Serato Sample Plug-in

1. Sync It

Perfectly sync samples to your project’s BPM and Key.

2. Stem & Chop

Unlock the acapella, melody, bassline and drum stems in real time, and use ‘Find Samples’ to find the best parts to sample.

3. Flip It

Adjust parameters and put your spin on it with Time Stretch, Key Shift, Reverse, or Keyboard Mode.

Stretch the Limits of Sampling

Create faster, sound better, and ignite your imagination through cutting-edge stem separation, a revolutionary workflow, and unrivaled audio quality.

Create in Seconds

Supercharge your productivity with a workflow that maximizes creativity.

• Detect and sync your sample’s BPM and key to your project
• Chop up, adjust, and isolate Stems to get the best samples in a click
• Trigger playback with MIDI hardware, keyboard, mouse, or piano roll

Sound Incredible

Showcase your sound through unmatched audio quality.

• Legendary Serato pitch shifting and time stretching technology
• Unrivaled stem separation audio quality
• Beatgrids to sync unquantized samples to your project

Stand Out

Evolve your signature style with unique sound-design tools.

• Unlock extraordinary new sounds with isolated Stems combinations
• Key shift, time stretch, and adjust individual playback parameters
• Pitch and play your samples like an instrument with Keyboard Mode

Unlock Your Sound

Discover infinite creative possibilities with Serato Stems.

• Separate your sample’s audio stems with incredible sound quality
• Access acapella, drums, melodies and basslines in real-time
• Chop and flip stems to create a sound that’s uniquely yours

Additional features

Stem Separation

Unlock the acapella, melody, bassline and drum stems from a track in real-time and revolutionize your sampling possibilities.

Cue Points

Easily set, adjust, and trigger up to 32 different Cue Points throughout your sample with the touch of a Pad.

Key Shifting

Change the pitch of your entire sample without affecting its tempo. Shift in semitones with Key, or micro-tonally using Detune.

BPM Sync

Change the tempo of your sample or automatically sync it to your project’s BPM. Enable whether to link the tempo and pitch, or adjust independently.

Sample Analysis

Get your sample’s track information at a glance — including key, BPM, and duration.

Time Stretching

Stretch or contract the playback speed of individual pads, while preserving the original pitch and audio quality.

Per Pad Parameters

Adjust individual pad’s pitch, speed, and audio parameters — including level, filter, attack, release, and reverse.

Find Samples

Analyze the waveform to load up your Pads with all the best places to set Cue Points.

Set Random

Roll the dice and chop your sample up randomly for sudden inspiration.

Set Slicer

Chop your sample up at recurring beat or bar intervals to get the perfect one shots quickly.

Coloured Waveforms

See the frequencies of all audio across the full-colour spectrum for faster sample chopping. Low reds to high blue frequencies.

Keyboard Mode

Play any sample like an instrument by pitching it over the notes of a keyboard.

Beat Grids

Quantize even the most warped sample by placing the first beat of every bar.

Hold / Trigger Playback

Determine whether a sample’s playback is continuous, or only as long you hold down a pad.

Mono / Poly Voicing

Select the voice mode for whether only one or multiple pads can play simultaneously

Per Pad Output Routing

Send individual pads to different channels for distinct FX, EQ and mixing treatments.

Serato DJ Cue Points

Load the Cue Points from Serato DJ into your sample.

Velocity Mode

Trigger your samples with your MIDI hardware, with touch-sensitive velocity.

Pad Quantize

When active, set your Cue Points to lock perfectly on the beat.

Pad Naming

Favourite and name your pads for quick reference.

Key Shift Pad

Pitch a sample chop across the octaves, assigning semitones to your pads.