Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 minutes ago
Sound Editing & Design For Visual Media Ep09: How to Sound Design for Robots
In this episode, I wanna show you some ways of turning sound design into a performance, using a sampler and the Sound Design FX chain I showed you earlier. We’ll also talk about ways of quickly exporting samples to use with ReaSamplOmatic5000, Reaper’s built-in Sampler, and how to assign parameters to knobs so you can essentially “perform” your sound design as you record sounds.
Every video comes with a blog post on my website featuring notes, free downloads, and extra study materials related to the topics covered. So check it out here: iddqdsound.com/post/sound-design-for-visual-media-tutorial-notes-ep-9
Check out this EQ Quiz I promised in Episode 06. It took a while to code this how I liked, and it all happened thanks to the awesome Jonah Livingston of Startup Struggle. (more info in the blog): iddqdsound.com/post/test-your-eq-chops-with-this-pretty-difficult-quiz
Download my custom actions: https://stash.reaper.fm/u/IDDQDArya
Donate to IDDQD Sound if you like the work I do: buymeacoffee.com/iddqdsound
Instagram: iddqdmusic (join me for Monday music quizess with prizes)
My music: Soundcloud.com/iddqdmusic
iddqdmusic.bandcamp.com
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Choosing base sounds
1:30 Basic DSP for designing tone
2:06 Side Rant about Presets
2:43 Assigning knobs to Controllers
03:19 Sound Design using Item-based Envelopes
04:01 Using sampler Plugins (RS5k)
05:10 Multisample Mapping in RS5k
07:23 Performing your Sound Design Instrument
09:27 Outro
Sound Editing & Design For Visual Media Ep09: How to Sound Design for Robots
In this episode, I wanna show you some ways of turning sound design into a performance, using a sampler and the Sound Design FX chain I showed you earlier. We’ll also talk about ways of quickly exporting samples to use with ReaSamplOmatic5000, Reaper’s built-in Sampler, and how to assign parameters to knobs so you can essentially “perform” your sound design as you record sounds.
Every video comes with a blog post on my website featuring notes, free downloads, and extra study materials related to the topics covered. So check it out here: iddqdsound.com/post/sound-design-for-visual-media-tutorial-notes-ep-9
Check out this EQ Quiz I promised in Episode 06. It took a while to code this how I liked, and it all happened thanks to the awesome Jonah Livingston of Startup Struggle. (more info in the blog): iddqdsound.com/post/test-your-eq-chops-with-this-pretty-difficult-quiz
Download my custom actions: https://stash.reaper.fm/u/IDDQDArya
Donate to IDDQD Sound if you like the work I do: buymeacoffee.com/iddqdsound
Instagram: iddqdmusic (join me for Monday music quizess with prizes)
My music: Soundcloud.com/iddqdmusic
iddqdmusic.bandcamp.com
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Choosing base sounds
1:30 Basic DSP for designing tone
2:06 Side Rant about Presets
2:43 Assigning knobs to Controllers
03:19 Sound Design using Item-based Envelopes
04:01 Using sampler Plugins (RS5k)
05:10 Multisample Mapping in RS5k
07:23 Performing your Sound Design Instrument
09:27 Outro
