LOOPAZON — SAMPLE-CHOPPING WORKED EXAMPLE

Tutorial:
https://www.loopazon.com/blog/sampling-like-a-pro-beginner-guide

This exercise starts with three original Loopazon Starter 120 sounds.
They were programmed with synthesis and noise; they are not recordings of
a commercial song, sampled live performances, or AI-generated music.

SOURCE FILES

Warm chords:
https://www.loopazon.com/downloads/sample-packs/loopazon-starter-120/loops/07-warm-chords-120bpm-am.wav

Round bass:
https://www.loopazon.com/downloads/sample-packs/loopazon-starter-120/loops/05-round-bass-120bpm-am.wav

Pocket drums:
https://www.loopazon.com/downloads/sample-packs/loopazon-starter-120/loops/01-pocket-drums-120bpm.wav

All three source files are exactly eight seconds long: four bars in 4/4
at 120 BPM. Source format is stereo, 48 kHz, 24-bit PCM WAV.
Use these unmodified source WAVs to follow the editing exercise.

THE EDIT

The original chord order is:
  Source bar 1: Am9
  Source bar 2: Fmaj7
  Source bar 3: Dm9
  Source bar 4: Em7

The corresponding bass roots are A, F, D, E.

At this tempo, one bar lasts two  seconds. The planned cut boundaries are
2, 4, and 6 seconds within the source loop. Reorder the four pieces as
1, 3, 2, 4. Apply the same order to both the chord and bass parts:

  Chords: Am9, Dm9, Fmaj7, Em7
  Bass roots: A, D, F, E

Keep the full eight-second drum loop unchanged. Line up all three tracks
at the beginning. This exercise changes the order of the audio, without
requiring a pitch shift or time stretch.

The Loopazon audio timeline does not automatically snap cuts to bars.
The times above are the musical plan; use the ruler, zoom, and listening
to place and check the edits. Browser pointer placement can introduce
small timing differences around the planned boundaries.

EXAMPLE AUDIO

original-loop.wav / original-loop.mp3
  Chords alone, in the original bar order.

chopped-chords.wav / chopped-chords.mp3
  The same chord sound and track level, with the middle bars swapped.

finished-beat.wav / finished-beat.mp3
  Reordered chords and matching reordered bass, with continuous drums.

The WAV examples are actual Loopazon browser-editor exports. The musical
phrase is eight  seconds; an exported file can include a short editor tail.
These previews should not be substituted for the exact-length source WAVs
when following the exercise or building seamless repetitions.

Track levels for this example:
  Chords: 60% (0.60)
  Bass:   50% (0.50)
  Drums:  70% (0.70)

The chord-only comparisons both use the 60% chord level. These are starting
settings for the supplied sounds, not universal mixing recommendations.
MP3 files are listening previews; use WAV files for editing.

SOURCE PERMISSION

The existing Starter 120 pack-specific sound-use permission applies:
https://www.loopazon.com/downloads/sample-packs/loopazon-starter-120/LICENSE.txt

It permits non-exclusive use in personal and commercial finished projects,
without royalties or required credit. It does not allow redistribution or
resale of the standalone sample pack or sound library. This tutorial does
not replace that permission or extend it to unrelated catalogue sounds.

Full original pack:
https://www.loopazon.com/downloads/sample-packs/loopazon-starter-120/loopazon-starter-120.zip

MEASURED EXPORTS
The original-order and full-beat WAVs last about 8.07998 seconds; the chopped
chord preview lasts about 8.07975 seconds. Each has an eight-second musical
phrase plus the editor's short export tail. All are 44.1 kHz stereo 16-bit PCM.
These are listening examples, not seamless loop masters. For your own edits,
use the original Starter 120 source WAVs linked above.

The cuts and joins were placed with the actual mouse-driven timeline tools.
They are approximate bar boundaries, not sample-accurate offline edits.
All three WAV examples came from the editor's Download Mix control.
MP3 copies are encoded listening versions of those WAV exports.