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Verysickbeats shows how to chop samples with AudioMultiCut. His channel is great for beatmakers: Verysickbeats on YouTube and howtomakeverysickbeats.com.
Built for repetitive source material
Stop cutting hundreds of notes one by one
Sample-library work often starts with a long capture: every key of a synth, multiple round robins of a piano note, a folder of foley hits recorded in one pass, or a hardware instrument sampled across a range.
The Samples preset uses shorter timing assumptions than the rehearsal or lecture presets, so it can split small repeated sounds without treating each brief pause like speech or song structure.
Example
One take into clean samples
Before: continuous sample chain
Capture first
Record a clean sequence with consistent spacing: notes, velocities, articulations, one-shots, or room-tone variations.
Auto-cut the chain
Run the Samples preset, then inspect starts and tails before exporting the detected segments.
Build the instrument
Import the exported files into Kontakt, Decent Sampler, HALion, Falcon, SFZ tools, Logic Sampler, Ableton Sampler, or your preferred mapping workflow.
Practical sample-chain settings
Leave enough silence between sounds for the detector to see the boundary. For one-shots and notes, short gaps are fine. For long decays, let the tail finish before the next hit so the exported clip does not steal release audio from the next sample.
Drum one-shots
Tight starts, short tails, small silence gap
Synth notes
One note per pitch, stable velocity, clean release
Round robins
Repeat the same note in order, then rename consistently
Foley hits
Leave natural decay; trim noise after export if needed
How to auto-cut a sample chain
- Record the chain with a short gap between sounds. Leave at least a quarter of a second of silence, and let long decays fade out before the next hit.
- Open the recording in the editor with Auto-Cut and choose the Samples preset.
- Review each detected clip. Check the first transient and the end of the tail, drag an edge where a cut is early or late, and delete false hits such as clicks or breaths.
- Export the clips. WAV keeps full quality for samplers; MP3 is fine for previews.
- Import the files into your sampler and do the mapping there: names, root keys, velocity layers, round robin groups and release triggers.
Samples preset in numbers
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Pause that starts a new sample | 0.25 seconds |
| Pause kept inside one sample | Up to 0.1 seconds |
| Minimum clip length | About 0.6 seconds |
| Samples per auto-cut pass | Up to 100 |
| Export formats | WAV or MP3, all clips in one batch |
| Where audio is processed | In your browser, no upload |
Questions about cutting samples
Can AudioMultiCut cut samples for Kontakt, Decent Sampler or SFZ?
Yes. It exports each detected sound as its own WAV or MP3 file. You then map those files in Kontakt, Decent Sampler, an SFZ tool, HALion, Falcon, Logic Sampler or Ableton Sampler. AudioMultiCut does not create instrument files such as .nki or .dspreset.
How much silence do I need between samples?
About a quarter of a second. The Samples preset starts a new clip after a pause of 0.25 seconds, and it keeps pauses of 0.1 seconds or less inside the same clip.
How many samples can one auto-cut pass create?
Up to 100. If a recording produces more cuts than that, it is probably not a sample chain, and the editor suggests Smart, Rehearsal Songs or Chunks instead. Split a very long chain into parts and run each one.
Is my audio uploaded?
No. Cutting, previewing and export run locally in your browser, so the recording stays on your computer.
Is it free?
Yes. The web tool is free, with no signup, no ads and no watermark.