn't know what the fuck i was doing with sound quality. Trial n error ul get em bang on. Mine were way too loud so ended up with saturation overload
Yo! Great vids! Do you know if Octamed 4 can be triggered to play a song by MIDI? I record to cassette still and use SMPTE with my SP1200/S950. I have an SMPTE synchroniser that kicks the master seq off via MIDI after listening to the signal on tape. Can I do this Octa?
Don't worry, just found it in the manual finally, which is like it's written in another language to me! A long road ahead! Thinking of selling the SP1200 (need the £££) and using just the 950 with the Amiga.
Rombo Megamix Master I had, one on ebay UK right now but I'd say look for Technosound Turbo 2 (one on ebay also now) or Microdeal MegaloSound, those do the same but are better since they can work directly in OctaMED too.
@@RaveyStabs thanks mate where can i get the sd thing you have so i can use existing samples? do i need anything else or just the sd box? could you link me to one please
@@amerism4530 I have a pcmcia Sandisk compact flash (CF) adapter in the Amiga, a 4gb CF card, and a CF usb reader on PC. All quite cheap to get, do remember the setup on Amiga being a bit of a ball ache, but it works quite well when done. Copy files onto card from PC, read on Amiga. Enthusiast territory. If you are new to platform, keep an eye on A600GS coming soon, its going to be around £100 and might just replace my Amiga and make this sort of thing a lot easier with mod cons e.g. over WIFI. Plus OctaMED 8 with a lot more channels.
@@RaveyStabs Love to see more videos like this, especially with midi. Just got an 1200 and waiting on a few things to get setup. Probably gonna struggle finding unit to record audio on the 1200 though :/
@@PaulWoodman83 Funnily enough MIDI is my next planned video. Yeah the samplers are going for quite a bit I notice. If you know electronics basics there is a DIY project (instructions in an old Amiga magazine)
This video has made my day! I owe it all to Octamed. Much love Mr Stabz!
I think you'll like part 2 RaveTracks, which I'll post tomorrow night
Awesome! This was totally amazing to watch! Really cool how you blend the oldskool with the new and get a really functional setup, on such minimal gear! Looking quite forward to the follow up video! =D
was the typing on the amiga keyboard a sort of delicious asmr for some here? lol loved that
That's not the only thing that's delicious
Back in the 90’s I used the stereo master sampler and ripped samples from cassette (Walkman) and vinyl with pretty good results. A lot of trial and error before I mastered good quality samples. I went on to use the DSS8+ cart with better results. These days I tend to batch convert my samples on cooledit pro and save them as iff/8svx then putting them up an octave If necessary in OctaMED.
Was always curious about the DSS and its tracker, was it a better sampler? The biggest problem sampling was the CRT monitor whine noise (game changer after discovering that!), but also bass samples you always got a lot of hiss on them, maybe other samplers were better with this? Converting in would solve those problems. I think i used something called Sound Machine to convert wav files from PC.
ton of great info in this vid,! a lot of it is just on finding the samples! thank you. you should make sample packs. if you have please let me know where to get them.
Great video, wait for part 2, thumb up !
Megamix master was my first sampler, purchased in 1992 if I remember rightly!
do you have any official releases from the 90s?
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Hi @RaveyStabs, I have been really enjoying your videos as I am trying my hand at some oldskool hardcore.
I have been looking for the break at 02:47 for a long time. The video you sampled from is no longer on youtube. Do you happen to know the name of the break or where it came from? A link to a Wav would be amazing...
Thanks. Not totally sure about that break, sounds like it's a play on Think (Lyn Collins). A lot of rap artists mashed it up with big kicks and other breaks to get different takes on it so I would think it's probably from somewhere like that. An example is Kid 'N Play Gitting Funky (UK remix) chops it to make the break SL2 sampled for On A Ragga Tip. I should also still have the 8bit sampled break from this video on the Amiga if that's any use.
I was going to say, recording samples off of youtube? But then I remembered the amiga bitrate :D
Yes, also most UA-cam vinyl grabs sound better than my well worn vinyl!
Ha. I did a similar thing using UA-cam on me phone, had a jack going from phone headphone port to laptop mic port n recorded samples in audacity
Yep I do it a lot! Back in the pre-internet days I had to beg and borrow vinyl, CDs, tapes just to even achieve a modest sample collection!
Trying to get mine set up again. I downloaded samples using a modem from the internet in 1996. These external hardware items seem to go for stupid prices on eBay for what looks like ridiculously simple circuits. Going to make my one once I figure out the circuits or get someone to photo the PCBs haha ;) - fantastic videos had great fun watching them. Having a muck about with pro tracker on Mac and Buzz while setting the 1200 up.
I love your channel! Quick question: do you really need an Amiga sampling cartridge for that authentic rough Amiga sound? Or will downsampling 16 bit samples to 8 bit and then using them in Octamed in the Amiga do the trick as well?
Good question, not totally sure! 16 bit to 8 should give you better quality especially for high end but still add grunge on playback. I'd imagine doing both sampling and playback would give you most grunge.
this channel is so cool, I would love to see some caustic 3 tutorials for some early hardcore/gabber stabs and leads.
You can do something similar with audacity n sample some stabs. I done it a while back n lifted some off some owld bouncy techno 12". Sounded a little shit coz i didn't know what the fuck i was doing with sound quality. Trial n error ul get em bang on. Mine were way too loud so ended up with saturation overload
A lower sample rate is better for transposing?
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Yo! Great vids! Do you know if Octamed 4 can be triggered to play a song by MIDI? I record to cassette still and use SMPTE with my SP1200/S950. I have an SMPTE synchroniser that kicks the master seq off via MIDI after listening to the signal on tape. Can I do this Octa?
Don't worry, just found it in the manual finally, which is like it's written in another language to me! A long road ahead! Thinking of selling the SP1200 (need the £££) and using just the 950 with the Amiga.
hi mate where can i. get. one of the mega mix things? or something similaR??
Rombo Megamix Master I had, one on ebay UK right now but I'd say look for Technosound Turbo 2 (one on ebay also now) or Microdeal MegaloSound, those do the same but are better since they can work directly in OctaMED too.
@@RaveyStabs thanks mate where can i get the sd thing you have so i can use existing samples? do i need anything else or just the sd box? could you link me to one please
@@amerism4530 I have a pcmcia Sandisk compact flash (CF) adapter in the Amiga, a 4gb CF card, and a CF usb reader on PC. All quite cheap to get, do remember the setup on Amiga being a bit of a ball ache, but it works quite well when done. Copy files onto card from PC, read on Amiga. Enthusiast territory. If you are new to platform, keep an eye on A600GS coming soon, its going to be around £100 and might just replace my Amiga and make this sort of thing a lot easier with mod cons e.g. over WIFI. Plus OctaMED 8 with a lot more channels.
You sir are a true gentleman and a scholar! This is how you get subs!!
No sir you are the gent! Many thanks for your comment & support
@@RaveyStabs Love to see more videos like this, especially with midi. Just got an 1200 and waiting on a few things to get setup. Probably gonna struggle finding unit to record audio on the 1200 though :/
@@PaulWoodman83 Funnily enough MIDI is my next planned video. Yeah the samplers are going for quite a bit I notice. If you know electronics basics there is a DIY project (instructions in an old Amiga magazine)