Sampling music from youtube

jpeg wrote:most of the frequencies removed by mp3 compression are not audible I dont doubt that you can precieve the difference on certain pieces of music but the for the frequencies involved in club music (hip hop) the difference is neglible.

you can certainly get a good sound sampling off youtube cos its all 16 bit its not like the audio u hear on the web is 8 bit.

im willing to bet if someone got a track sampled off vinyl then remade the same track but sampled th esong off youtube most peeps would not know the difference, and any differences would be barely noticeable.

I think youre right. But I do think what is questionable is more the quality of the person uploading the videos. If the idiot on the other end doesn't take the time to properly rip the vinyl or has some poor equipment, you will get a bad sample.

Ive sampled stuff directly from my turntable and sounded more horrible than some mp3's ive downloaded......because of record condition, sloppyness, etc.

in the end, let your ears decide.

i've learned recently that Amplitube can make even the crappiest audio sound good, albeit different than what you'd originally expect.

youtube audio + fx will get you a long way as far as samples go
i'd probably stay away from grabbing lead drums though due to some high end freq compression and "watery" sounding hi hats, but who is really to say?

Nym wrote: but who is really to say?

that's what im thinking...people sample virtually anything...there no rule what should be sampled and what shouldnt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuxggT97rGk

these hi hats sound cool i have no problem sampling this and chopping it up and eq and filtering the drums no one would tell if the shit came from vinly or if i got a session drummer in.