its a question for people that know bout samplin?

yea i wanted to know what do ya people look for when samplin'.is it a 4 bar loop or is it somthing else? i can't quiet get it.......lol.....get back... help us newbies .........

something HOT. it depends what you hear in the sample. some people chop into mad small pieces and play back different melodies, others sample a four bar loop and just keep looping. it depends on if its a drum sample or bass or vocal sample, .it just depends on what you hear. As far as a hard and fast rule is concerned, I don't think one applies here, experiment . . .

watch the double posting

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=43661

sparq i dont know what you saying...lol..but your video's helped me out thats it .....but what you saying to me is to expriment on shit......and you know how to count bpm all ready when samplin''?

godsonsince82 wrote:sparq i dont know what you saying...lol..but your video's helped me out thats it .....but what you saying to me is to expriment on ****......and you know how to count bpm all ready when samplin''?

?? nah what i was saying is you put this question here in the 1k section and you also put the same question in the 4k section. so i just said be mindful of the double postings.

There is no method to sampling it depends on what jumps out at YOU, be it a 4 bar loop or a 6 bar loop, a one word hit or a 10 word phrase, it could be a nasty snare or a ugly kik. sampling is like a bastard child no one knows who the father(style) is. with that being said get some old school records like the delphonics and in the beginning of most of there songs there is usually a good 2 - 8 bar loop, play wit it and see what you come up wit

I sample anything that hits my ear and makes me go, damn, I need to have that.

i know that now fellas ..thanx alot..but now when ya sample do ya know what tempo u should use..or do u find a tempo and how........do ya always start a 90..or u find the tempo

I don't concider myself to be an accomplished sampler but do whatever. If i'm looking for a loop to chop up, it usually comes out to either 2 or 4 bars. That's pretty standard. Anything over 4, i'll chop into to two programs because either the chops are too large or it ends up being on two sets of pads. Depends on the sample. But if i hear a cool one hit, i record it. Or if i like a single chop or two out of a sample, i'll save those independant of the loop as well. The worst thing you can do though is stick to a formula. You won't progress and it may not work for you in the first place. Mess around, see what works best, and build off of that.

godsonsince82 wrote:i know that now fellas ..thanx alot..but now when ya sample do ya know what tempo u should use..or do u find a tempo and how........do ya always start a 90..or u find the tempo

basic music skills is what you need to learn, trust me without that you will be lost! simple things like counting beats and timing, thats elementary school bizness, no diss but thats the only way make life easier for your self.

Think like a dj which is what dance music is about. Find a groove on the record which has a beginning and a ending. Usually two, four or up to 8 bars. This is the section that is going to drive the crowd crazy like djing on the floor. Now mainly to recognize this listen to the record as it plays most dance records or commerical records have a structure intro, verse, chorus, break, chorus, outro and etc. Whatever part you use you can restructure back into a similar structure so that a dj can play it out too.

Now once you find the phrase you were looking for you can chop it up into mini phrases or notes to your liking a play a new melodies with different sequences intro, verse and yada, yada. Whatever the rhythm you add can be close to the original of entirely new it is up to you.

Main thing is that you are in a sense djing two records your midi sequnence and the looped or chopped up melody you created. Like a dj the two records must beatmatch (same tempo), blend well (pitch), and time signature (groove, swing, and rhythm) to match up unless you chop it up finely and groove quantize it aka record to the same grid.

Check the orginal tempo of the record first ranging from 50 to 120 to decide what kind of dance tune you want to make

House 120 bpm-up

R&B 63bpm and up

Hip Hop 80bpm and up

and etc......

Just some rough guidelines nothing exact and retry remixing your favorite artists accepalla to get an idea of were you want to go.

Listen to records and break it down in your head but learn the gear first then it becomes easier cuz you will understand what the mofo did on the record.



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