{"id":16177,"date":"2021-05-05T13:45:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T17:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=16177"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:13:19","slug":"flipping-sounds-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/flipping-sounds-outer-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Flipping sounds from outer space in Ableton Live"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NASA recently converted the electromagnetic radiation of astral bodies and cosmic events to sound waves.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any music producer with an interest in the otherworldly would be curious to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"explore the possibilities of these public domain offerings in their own productions. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice-explores\/outer-space\" target=\"_blank\">explore the possibilities of these public domain offerings in their own productions.<\/a> While sampling is traditionally approached as directly placing a sound into a production as-is, another exciting prospect of sampling is the creation of virtual sample-based instruments. With these, new musical forms can be expressed from what might otherwise be nothing more than a grain of noise or a resonant blip. While approaching NASA\u2019s collection of interstellar audio, I thought to myself, \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be cool to play the sun?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video above, sounds from the NASA collection were re-pitched across the musical keyboard using the Ableton Live devices <strong>Sampler<\/strong> and <strong>Drum Rack<\/strong>. Shaping the sound\u2019s envelope (attack, decay, sustain, release) and exploring the use of re-pitching, reversing, filters, granular delays, and much more highlighted the strengths and musical potential of the source audio. From there, new melodies, chords, and rhythms could be programmed via MIDI, bringing new life to the source material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We often think of a sample as a fixed building block in a production, but a sample can be the beginning of an entire journey into new sounds. Instead of just taking a sound and using it at face value, we can engage with our environment in a creative exchange, sculpting the sounds around us into new forms and giving voice to animate and inanimate objects. While the universe is waiting to be sampled, there\u2019s a new universe of sound waiting to be unearthed within every sample.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Browse, preview, and license Splice samples directly inside Ableton Live with our new in-DAW integration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plans\/ableton-live\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore how you can take otherworldly sounds captured by NASA and incorporate them into your own productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":16178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1851,1850,1845,1846,1696,49],"tags":[1061,1254,918],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Flipping sounds from outer space in Ableton Live - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We walk through how you can take otherworldly sounds captured by NASA and incorporate them into your own productions using Ableton Live.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/flipping-sounds-outer-space\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flipping sounds from outer space in Ableton Live - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We walk through how you can take otherworldly sounds captured by NASA and incorporate them into your own productions using Ableton Live.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/flipping-sounds-outer-space\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-05T17:45:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-13T18:13:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Space_Sounds_BlogPost.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Erin Rioux\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erin Rioux\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/flipping-sounds-outer-space\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/flipping-sounds-outer-space\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Erin Rioux\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/53a8cf19fb1baa319e324895573fef0c\"},\"headline\":\"Flipping sounds from outer space in Ableton Live\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-05T17:45:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-13T18:13:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/flipping-sounds-outer-space\/\"},\"wordCount\":282,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/flipping-sounds-outer-space\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Space_Sounds_BlogPost.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"sample packs\",\"sounds\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ableton Live\",\"DAW\",\"Sampling\",\"Sound Design\",\"Tips &amp; 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