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Sample creation
Build coherent sample packs by performing Daydream live and pulling the moments that work.
Play Daydream like an instrument with your loop as the source: adjust the prompt and Structure in real time while recording the output to a second track. A few minutes of performance gives you a range of material to cut from. Because everything is grounded in the same source, the results share sonic character — a coherent pack rather than a random pile.
Approaches that work
- Texture and variation
- Start with a clean, dry loop. The rhythm and pitch structure carry through; the timbre shifts as you move the controls.
- Style transfer
- Take a loop from one context (a live drum take, a guitar part) and steer toward a different instrumentation or aesthetic in real time.
- One-shot material
- Feed a short single hit or phrase and perform variations, then pull the outputs into a sampler.
The main variable is Structure: higher keeps results closer to the prompt, lower keeps them closer to your source.