sample length

[godawful]

tried the search and couldn't find anything, so here it is:

i have started to create my own sample libraries. however, no matter how well i fade the damn things, i get tons of clicks in my audio. is there a certain length they should be to prevent that from happening? most of my samples are between one and two seconds to get more of the decay of the drum.

help

[Jack]

The sample length should really just depend on the sample itself. The clicking is likely something from how the sample is being recorded or created. You can send us a short example of the audio, so we can have our tech development team check it out back in the office this week. Email us at support@drumagog.com.

Can you tell us what program and what steps you are going through to make each sample?

[godawful]

sorry for the delayed response. i am using cubase 4 currently. depending on what i'm going for and drum, i'm using between 1 and 4 mics. there are definitely no audible clicks in the audio samples. (just for complete disclosure, i'm running either from chandler germanium and/or sytek pres into bla modded motu 24io with microclock 2). i export the individual hits to be used as samples, typically between 1.25 and 2 seconds in length. the gog files that have caused me the most problems are the ones with 30+ samples. and i have only really noticed this with kick and floor tom uses thus far.

once i noticed the clicks, i went back to the original samples and faded the tails, to be sure that wasn't causing it. i have the same results. i can probably export an example tonight sometime.

i made another kick gog file the other day with only like ten samples and heard no audible clicking.

[Matt W]

What samplerate/bit depth are you using for the originals? If you have a short .gog file that clicks can you attach/email it to us so we can take a look at what might be doing it?