I hope you are all keeping well and I wanted to post something to this community to one say, I am still alive and so is this community project. In fact one of the key problems that was stalling it for a bit here and there was a lack of having a decent place to host the audio, that has been resolved thanks to the existence of https://samply.app a brilliant solution from Geneva, Wisconsin. It's not free but it is very well priced and the storage capacity is enough for our needs right now. I couldn't find a reliable solution in the Web3 space, so decided that this would have to be a hybrid solution in the end.
You should be able to access the Hive Sound Library via this link where you will be presented with the UI for Samply, the HSL main directory, it's sub directories leading to various sorts of sounds. Many of which you may find empty at this point in time but they won't be for long.
https://samply.app/p/kmqiPnIR7qC0YDwOQAbj
So having found somewhere to store our sounds for the library, I started populating it with some audio, which is the aim of today's post to share what we have so far, to create an index and perhaps update this post over and over in the future or duplicate it every time the index is updated.
What's even better is that you can upload audio to the collection but for the time being that will be invite only. To ask for an invite, simply leave a comment below and we can talk about it there.
A guide to the library
This is subject to change here and there but I am unlikely to rename any of the directories now, I will add new ones and perhaps further sub-directories etc.
Drums
https://samply.app/p/d2qMO7WlTFhSUVM9DvTM Currently empty, so eager to get a little help from people such as @steevc @ale.dri (please tag other drummers guys). Drum recordings may be suited to loops, don't have to be because the idea of this project is to collaborate and create something on Hive.
I shall add some drum machine style loops of my own, I've got various recordings that can be shared here.
Field recordings
https://samply.app/p/1ClxkIAGcBaqkTALX0Jq
This folder has been broken down into a few folders but the most interesting one to date has to be the recording I captured of the Crofton Beam Engines in Wiltshire, I will be adding more of this sort of material as and when I have it.
Then there was the time we walked along The Ridgeway to Waylands Smithy and I recorded the simple sounds of the wind up on the hill and distant barking (deer).
Ambiences
https://samply.app/p/TmR4WT3obQzAVMBpLxCD
I recorded the sounds of a Synth designed for ambient music the other day and plan to record other similar instruments in the future. Can go very deep into this sort of thing and get lost but it is a great way to explore different synths.
AuV3 Guide
https://samply.app/p/dBl3wF6lwv8JNDFEqeg3 My exploration of different plugins for the iPad (later there will be other collections for VSTs etc). One such example was this piece I recorded using Axon 3, a melodic drum machine. Some of these recordings may include podcasts, where I talk through the use of these instrument plugins.
Finally to wrap up this launch post, there are folders for Podcasts, Sketches and Bass lines with more to follow over time.