Creating a bell sample instrument from scratch Asking for record ideas

[Bcraig_music69]

 

Hi I just came across one old bell I found in closest 

and In wanted to try to create a good sample instrument with it and try to stay true to the original bell sound

 

here what I have to record I am using  one usb condenser mic to record at sample rate 192Hz 

How should I best record this?

 

 

 

[des99]

Really, you want to record in stereo to give some sense of space, but if you only have one mic, you'll have to do with mono samples. There is no reason to record at 192KHz, it sounds like you've just picked the highest number you can in the belief that bigger numbers are better - nope.

48KHz is fine, 96KHz if you really want to go to town, but if you're just recording something in an untreated room, with low end mics, and USB ones at that, then even 96KHz is pointless. Record at 24-bit depth.

Take a load of samples, try to do at least 3-6 hits at a range of strengths, from low, through medium, to high. And follow the usual mic placement best practices for recording, which goes without saying.

Then you can use Logic to create a Sampler instrument from the recordings - check the manual, there are a range of automated ways of building instruments, but it will depend on how exactly you recorded it - for best results, do some practice instruments and get used to the various auto mapping functions, which will best help you lay out your samples.

Edited December 7, 2022 by des99