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New patterns from old loops

Slice a loop across 16 keys, drop the slices into the piano roll and rearrange them into a new groove.

Melodies from any sound

Play a vocal, a sound effect or a single note across the keyboard in Classic mode, with loop and envelope controls.

Your sounds, kept with the project

The sample is saved with your project, so it's there when you reopen it and when you export.

Beatmakers and hip-hop producers

Chops loops and vocal phrases across the keys, the way a hardware sampler does, right on the AI Studio timeline.

Sound designers and electronic producers

Turns one recorded note, ambient audio you captured or a sound effect into a playable instrument with its own filter, LFO and envelope.

Content creators and YouTubers

Makes a channel's signature sound, such as an intro hit or a sound effect, playable as a short jingle.

Music teachers and students

Shows how sampling links pitch and speed: keys below the root play a sound slower and lower, keys above play it faster and higher.

A reworked drum loop

Trim the region to one bar, choose SLICE, press Drop to Piano Roll, then move the slice notes around to build a new groove.

Vocal chops

Slice a sung phrase you have the rights to into 16 pieces and play a new hook from the syllables on your keyboard.

A melody from one note

Load a single sustained note, set ROOT to its pitch and turn on LOOP so long notes keep sounding while you play a melody.

A sound effect as a jingle

Download a result from AI Sound Effects Generator, load it into Sampler One and play it at different pitches for an intro sting. AI Sound Effects Generator uses tokens.

A stem you can play

Separate a song you have the rights to with Stem Separator, download the stem you want, and play its phrases from the keys in SLICE mode. Stem Separator uses tokens.

An ambient bed

Load rain, traffic or room tone, turn on LOOP with a long FADE, and move the filter with the LFO for a slowly changing layer.

A slowed, heavier sound

In Classic mode, play a sample several keys below its ROOT to slow it down and drop its pitch together.

A one-shot on a pad

Load a single hit in 1-SHOT mode and finger-drum it from your computer keyboard, adding a track for each extra sound.

What's inside

Sampler One's modes and controls.

• Three modes

  CLASSIC plays the sample pitched across the keys with an envelope and loop, 1-SHOT plays the whole region, and SLICE gives 16 slices from the root key up.

• Waveform editing

  Drag the start and length handles on the waveform, set LOOP and FADE, and switch on SNAP to snap the handles to zero crossings.

• Filter, LFO and envelope

  Low-pass, high-pass, band-pass or notch filter at 12 or 24 dB, an LFO on filter or pitch, and ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN and RELEASE.

• Voices, root and gain

  Up to 16 voices, a ROOT note to set where the original pitch sits, and GAIN for the sample level.

Play and arrange

Ways to use the sample.

• Keyboard and MIDI

  Your computer keyboard, or a MIDI keyboard or pad controller in browsers that support Web MIDI.

• Fullscreen audition keyboard

  Fullscreen mode adds a two-octave keyboard around the root note.

• Drop to Piano Roll

  Writes the region, or all 16 slices in order, as notes at the playhead so you can rearrange them.

Where the AI comes in

Sampler One isn't AI: it plays the audio you give it. The AI comes before it, and those tools use tokens.

• Sample AI results

  Make a sound effect with AI Sound Effects Generator or split a song with Stem Separator, download the result and load it into Sampler One.

Any sound becomes an instrument

A vocal phrase, a drum loop, a field recording or a sound effect plays across the keyboard in Classic mode, pitched by the key you press.

Chop loops in one step

Slice mode splits the region into 16 equal slices, each on its own key, and Drop to Piano Roll writes them in order as a MIDI clip you can rearrange.

Shape it like a synth

A low-pass, high-pass, band-pass or notch filter, an LFO on filter or pitch, and an ADSR envelope sit under every sample.

Free on every plan

Sampler One uses no tokens on any plan, including Free. Your plan sets how many tracks a project holds and your export formats.

Files from your computer

Load samples by dragging a file from your computer or clicking to browse. To sample a Soundverse result, download it first.

Equal slices

Slice mode cuts the region into 16 equal parts; it doesn't detect the hits, so trim the region to whole bars first.

One sample per track

Each Sampler One track holds one sample of up to 100 MB. Add another track for another sample.

Pitch follows speed

In Classic mode, keys far from the root play the sample faster or slower; slices keep their original pitch.

Is Sampler One a free online sampler?

Yes. Sampler One is free to use on every Soundverse plan, including Free, and it uses no tokens. It runs in AI Studio, where the Free plan includes 3 projects with up to 3 tracks each and MP3 export, and each Sampler One takes a track. Creator raises the limits to 8 projects and 8 tracks and adds WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG and stems.

How good does Sampler One sound?

Sampler One plays your audio file directly, so the quality starts with the sound you load. In Classic mode it changes pitch by changing playback speed, the way classic samplers do, so keys far from the root note play the sample faster or slower; slices always play at their original pitch. Soundverse renders your export through the same Sampler One engine, using the sample saved with your project.

Can I use music I make with Sampler One commercially?

It depends on your Soundverse plan and on the audio you sample. On the Free plan, what you make is for personal use, and paid plans include a commercial license; the Pricing page lists what each plan covers. You need the rights to every sound you load into Sampler One, so clear samples from other people's records before you release.

What can't Sampler One do?

Sampler One holds one sample per track, and Slice mode cuts the region into 16 equal slices rather than finding the hits for you, so trim the region to the bars you want first. It loads audio files from your computer, up to 100 MB each, so download a Soundverse result before sampling it. It runs only inside Soundverse AI Studio.

What is Sampler One?

Sampler One is Soundverse's sampler: an instrument in AI Studio that plays an audio file you load, chromatically across the keys, as a one-shot or in 16 slices. It shows the sample as a waveform with start, length, loop and fade controls, adds a filter, an LFO and an envelope, and plays from your computer keyboard, the piano roll or, in browsers that support Web MIDI, a MIDI keyboard.

How do I chop a sample into slices?

Load your audio into Sampler One in Soundverse AI Studio and choose SLICE. Drag the start and length handles so the region covers the bars you want, and Sampler One divides it into 16 equal slices on consecutive keys from the ROOT note up. Press Drop to Piano Roll to write the slices as notes at the playhead, then move or repeat them to make a new pattern.

Can I sample sounds I made with Soundverse AI tools?

Yes. Download a result from your Soundverse Library, such as a sound effect from AI Sound Effects Generator or a vocal stem from Stem Separator, then drop the file into Sampler One. Those AI tools use tokens; Sampler One itself is free. On the Free plan, what you make is for personal use, and paid plans include a commercial license.

Can I play Sampler One with a MIDI keyboard?

Yes, in browsers that support Web MIDI. Connect a keyboard or pad controller and open Sampler One in Soundverse AI Studio: in Classic mode each key plays the sample at a new pitch, and in Slice mode each key from the root note up plays the next slice. Your computer keyboard works too, and fullscreen mode adds a two-octave audition keyboard around the root note.