The Essentials to Know About Serato Sample Software
- Fast and Creative Sampling: automatic sample recognition and immediate access to the best parts of a track for faster production.
- Studio-Quality Time-Stretching thanks to the Serato Pitch'nTime algorithm, designed to stay clean even with extreme settings.
- Serato DJ-Style Workflow: familiar Cue-Point management, ideal for both producers and DJs.
- Flexible Musical Play: keyboard or drum pad mode, mono or polyphonic playback depending on your style.
What Serato Sample Is For
Serato Sample is a sampling plugin designed to quickly transform any audio source into usable musical raw material within your DAW. It targets hip-hop, house, techno, pop, and urban music producers who want to chop loops, create harmonic variations, re-align grooves, and build instruments from a sample without breaking their inspiration. Thanks to its pitch detection and correction tools, you get tonally coherent samples ready to fit into the mix.
Main Features
A Time-Stretch Engine Built to Go Far
Time-stretching relies on Serato Pitch'nTime to maintain stable and natural playback, even when pushing pitch, tempo, or transpositions significantly. The result: you can experiment with radical changes without ending up with an artificial or degraded sound.
Automatic Recognition and Smart Chop Organization
Automatic sample recognition speeds up preparation: Serato Sample identifies relevant segments and lets you instantly switch from listening to performing. Pitch detection and correction make it easy to harmonically align your chops with your track.
Instrument-Like Performance and Control
Play your samples in keyboard mode for melodic lines, or in drum pad mode to trigger slices like a kit. You adjust the sound via Volume, Pitch, Attack, Release, and Filter settings, while choosing mono or polyphonic playback depending on the desired musical behavior.
Cue-Point Workflow Inspired by Serato DJ
If you come from DJing, you'll find a familiar workflow: Cue-Point management and dedicated settings to align, trigger, and structure your ideas with a logic close to Serato DJ, particularly effective for producing from full tracks.
Technical Specifications
License and Activation
- Downloadable product
- License validity: Unlimited
- Copy protection: Online activation
- Simultaneous activations: 2
- Internet connection required for installation and activation
System Requirements
- Windows: from 10 (64-bit)
- Mac OS (64-bit): from 11
- Minimum CPU: AMD Quad Core, Apple Silicon, Intel Core i5
- Minimum RAM: 8 GB
- Minimum hard drive space: 15 GB
Supported Formats
- AU 64-bit
- VST2 64-bit
- VST3 64-bit
Features
- Intuitive and powerful sampling tool for producers, DJs, musicians, and recording studios
- Studio-quality time-stretching with proven Serato Pitch'nTime algorithm
- Artifact-free processing even with extreme settings
- Pitch detection and correction
- Automatic sample recognition
- Keyboard or drum pad mode
- Mono or polyphonic playback
- Cue-point workflow identical to Serato DJ
- Adjustments for Cue-Point parameters, Volume, Pitch, Attack, Release, and Filter