David Hilowitz Music

In this video, I show how to make drums out of regular, run-of-the-mill party balloons. As a bonus, I've sampled some of mine and turned them into a free Kontakt / SFZ instrument.

You can download a free Kontakt / SFZ sample library of the balloon drums here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/balloon-drum-kontakt-sfz/

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Here's a quick walkthrough of Decent Sample's latest instrument: Metal Cups. Buy it here for just $5: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/metal-cups-kontakt-sfz/

Buy the samples here (Kontakt + SFZ): https://www.decentsamples.com/product/metal-cups-kontakt-sfz/

Buy the song here: https://manwomanchild.bandcamp.com/album/bellwether-single

In this video, I take some first steps towards coding my own arpeggiator script. I also show off the great arpeggiator script that comes bundled with Kontakt. Along the way, I turn some samples of a toy piano I sampled and turn them into a full-featured Kontakt library.

The Toy Piano Kontakt library I made in this video is available for free here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/toy-piano-kontakt/

At one point in the video, I reference a video about round robins that I made a while back. You can watch that here: https://youtu.be/Er8O8eZ4cZQ

I also mention Big Bob's fantastic Ultra TKT script, which is available here: https://nilsliberg.se/ksp/scripts/utkt/utkt.htm

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See you next time!

– Dave

Have you ever had an audio file that contained a bunch of extra frequencies in it that you wish you could just remove? Spectral editing may be for you. In this video, I show how to use spectral editing to clean up a sample so that I can make a Kontakt instrument–but not just any instrument:

A few weeks ago, Christian Henson announced a competition: he challenged the internet community to try to turn two oddball samples he'd recorded into true sample-based instruments.

So this video serves two purposes: it's both a quick introduction to spectral editing as well as my entry into Christian Henson's Rusty Gate sample competition.

Here's a link to the free sample (Kontakt 5.3 or higher): https://www.dropbox.com/s/yd9k026h8em20uq/Dave%20Hilowitz%20PB10%20Gate%20and%20Squeak.zip?dl=0

Here's a link to Christian Henson's Rusty Gate Sample Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM1TCljo2Eo

In this video, I provide a basic introduction to SFZ – a free sampling format that provides a lot of the same functionality as Kontakt, albeit with a much more basic UI.

The toy xylophone instrument I created in this video can be downloaded here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/tiger-xylophone-kontakt-sfz/

Download Sforzando (Windows and Mac) here: https://plogue.com/downloads.html#sforzando

SFZ Format reference: http://sfzformat.com/

Plogue SFZ Programming Forum: https://www.plogue.com/plgfrms/viewforum.php?f=14&sid=59a1a583f686cf019c98582ef3717012

Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dhilowitz

In last week's video, I recorded my own voice and turned it into a free choir library. In this video, I work with those same samples to add modwheel crossfades to the instrument.

The sample library is the same one as last week. If you haven't already downloaded it, you can get it here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/dave-choir-kontakt/

My patreon is here: https://www.patreon.com/dhilowitz

My friend Steve asked me to make a "mellotron-style" choir sample out of my own voice. Download it here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/dave-choir-kontakt/

My patreon is here: https://www.patreon.com/dhilowitz

Another, more substantial video is coming soon where I talk about how I did the modwheel crossfade in this instrument.

In this video, I show a basic technique for implementing piano sustain samples.

Download the FREE version of sample: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/francis-bacon-baby-grand-piano-lite-kontakt-free/

Buy the full version of the sample for just $10 (Patreon patrons also get this sample for free): https://www.decentsamples.com/product/francis-bacon-baby-grand-piano-kontakt/

Or, if you just want to support me in making music tutorials, here's my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dhilowitz

A quick promo video for my new instrument: melodica! The melodica is a free-reed instrument that became popular in the 1950s. I sampled it and turned it into a Kontakt instrument. More tutorial videos coming soon!

Buy it here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product/melodica-kontakt/

Features:

- Compatible with the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.3.1 (or later)

- Two sample sets: Melodica I (4 round robins, 2 velocity layers) and Melodica II (4 round robins, 1 velocity layer)

- Voice controls allow you to choose between 1, 2, and 4 voices simultaneously

- ADSR controls

- EQ controls

- Custom convolution reverb with reverb level knob

- Chorus level knob

- Two versions of each instrument are included: 1) velocity controls dynamics; and 2) modwheel controls dynamics.

- Sample rate: 24-bit 48khz

- Library size: 148MB