Create Your Own Samples

Paul White explores the creative potential of using 'found' sounds, demonstrating how items found within your surroundings can be sampled, manipulated and transformed into complete tracks within your DAW using a few simple tools. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 00:36 - Software Options 01:27 - Methods Used For This Demo 01:58 - Creating A String Patch 04:49 - A Few More Examples 08:03 - Constructing A Unique Percussion Kit 11:01 - Layering Sounds With Synth Pads 12:13 - Using The Voice Creatively 13:00 - A Finished Track Using The Sampled Sounds Paul White Biog Paul White initially trained in electronics at The Royal Radar Establishment in Malvern then went on to work with Malvern Instruments, a company specialising in laser analysis equipment, before moving into technical writing. He joined the Sound On Sound team in 1991 where he became Editor In Chief, a position he held for many years before recently becoming Executive Editor. Paul has written more than 20 recording and music technology textbooks, the latest being The Producer’s Manual and in 2010 he received a BASCA award for his contributions to the music industry. Having established his own multitrack home studio in the 1980s he’s worked with many notable names including Bert Jansch and Gordon Giltrap. He’s played in various bands over the years and currently collaborates with Malvern musician Mark Soden, under the name of Cydonia Collective. Paul still performs live claiming that as he has suffered for his music he doesn’t see why everyone else shouldn’t too! Catch more shows on our other podcast channels:

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Create Your Own Samples is an episode from Recording & Mixing by Sound On Sound Ltd.

This episode is 16:33 long.

This episode was published on Jul 17, 2025.

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