On a stereo file, you put an octave on A (left channel) and the second octave on B (right channel), then each ‘A/B’ pair need to be the same length so the slices line up.
I usually use the plugin grabber in Renoise when I want to do a multi-sample patch with settings something like this
Then load those into DigiChain, and either merge each pair with the merge panel, or if all the samples are close enough in length, just build two spaced chains then do the merge panel on the two chains.
Set the A/B, export for the OP-1 Field then load onto the field and manually switch the second octave over to B, and mess with the envelope/attacks to reduce the pops the drum sampler often has.
Once you get used to it, takes about 10-15 mins to make one, heres a bass electric guitar patch I made this morning for the field drum sampler.
Just a heads up and reminder for anyone having trouble transferring (custom/user) samples/files to the OP-1 Field and since I don’t think this is mentioned in the OP-1 Field manual.
The maximum amount of (custom/user) samples/sounds the OP-1 Field can take is 500.
Make sure you do not exceed that amount or samples/sounds won’t show up on your OP-1 Field after transfer.
I answered my own question about gain staging / the volume meters by hooking up to a DAW and seeing for myself. The LED on the right side seems to be a DB meter, similar to what we might use in a DAW. While the meters in the mixer page and mastering page are a VU meter. I had to do some googles to learn about the differences. From my understanding, DB shows exact values, exactly when they happen, while VU shows an average.
In practice this means that low levels on the VU meters doesn’t necessarily mean the track’s volume is too low; It’s best to use the LED to gauge if recordings are loud enough. This is kind of what i ended up doing anyway, but The VU meters were tripping me up!
Also, I have a very similar setup right now. Drambo hosting Loopy Pro and Koala, but using the OP-1 as a MIDI controller only. Which seems nuts, but as I have it anyway, why not?
I still can’t quite get logic live loops to work all that well for me but I love the concept. There’s not a lot out there as far as tutorials go for recording into live loops. You’ve inspired me to give it another try though.
I’m the same. It seems very complicated compared to Ableton’s session grid, and Loopy is easier than both. I like how it integrates with the timeline though.
