Simple Sampling FAQ

reampcc wrote:I just thought there was an easier way to digg.

Lampdog wrote:Pitch down, tune down, time stretch, a small amount of reverb to extend the tail maybe, cmon.

reampcc wrote:Alright I've been making music for about 2 years now. And I love sampling. But my problem is I just pick whatever sample I come across. That can be a good thing or a bad thing.....So what Im trying to do is start from scratch. So my question is this (1)How do you know what to sample? (Meaning how do you know what sample/record/song to look for) I know it might sound like a simple question but if you don't know what your looking for then how do you know what to sample? I think once I know the answer it will make my sample digging alot easier. Any suggestions would be great thanks.

cyrus wrote:yo, im curious to everyone's phillosophy in regard to a situation wich has happened to me on more than one occasion whilest diggin/sampling - but it really urked me the other day:

the situation:
1.i find a nice ass sample.
2.i sample it, chop it, oblivious to whether or not someone else already sampled it.
3.find out its already been sampled, and, the way i flipped it is very similar to the way someone else already did it so even tho i flipped it, its too close for comfort.(no, it wasnt a loop).

i mean, what do you guys do when you find a sample someone already has taken (before or after you realize it)? i alredy sort of know my answer, but im just curious as to others approaches cause sometimes i feel like alot of the stuff i find has already been found , which i guess can be good cause i know im picking good stuff - but its also bad cause even if i chop the hell out of it i feel like im sort of biting (even tho i aint trying to) know what im saying?

do you skip the sample cause its been done?
do you flip it your own way seeing it as a challenge?
or does it depend on the sample/record and how choppable it is?
or do i go about my buisness and do me no matter what and if it happens to sound like so and so who cares?


I dunno, i mean sometimes i feel like you can be "choptastik" (chopping shit just to chop it cause its already been chopped and it aint doing the sample justice........)

I always take the approach "flip it my own way" but its always frustrating when you find that someone else has used the sample cause even if you flip it your own way, some people might think you are biting. maybe im just venting.

damn alchemist, finding every damn ill sample.

poundaproblem wrote:

cyrus wrote:yo, im curious to everyone's phillosophy in regard to a situation wich has happened to me on more than one occasion whilest diggin/sampling - but it really urked me the other day:

the situation:
1.i find a nice ass sample.
2.i sample it, chop it, oblivious to whether or not someone else already sampled it.
3.find out its already been sampled, and, the way i flipped it is very similar to the way someone else already did it so even tho i flipped it, its too close for comfort.(no, it wasnt a loop).

i mean, what do you guys do when you find a sample someone already has taken (before or after you realize it)? i alredy sort of know my answer, but im just curious as to others approaches cause sometimes i feel like alot of the stuff i find has already been found , which i guess can be good cause i know im picking good stuff - but its also bad cause even if i chop the hell out of it i feel like im sort of biting (even tho i aint trying to) know what im saying?

do you skip the sample cause its been done?
do you flip it your own way seeing it as a challenge?
or does it depend on the sample/record and how choppable it is?
or do i go about my buisness and do me no matter what and if it happens to sound like so and so who cares?


I dunno, i mean sometimes i feel like you can be "choptastik" (chopping **** just to chop it cause its already been chopped and it aint doing the sample justice........)

I always take the approach "flip it my own way" but its always frustrating when you find that someone else has used the sample cause even if you flip it your own way, some people might think you are biting. maybe im just venting.

damn alchemist, finding every damn ill sample.

Man I do me. I dont care if Alc flipped it 20 minutes before me . If I hear it, and I got an idea its on. If beat makers are so concerned with being original then sampling isnt a good choice to begin with.

BGBEATS wrote:All this talk of "be original" bash new artists etc etc but then the same people want to pretty much make 90's premo, pete roc dilla, rza beats

BGBEATS wrote:

reampcc wrote:Alright I've been making music for about 2 years now. And I love sampling. But my problem is I just pick whatever sample I come across. That can be a good thing or a bad thing.....So what Im trying to do is start from scratch. So my question is this (1)How do you know what to sample? (Meaning how do you know what sample/record/song to look for) I know it might sound like a simple question but if you don't know what your looking for then how do you know what to sample? I think once I know the answer it will make my sample digging alot easier. Any suggestions would be great thanks.

man in my city the main place to buy vinyl is a store called plan 9 that has a basement or vinyl dungeon

i look for artwork that looks interesting, as well as i look at the vinyl and kinda see if it looks like it has been played many times, like did the other owner enjoy it alot and play it alot, (must be a reason)

hard to narrow it down but that is some ways i go about it

reampcc wrote:Alright....I see what you guys are saying. I just thought there was an easier way to digg. Like I said I've been doing this for only 2 years so Im sorry. Im not fully educated on the art of sampling. I just sample whatever I hear or if someone uploads it. I just wondered what made producers go about finding or sampling a certain records. Mainly how do you know what records to sample....But it's all good. 'Preciate the responses. Peace.

BGBEATS wrote:

poundaproblem wrote:

cyrus wrote:yo, im curious to everyone's phillosophy in regard to a situation wich has happened to me on more than one occasion whilest diggin/sampling - but it really urked me the other day:

the situation:
1.i find a nice ass sample.
2.i sample it, chop it, oblivious to whether or not someone else already sampled it.
3.find out its already been sampled, and, the way i flipped it is very similar to the way someone else already did it so even tho i flipped it, its too close for comfort.(no, it wasnt a loop).

i mean, what do you guys do when you find a sample someone already has taken (before or after you realize it)? i alredy sort of know my answer, but im just curious as to others approaches cause sometimes i feel like alot of the stuff i find has already been found , which i guess can be good cause i know im picking good stuff - but its also bad cause even if i chop the hell out of it i feel like im sort of biting (even tho i aint trying to) know what im saying?

do you skip the sample cause its been done?
do you flip it your own way seeing it as a challenge?
or does it depend on the sample/record and how choppable it is?
or do i go about my buisness and do me no matter what and if it happens to sound like so and so who cares?


I dunno, i mean sometimes i feel like you can be "choptastik" (chopping **** just to chop it cause its already been chopped and it aint doing the sample justice........)

I always take the approach "flip it my own way" but its always frustrating when you find that someone else has used the sample cause even if you flip it your own way, some people might think you are biting. maybe im just venting.

damn alchemist, finding every damn ill sample.

Man I do me. I dont care if Alc flipped it 20 minutes before me . If I hear it, and I got an idea its on. If beat makers are so concerned with being original then sampling isnt a good choice to begin with.

i agree with poundaproblem

a sampling producer can't lay claim to a sampled record, it's like a deejay saying other deejays can't mix the same songs bullishhhhh


All this talk of "be original" bash new artists etc etc but then the same people want to pretty much make 90's premo, pete roc dilla, rza beats



last producer that i heard make something really "different" was timbaland in 96 with ginuwine's " pony"

when neptunes & nore dropped "superthug" that beat had me like wtf hit the deck

i'm not concerned about "original" i want def squad "el nino" beats in my deck

reampcc wrote:Alright I've been making music for about 2 years now. And I love sampling.

jjbing3 wrote:Just to make sure I got this right, samples are like reese's there is no wrong way to bite one?

Menco wrote:

jjbing3 wrote:Just to make sure I got this right, samples are like reese's there is no wrong way to bite one?

Exactly. As long as u bring terror and pain