How I make sample libraries - 2020 Edition (Kontakt, SFZ, Decent Sampler, REAPER)

In this video, I go through the entire process of creating a sample library from start to finish. I do my recording and chopping in REAPER. I then make a Kontakt instrument, a Decent Sampler instrument, and an SFZ.

0:35 Planning
1:57 Recording
3:41 Noise Reduction (RX)
6:23 Sample chopping
7:51 Tuning samples (Manual process)
10:08 Tuning sample (Automated process)
12:57 Removing violin bowings
15:37 Setting loop points in REAPER and exporting them to Kontakt
22:22 Making a Kontakt instrument
27:00 Making a Decent Sampler instrument
30:23 Making an SFZ instrument

MY REAPER SCRIPTS

Download here: https://github.com/dhilowitz/REAPER-S....

COMMERCIAL REAPER SCRIPTS

The REAPER Aubio pitch detection script I showed off in this video can be purchased from X-Raym here: https://www.extremraym.com/en/downloa...

This set of REAPER scripts allows you to propagate pitch data from one clip to another: https://www.extremraym.com/en/downloa...

CREATOR TOOLS LUA SCRIPTS

Decent Sampler export script: https://gist.github.com/dhilowitz/98f...

SFZ export script:
https://gist.github.com/dhilowitz/4af...

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