thanks for the support and suggestions guys.
I’ve probably been guilty of overthinking…and you know what, jamming for me is meant to be fun, escapism.
If other people don’t like it then f…them - life’s too short 
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Thanks for taking the time to do that.
Yeah tbh i deleted the videos as i kinda lost confidence. I’m gonna film a new one very soon - i’ll share once done.
Thanks again
I will say that whilst the style of your music isn’t what I usually listen to, it all sounded fine to me, I think you are possibly over thinking it, you seem to have a good ear for what works, stick with it and let your ears be the judge 
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One other thing, get a tuner if you want to be sure that samples are in tune, it never hurts to have a simple and quick sanity check, the main thing is use your ears though.
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Out of tune by a semitone. Boards of Canada could be your next stop
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Aphex calls it microtuning and moves on 
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Dirty Three is a nice band as well about listening to pitch flexibility 
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Make a habbit of pitching all your samples to C. Either by ear or use a tuner of some sort. Or tune it to a C on a synth/keyboard you have quick access to.
If it’s a chord or a vinyl pull, you need your ears and let them be the judge.
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Why would you try to tune everything in C?
Leaving 11 other tonalities on the side of the road?
Trying to tune in C a sample originally in G# can give interesting results… or not.
I agree. Another solution is create folders for things in different keys. Label them in an easy to follow manner, then only use your samples in the different keys for each pattern/project.
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If it is to classify them you can just include the key within the sample’s names. Most samplers will recognize it.
You can also use some sampler manager on computer like ADSR sample manager.
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This is a bit weird and kind of a flow killer, but you could always prep a chain in C major (or C minor) on your pc. And pitch up in M:S to change to another key.
While prepping, divide your chain in 7 equal parts. Tonic is on 1, supertonic on 17, etc… And then p-lock these numbers.
I think you are missing the point. You are not losing pitches. You just change the root to C. For very obvious reasons this is very convenient, especially if you use a MIDI keyboard
Are we speaking about audio samples? I meant it can be destructive to alter the pitch of a sample.
How would you change the root note on the Model:Samples? It has no fancy sampler functions (like setting root notes for samples afaik), only basic tuning via pitch control possible.
Best approach imho is, try to find out your samples tuning (tuner, tuner plugin or play it together with a basic sound on a keyboard to find out by ear), then include the tuning in the samples name.
Now you if you pitch a sample two semitones up or down, you know what pitch you’ll end up.
Ofc you can check with a tuner while you’re pitching up/down, but depending on the sample, the tuner might not easily pick up the tuning or might not pick up any tuning at all.
If you prepare your samples beforehand, you don’t have to mess around with a tuner while building your melodies.
It sometimes helps to shorten the amp envelope, especially on samples with a pitch envelope like kick drums, toms etc. Although this depends on where the tuning is perceived (e.g. attack portion of the sound or in the decay phase), this can help the tuner as it will pick up the sound before it is affected by the pitch envelope (or after).
Obtaining the pitch of a sound with no proper and past training is quite hard, not impossible but doesn’t come easy to many.
All in all, you need a way of having sort of a tape measure in order to measure with. So play your sound and play notes on a keyboard, say pure sine pitches. If your sound is lower, go lower on the keys, and vice-versa. Eventually you’ll find a note on a piano or synth keybed that is similar or even equal to your sound.
When analyzing complex sounds I use this plugin, the free version that comes bundled in Computer Music magazine. Even the free one is pretty good with single notes and simple chords. Might as well buy the full version now it’s on sale
Best to use the pitch parameter to tune them all to the same base note, that will change keep it in tune across the entire chromatic pad section. The “home” note you are referring to essentially changes the velocity sensitive pad to play a different note on that chromatic scale, so you’ll need to use a combination of both if you want to use both methods of triggering notes. . You can find out the pitch of the original sample by downloading a tuner app to your phone or something, then playing the sample on your speakers or something that the phone can detect it. Unfortunately, the Model Samples doesn’t really give you any note information whatsoever, so I recommend using a midi keyboard and writing the melodic notes down in a handbook or something to keep track of things. cheers.