Guides to keeping a sample library sorted and safe, tips from the studio, and news on what we're shipping.
Company
After eight months of private testing with 1,200 producers, DJs, and engineers, anyone can join on October 14. What’s in it, what it costs, and what happens to your waitlist spot.
Maya Okafor1 min read
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Company
After eight months of private testing with 1,200 producers, DJs, and engineers, anyone can join on October 14. What’s in it, what it costs, and what happens to your waitlist spot.
Maya Okafor1 min read
Engineering
Filenames lie, packs reuse the same names, and producers type “dark 808 F# 140”. How the Prod Crate search index turns shorthand into the right sound.
Theo Lindqvist1 min read
Product
Inbox Sorting watches the folders your sounds land in, from Splice syncs to YouTube rips and SoundCloud downloads, and files each one by instrument, key, and BPM.
Jordan Reyes1 min read
Production Tips
Folders by pack stop working around the tenth pack. Sorting by instrument, then filtering by key and tempo, gets you from idea to the right sound in seconds.
Priya Nair1 min read
Workflow
You open a session from last year and the kick is gone. Why Ableton Live loses samples, how to relink them, and how to stop it happening again.
Priya Nair1 min read
Workflow
A copy of the .als file isn’t a backup. What a complete project backup includes, three ways to make one, and how version history saves you from your own edits.
Jordan Reyes1 min read
Production Tips
MP3s are fine for listening and bad for sampling. What lossy compression removes, why it adds up in a mix, and how FLAC saves space without losing a bit.
Priya Nair1 min read
Engineering
Your library shows up in Finder like a local disk, but most of it isn’t on your Mac. A look at File Provider, on-demand downloads, and why Ableton never notices.
Theo Lindqvist1 min read
Workflow
SOLACE plays 90 shows a year with a MacBook, a controller, and no external drives. How a touring DJ keeps a 2 TB library ready offline, and what gets pinned before every flight.
Maya Okafor1 min read
Product
Pick any sample and see the closest matches across your whole library, ranked by how they sound rather than what they’re called.
Jordan Reyes1 min read
Company
Every producer we know has a drive they’re afraid to unplug. We started Prod Crate so a sample library is something you never have to think about.
Maya Okafor1 min read