air swing

[Sly85bpm]

how do you get silence in the front of your sample for the swing method

[cartesia]

record it with silence or use audio software to insert silence at the start of the sample.

On the SP you could make a pad with 0 volume - go to resample, then hit the 0 volume pad, then the other pad with the actual sample.

[admbmb]

Take in mind that the silence will need to very short (less than a second). Then, after you sequence (with quantize), adjust the start point of the sample.

[Dr Van Nostrand]

yeah, the second part of what cartesia said, just resample and hit anything, wait a second or two so there is some silence, then play the pad you want, usually i just do the same drum hit twice, then mark it right up to the second one

[Sly85bpm]

Nice thanks for the information works great though I still can't make it sound just right.

[Jim Y]

The way a sequencer or drum machine creates swing is to make the even numbered beats play a little early. So with the "air" method it's the odd numbered beats that will have to be late - which will make the even ones sound early if you know what I mean. Depends on the rhythm but it might only be the kick and snare that you need to add silence to.

Jim