The real way to sample...

What do yall think about samplin from VCR? I havent hooked it up but I'm thinkin about samplin some old vcr tapes?

go for it- if you've got some good material why not?

jbraudio wrote:go for it- if you've got some good material why not?

thnx. now i have to figure out how to hook it up to the computer!

you could just get a rca to 1/4" cable and sample into your mpc
that's how I sample movies

Sample. Everything.

I'm only really getting back into sampling after years spent in front of a monitor, tweaking automation curves and softsynth knobs. The MPC500 has really made music tactile again, and I'm getting a massive kick out of picking up some vinyl, throwing it on the deck, and then listening to what comes out.

There's no two ways about it; hook up some audio to your sampler, hit record, and go! Needs nothing more. I don't do any pre-eq'ing or anything on my Mac, as the whole point of sampling, for me, is that it's a practical art that means getting hands on & dirty.

good advice in here...

i just listen to the whole joint and if something pops out i go back and get it. if not, i keep on going. i'm too thorough to be skippin around records looking at parts everybody else looks at.

itslikezacanduh wrote:good advice in here...

i just listen to the whole joint and if something pops out i go back and get it. if not, i keep on going. i'm too thorough to be skippin around records looking at parts everybody else looks at.

+1 to that. You have to listen to the whole record, from start to finish. You might hear two breaks that work REALLY well together, that you might miss if you just skip around.

true ^^^ plus, listening to it all from start to finish will give you more experience and insight on how songs work. You can take mental notes (or real ones if you like) of what kind of change ups you like, and which you don't- all of which will help you when you're constructing your own songs.

I prefer sampling from classical records then from soul ones. I just like the sound of a small army playing different instruments together and then being able to orchestrate it to my own taste.

Also, I am kind of bored and tired with the whole playing old soul and rnb 33's at 45... that chipmunk thing is kind of weak in my opinion.

I do got to give wu-tang props for instead of sampling issac hayes... they got his ass in the studio! That was kind of nice on the W. (I just had that pop into memory since we were talking about soul records)