Éclat Part 136

Avatar eclatcrew | March 25, 2025

This week's sample pack comes to us from a relief effort for Lebanon organised in my homeland of Aotearoa (New Zealand). This collection of 300 samples was put together as a fundraiser for the Beirut Synthesiser Center and Tunefork Studios.

While official timeframe for the fundraiser was over by the time I found this sample pack, I contacted the organiser who suggested we send a donation directly to Tunefork Studios so they can continue their work supporting Lebanese musicians in their community. So I sent a donation a couple of days ago, and in return Back 2 Back have very kindly let us use their sample pack for tonight's challenge.

Download the samples from WeTransfer here!

These samples are published under a CC BY 4.0 license and usable for commercial purposes with the only requirement being that this release is credited in some kind of way, with the hopes that others may find it. If you'd like to support directly, you can also purchase the sample pack from Bandcamp, and read about the motivation behind the creation of the pack further.

Today's challenge is to use only samples from this pack (plus your voice if you're a vocalist) to make a track of ± 2 minutes long. You can mangle, warp, and process the samples any way that you like.

Submit your track to this Google Drive by 20:30pm, and then rejoin the Zoom call at 21:00 for our listening session!

For tips on using samples in your productions, check out the tutorials below!

 

Chopping Samples in Ableton with Underbelly
Chopping Samples in Ableton with Underbelly
Chopping Samples with Ableton Simpler
Chopping Samples with Ableton Simpler
How To Create & Process A Kick Drum From Any Sound
How To Create & Process A Kick Drum From Any Sound
Novation // Start Making – House
Novation // Start Making – House
Creating a Kick Drum from Scratch (Logic Pro X)
Creating a Kick Drum from Scratch (Logic Pro X)
Advanced Sample Flipping with Andrew Huang
Advanced Sample Flipping with Andrew Huang
Creative ways of using Loops & Samples in your productions
Creative ways of using Loops & Samples in your productions
Logic: Chop and Reinvent Loops in the EXS 24
Logic: Chop and Reinvent Loops in the EXS 24
Ableton: Making Vocal Chops
Ableton: Making Vocal Chops
Ableton: Adjust Pitch in Simpler using Pitch Envelope
Ableton: Adjust Pitch in Simpler using Pitch Envelope
Drum Hacks from Maike Watson
Drum Hacks from Maike Watson
How to make a Vocal Chop track
How to make a Vocal Chop track
Ableton: Make your samples sustain in Sampler
Ableton: Make your samples sustain in Sampler
Bwana: Creative Ways of using Vocals
Bwana: Creative Ways of using Vocals
Novation // Start Making – Techno
Novation // Start Making – Techno
Bitwig: Creative Ways of Manipulating Audio
Bitwig: Creative Ways of Manipulating Audio
Ableton: Using Reslicing as a Creative Sampling Tool
Ableton: Using Reslicing as a Creative Sampling Tool
Bwana: Sampling from Youtube
Bwana: Sampling from Youtube
Logic: Sampling in Logic with “How to sample like Kanye West”
Logic: Sampling in Logic with “How to sample like Kanye West”
Ableton: 10 Tips To Help You Master Live’s Drum Rack
Ableton: 10 Tips To Help You Master Live’s Drum Rack

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Chopping Samples in Ableton with Underbelly
Chopping Samples with Ableton Simpler
How To Create & Process A Kick Drum From Any Sound
Novation // Start Making – House
Creating a Kick Drum from Scratch (Logic Pro X)
Advanced Sample Flipping with Andrew Huang
Creative ways of using Loops & Samples in your productions
Logic: Chop and Reinvent Loops in the EXS 24
Ableton: Making Vocal Chops
Ableton: Adjust Pitch in Simpler using Pitch Envelope
Drum Hacks from Maike Watson
How to make a Vocal Chop track
Ableton: Make your samples sustain in Sampler
Bwana: Creative Ways of using Vocals
Novation // Start Making – Techno
Bitwig: Creative Ways of Manipulating Audio
Ableton: Using Reslicing as a Creative Sampling Tool
Bwana: Sampling from Youtube
Logic: Sampling in Logic with “How to sample like Kanye West”
Ableton: 10 Tips To Help You Master Live’s Drum Rack
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