August 7th, 2010 – If you’ve ever cut apart a song for samples, and then tried to a create a song in a different tempo with the pieces, you’ll know the frustration of samples that end too early. While you can stretch and warp vocal and melodic samples within reason, percussive samples never sound quite right.
AudioTuts has a tutorial that explains a technique to extend the tail of a drum sample. Essentially it involves copying another reversed version of the same sample, and adding it to the end of the original drum sample. From there, you fade out the reversed sample by ear to extend the tail. You can also automate the EQ to create an even more realistic tail. Quite a handy tip!
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