Whats Your Sampling Method?

I don't know if this is a thread or not already but when I did a search I couldn't find much. I was just interested in knowing what people's sampling methods were, not for drums but for melodic parts, voices, etc. I heard that a lot of people take 4 bar loops and chop them equally, and that's basically my method but it doesn't always work the way I want it to. Any suggestions or comments?

Thanks

Check this thread out man:

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=156238&hilit=Sampling

mastasteez wrote:Check this thread out man:

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=156238&hilit=Sampling

Thanks man! That has some good stuff, but I meant like how do people's sampling styles vary from person to person?

I take any parts from a record/song that i like. I listen for something that i think would sound good as a "pad" on the MPC... listen to the rhythm/time signature and find good start points.

I don't have a rule or certain technique, i just listen and pick the parts i like from a song.

First thing I do is work-out until my arms and shoulders get tired and then I take a walk practicing my breathing, inhaling in and out with force. Then I drink water and energize my ki until the sidewalks begin to crack and I roar like a lion at the top of my lungs. After police escort me to my house, I go into my little studio and listen to as many records I can to absorb the soul and inspiration while my sampler is in REC READY mode. Whatever catches my ear and sounds like me, I sample it.

Ill-Green wrote: drink water and energize my ki until the sidewalks begin to crack and I roar like a lion at the top of my lungs. After police escort me to my house

Ill on some next level shit at the moment .

Ibrown1592 wrote:I heard that a lot of people take 4 bar loops and chop them equally, and that's basically my method but it doesn't always work

That autochop feature shouldn't be your 'go to' method, but it has it uses. Chop the sections that you want whether that be loops, one-shots or other random parts/noises. Try different things because if you do the same thing all the time your shit will get predictable and stale faster than a horsemeat sandwich from macdonalds ever will.

So you just wanna sample one shot samples, vocal phrases etc, you gota know the starting point of the sample and where to drop this in your track for it to fit, if your a long time music lover then understanding the structure of songs beats and bars should just come naturally, also got to know n adjust the tempo of the sample for it to fit, DJ'ings a pretty good way to figuring out all of this.

put the needle on the record

I actually have a set of secondary outs from my mixer running into my mv 8000... I know its not a mpc.. But its faster than any of the mpcs I have at sampling and chopping.... So no matter what I'm doing in my studio, watching a movie or youtubing, I can snatch a sample. I then resample into the appropriate sampler... 60/ 3000/ 4000/ 950/ EPS/1000..... Depending on what I'm feeling. To me samplers are like MIC pres. each has its sound and use.

Always Be Ready

If I like a sound, I try to turn it into music, even if it's not originally a "musical" sound. There's so much you can do with sounds, so the sky is the limit. I might run some sounds through tape, I might use my hand held dictaphone, I might run some sounds through a guitar amp. It's all about creativity when it comes to sampling, I think.

My sampling method:

First I have a scan through the records I just copped at the charity shop. Then I focus on the illest joint and chop it up crazy. Get chops of all shapes and sizes spread over my pads. Then I'll jam for a few hours til I get something dope. Then I realise it sounds shit and turn my gear off and go and play Xbox.

Sounds funny right. True story

mastasteez wrote:My sampling method:

First I have a scan through the records I just copped at the charity shop. Then I focus on the illest joint and chop it up crazy. Get chops of all shapes and sizes spread over my pads. Then I'll jam for a few hours til I get something dope. Then I realise it sounds **** and turn my gear off and go and play Xbox.

Sounds funny right. True story

I have the same "problem". If I recorded all of my jam sessions I would've had a lot of beats..

Youtube.

I usually take the sound ive found and find a tempo (tapping) then loop the first section, no matter how many bars, and chop it or keep the loop depending on how well it works.

Once i got the chops or loop in the right order ill eq, filter or add fx till im happy and add some drums if it needs further movement and the source can provide that evoluttion ill repeat my initial actions with the first section on the following part(s) of the source and carry the drums over to a new sequence with a new sample pattern from the new section of the source or alternatively just manipulate/alternate the first section i used

Its important to have a formula of sorts but dont be tied down to just chopping 4 bars into 4s or 8s and try not to be a snob with your sources...vinyl isnt the only answer like a few other people said having your ear constantly open to sources will allow for constant inspiration from unexpected places