Output Co-Producer is the fastest way to find samples that fit. It's a plugin that listens, curates & lets you decide.
Powered by AI search and song analysis, it listens to your track and recommends the best possible samples based on harmonic and rhythmic content, as well as user-provided text prompts. Co-Producer plays back samples in the same key and tempo to streamline your creative process.
Output products are made by musicians for musicians, we believe that AI should power your workflow, but not make choices for you.
For you visual learners, here is a video walk through.
Key Features
Faster, Smarter Sample Discovery: Co-Producer listens to your track, recommends samples, and allows you to guide the results.
Drag and drop Samples: Access to the Output Library is as easy search, preview, drag and drop.
Unlimited Access: No credits required—get unlimited access to a premium sample library.
Optimized Workflow: Designed for seamless integration in any DAW with enhanced playback and slicing functionality when paired with Arcade.
Getting Started: Installation & Initialization
Log in and download the Installer from account.output.com.
Open and run the installer.
Open your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) of choice.
Load Co-Producer as a stereo audio effect on the Stereo Out track.
Log in using your Output account user name and password.
We strongly recommend placing Co-Producer on your master bus to take advantage of the advanced audio analysis features."
Using Co-Producer
You can search for samples in 3 ways
Audio only search
Text only search
Audio and text search
Audio only search
Choose the song key.
Click the orb that says 'CAPTURE YOUR AUDIO'
Choose how many bars of audio Co-Producer should capture.
4 bars: Use this option when you are looking for samples that fit within a smaller playback selection.
8 bars: Recommended when available, as your playback selection will have more harmonic and rhythmic content to pull from with an 8 bar capture.
Start playback in your DAW.
Wait for Co-Producer to capture the selected number of bars.
Make sure the playhead begins in the desired location you want
Co-Producer to analyze.
Press Enter/Return or click 'FIND SAMPLES' to search for complementary samples.
Text only search
For best results use descriptive details when looking for specific sounds.
Writer’s block? Try this structure: Descriptor + Genre + Vibe + Instrument
Press Enter/Return or click Find Samples to generate results.
Audio and text search
Follow the steps above, but combine both text and an audio capture to guide the results!
Results Page
The Results Page displays sample search results. Each sample row includes playback and context menu controls:
Preview Samples: Click the play button to preview a sample. This will play the sample in the selected 'SESSION KEY' and 'SESSION BPM' found on the bottom preview player.
More Info
More Info
Samples are tempo sync'd to your DAW BPM, unless 'ORIGINAL BPM' has been manually selected.
In normal operation, Co-Producer will use bar 1 of your session as the starting point for sample previews, then loop them indefinitely throughout your session.
If an audio capture is present, Co-Producer will use bar 1 of the audio capture as the starting point for sample previews.
If looping is active in your DAW, the loop start position becomes bar 1 for sample previews.
Sample rating: Selecting the thumbs-up or thumbs down option on each sample helps us improve Co-Producer’s results.
Context Menu: Click on the
for more options.Show Similar Samples: Generates a new set of results based on the selected sample’s characteristics. Click the X to return to your original search results.
Sample Data: This will display the Sample’s original key and tempo for reference.
Generate Sampler in Arcade: This will display a helpful modal of how you can further drag and drop samples into Arcade's Kit Generator.
Be sure to set the 'SESSION KEY' in Arcade once you generate a kit!
What happens to my analyzed audio?
Co-Producer does not use your audio to train AI generative models. Your audio is uploaded and analyzed in our cloud to provide Co-Producer to you. We may further analyze your audio to ensure search accuracy and to optimize recommendations and analysis in order to enhance product features.
If you prefer not to have your audio used for product improvements, you can opt out in your Output.com account. Opting out also deletes any stored audio files.