Add one short sound with the DJ sampler
A sampler plays a short sound when you trigger its pad. In Hearhood's full computer DJ layout, eight visible pads have two banks, giving sixteen slots. You can use the app's drum sounds or a short audio file you have permission to use.
Begin with a quiet, simple mix
Open the DJ workspace on a computer and keep the listening level comfortable. Start with one familiar track rather than a busy transition. Locate the sampler below the console. The phone listening layout does not provide the full mixing console used here.
Before loading a new sound, check which bank and pad you are changing. A pad in bank A and the same position in bank B are different slots.
Choose one sound
Right-click or hold a pad to open its sound choices. Choose a drum from Hearhood or load your own short file. Start with something easy to identify, such as a clap, instead of a long vocal phrase.
Trigger it once, listen, then adjust the sampler's own Level. The sampler is routed past the crossfader, so moving the crossfader away from a deck is not a reliable way to silence a sampler sound.
Compare one-shot and looping
A one-shot plays the sound as a single event. A looping sound repeats until stopped. Know how to stop the pad before leaving a loop running. Sync schedules a start on the master deck's next beat; it does not prove that your sample contains a correctly trimmed number of musical beats.
A loop with silence at its start or a badly chosen length can still feel late or drift. Try the sound alone before blaming the deck's tempo.
Try one useful accent
Play your track, add the clap once at a section change, then listen to the same passage without it. Ask whether the new sound helps mark the change or distracts from it. You do not need to fill every gap.
For headphone checking, use the sampler's cue and a supported output setup. Headphone cueing explains why a cue button alone cannot create a second physical output.