Where to find good Tin Whistles samples? I want to add a Celtic flavors to my song!

Category: Soundpatch analysis / Link to other useful websites
I surf the web for a long time and finally came to this page, called Raw Acoustic Waves (enter these keyword in Google). You have to submit your email first and finally get an access to the website, where you can find many useful ethnic / world music samples in gigasampler and kontakt format. So if you use another sampler, you have to convert it first using software like Chickensys Translator or Cdextract.

One of the samples is Tin Whistle in Bb. Although the samples were recorded on Bb, but you still can use it in other keys, however the samples may sound slightly out of tune caused by improper interpolation of the sampler you use. The cons likely give the samples more real instrument sounding for me.

I blend it with the solo violin samples from Synful Orchestra, playing the same notes and get an instant melodic Celtic music we usually hear.Other free sound samples that you will find on that sites are for example: Breton Bombarde, Peruvian Tarka Flute, Indian Whistle, Thai Mouth Organ, Indonesian Suling and many other.

How to add a pseudo stereo effect to your mono drum loops?

Category: Mixing/Sample Manipulation
For example, you have a mono loop ripped from your old vinyl recording and want to use it in your song, here are a way to make it sound more interesting. All you have to do is duplicate the mono drum loops track and pan them hard left and hard right. Now slide the second audio track a bit to the right and play them, voila now you hear them in stereo. Usually a 1/64 notes setting is enough to make the pseudo stereo effect. It means you slide your second audio tracks 1/64 note to the right (use grid mode in your sequencer to make it easier).