Guide · 3 min read
Sample-based composition
Build a piece from source material where every fragment gets its own transformation depth.
Building a piece from samples usually means splicing by hand to get variety across fragments. DreamSampler lets you craft each fragment's transformation live instead — from "clearly the original recording" to "something else entirely."
How to do it
- 1Add DreamSampler to an instrument track and click
Connect. - 2Load your first snippet as the source — a vocal, static, street noise.
- 3Prompt, then move Strength, Structure, and Timbre until that fragment sits where you want it on the recognizable-to-unrecognizable scale.
- 4Record the fragment (or drag its pad) into your arrangement.
- 5Load the next snippet and repeat, giving each fragment its own transformation depth.
- 6Arrange the captured fragments into the finished piece in your DAW.
Tips
- Per-fragment depth
- Dial each piece from recognizable to unrecognizable, independently of the others.
- Compose by transformation
- Variety comes from how far you push each fragment, not from hunting for more samples.
- Build as you go
- Shape one fragment, capture it, then move to the next.