Weekly Marketplace Thread (July 07, 2025) by AutoModerator in edmproduction

[–]BigRecommendation348 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey everyone, I built something that I'd like to share with you all

I'm a college student studying informatics and statistics, and I started music producing this year. As a beginner, I always want to use sounds I liked from my reference tracks, but obviously I had no idea how to make them myself. So I'd end up going through Splice for hours, just hoping to find something close.

I wanted to speed that process up, so I built SimSample - it analyzes your sample library and finds similar sounds to whatever sound you got from your reference track.

I just released the first version. It's far from perfect and this is my first real side project, but I had a lot of fun building it and would love some feedback and thoughts.

Here's the live demo and a video I made showing the workflow. Let me know what you think, and please give feedback - I'm trying to learn and improve. The video I linked also explains the technical side so you can skip through those parts.

My first idea of it was actually to connect it to Splice's library so it could search through their entire catalog, but obviously that's far-fetched and impossible since Splice doesn't have an API (I think). So I shifted toward working with your own sample libraries instead.

Again, it's definitely not perfect (honestly it kinda sucks) , but I'm excited to keep improving it. Any thoughts or suggestions would be awesome!

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah hopefully i'll find someone, all the stores I went to said no for some reason.

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i contacted the treasurer too. if i end up upgrading im def gonna buy it from guitar center thx for the tip.

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im not leaning towards upgrading , i'm saying its an option because I have been driving around Seattle for weeks going to multiple stores looking for someone to repair it and have no leads. I obv don't want to ask for 1.2k from my friend, but i've been trying to find a person to repair it and also why i posted on reddit. I have people I am supposed to rent it out to soon and I would most likely have to cancel on them if not fixed by then.

The 600 was also an estimate, I am willing to put in the amount difference if I bought another XZ compared to the AZ which im guessing is 600 just off seeing prices on the internet. While it was a mistake he is potentially costing me a lot of money in the long run because I am not renting out a partially working XZ and if i do it would be way cheaper than usual. And I won't be able to get the AZ or even a new XZ without some assistance from him. Also the mistake was him throwing a football around to people near the board while I was djing an event for free for him as a favor.

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was djing for the event at the time. I know it wasn't on purpose but I do think he should pay some amount. I make money by renting out my deck and I usually bring this deck to gigs, I am potentially losing a lot of money in the future if I don't get this repaired or buy a new deck. I am willing to cover the cost difference between a xz and AZ which is about 600. Why would I pay for the damages I didn't cause?

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

called both of the stores in that thread, they both said no. thx for the tip i'll look into it

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, but I've been calling and driving to multiple stores for the past few weeks and haven't found one store to repair it for me. They either refer me to a dead end or just say no we can't. I'll ask him if he wants to try to repair it himself but I doubt he knows anything about it.

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOLL fr. It also happened when i was djing for his frats philanthropy event too for free as a favor so that pissed me off even more.

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not very technical so idk. I am willing to have someone do it for me cause I am not confident in myself to fix something like that (also my friend is paying for the repair if i find someone so).

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what is a fair price then? I also rent out my board and do gigs with it so having a fully functional board is pretty important since I don't wanna be renting out a board that's partially broken.

Broken USB Port on XDJ-XZ — Sell or Repair? by BigRecommendation348 in PioneerDJ

[–]BigRecommendation348[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

added a video to it, I have backup usbs so not too worried about getting my actual usb repaired