Loops, Packs & the Browser

Using other people's sounds without sounding like everyone else.

Loops are a starting point, not a shortcut. This is how to use them so the result still sounds like you.

Finding and auditioning

The browser, properly used.

1. Searching by instrument, genre, key and BPM
2. Listening in context, not on its own
3. When the key or tempo does not match
4. Licensing: what you are allowed to release

Making a loop yours

The difference between using and copying.

1. Chopping and rearranging
2. Filtering, pitching and reversing
3. Layering a loop under your own part
4. Using only part of a loop
5. Transform a loop beyond recognition
6. Loops final