Anybody Else Not Sampling? **NO BEEF PLEASE**

Ill-Green wrote:When I got serious in production I started with no samples. I would plug my synth into my cd recorder and record myself playing random tunes or songs I learned from piano 101 in high school and freak them. I have like 40 cds of those sessions of free play of different sounds and melodies, and then sample and chop. Now I'm working at my guitar game and will make more cds of those sessions too and will make beats with them.

I love sampling vinyl though and it portrays Ill Green's character well which is why I go that route.

m56p87 wrote:

Lampdog wrote:sample one shots and program his own notes.

+1 all day

bicedidit wrote:i love to sample.

imo, there are elements of the original song that are captured in a sample and are very subtle, but that subtleness makes a world of difference.

playing music live is fun but im not very good at it. i mean, i took basic music theory classes and played the drums for a couple years in school so i understand the basic fundamentals, but i always tend to limit myself and get stuck... quickly.

best advise i could give is if u want to play the keys and not sample, take lessons and take it serious. good luck

grassroots wrote:In terms of over coming - 'feeling like your playing the same groove over and over' I once went to an MPC forum and the guy giving the forum (MU- from Fat Freddies Drop) said that often he would load a sample and play along with it. This helps get the feel of the pattern and the groove - then he would drop the the sample out - this is worth experimenting with! Peace

MPC-G wrote:

m56p87 wrote:

Lampdog wrote:sample one shots and program his own notes.

+1 all day

Was meaning to ask u lamp... what dah hell dis even mean?? lol

break it down for us shortbus folks

MPC-G wrote:Was meaning to ask u lamp... what dah hell dis even mean?? lol

break it down for us shortbus folks

Lampdog wrote:That too, plus on the flip hybrid side, Nym stated a while back he will sample one shots and program his own notes, his own breaks/drum patterns and riffs, I do that also.

Sm0keydaBear wrote:Most often I'm always trying to mess around with synthesis and the bi-products of it. The whole thing is, if you have an image in your head and you're trying to put it on a canvas, you're not going to be able to get the whole spectrum included unless you do all the programming and know what's going on in your own tracks. Otherwise, you will have a great deal of trouble trying to figure out why something sounds like what. The reason I shy away from sampling myself is because too many people do not see it as the artform that it really is. Sampling in it's own right is art, but most will just tell you that you're stealing.

Ill-Green wrote:When I got serious in production I started with no samples. I would plug my synth into my cd recorder and record myself playing random tunes or songs I learned from piano 101 in high school and freak them. I have like 40 cds of those sessions of free play of different sounds and melodies, and then sample and chop. Now I'm working at my guitar game and will make more cds of those sessions too and will make beats with them.

I love sampling vinyl though and it portrays Ill Green's character well which is why I go that route.

Lampdog wrote:

MPC-G wrote:Was meaning to ask u lamp... what dah hell dis even mean?? lol

break it down for us shortbus folks

The quote seems to be lacking the full post, lol.

Lampdog wrote:That too, plus on the flip hybrid side, Nym stated a while back he will sample one shots and program his own notes, his own breaks/drum patterns and riffs, I do that also.

Meaning don't sample a continuous horn riff (1 big sample), chop all the pieces up into several one shot sounds, then sequence those pieces. Also you can make a full chromatic program from the one shots if you want. You will have full control when using one shots, complexity of each note played is all on you.

MPC-G wrote:okay I get it ... basically make a drum kit out of a loop or a long sample