The real way to sample...

put your studio in your kitchen and pre-listen to records you intend to sample while you cook
play the WHOLE SONG

the long and short of it: only sample on second complete listen/after you've already played the record once if you're in the comfort of your own home and listening to records

* also, stop sampling only soul records.

al p wrote:sample any record with people rocking afros and riding sea creatures on it

That's Zactly my formula except I didn't know how to put it into words.

Nym wrote:* also, stop sampling only soul records.

Honestly can't see that happenin...

vakseen wrote:i like how u broke that down cy. i almost feel like u gave too much away tho. haha i use a real similar method. one thing i do tho is have sampling sessions where i take about 5-6 LP's (or less if theres a bunch of heat) and then do what u said with the listen through. i'll record AND document samples into the pc to be edited later. sometimes u find some heat that needs attention right away but i can usually hold out cause then i'll have like 3 hot samples to work with and i can go with my mood at the time. def record as hot as possible. and #1 tip...NEVER settle! be patient for that banger. dont just accept an ok sample. go get the bigger fish

I dont know about your #1 tip . Sometimes you do have to take a sample that is just okay , then grab other parts from the same record or another record to MAKE that banger .

Heres is my 2 cents....

Another tip is familiarize yourself with certain artists and labels. So that way you could kind of focus on the type of music you feel. And when sampling comes into play try using different pitches it kind of gives it a different vibe or flava.
Also EQ it so that everything is fine tuned. I even sample stuff in reverse to get a totally different feel. Just play around with it and manipulate the sounds you are gonna use. Its that simple.

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I never record straight to MPC. I record to my software then eq. Then I transfer to MPC via USB. I sampled some crazy Kris Kristofferson shit the other day. By no means should you limit yourself to one genre for sampling.

vakseen wrote:snack breaks? NEVER!!! thats afterwards

Maybe not snack breaks, but most definitely beer breaks! I know if something still sounds good when I'm sober after working on it while being drunk I'm onto something good!
Sometimes I'll drink and be like "YYYYYYEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH MUHFUCCCKKAS!!!!" all wasted and come back and it's just that, a wasted, garbage beat. Into the trash it goes...others still sound like "AAAWWWWW YYYYEEEAAHHH!!" so the work on it continues lol

damn i'm tired. What was this thread about? Oh yeah...how to sample...the only advice I can give is there's nothing wrong with jotting notes of what you think you can use in the future. I've got notepads and napkins all over the place.

Lampdog wrote:I have a small FM radio rcvr line out into PC line in so I can record and listen to the Orchestra station while I clean my house (I use SF to record). I'll always hear something I like within 5 minutes or less but it's cool cause everything is being recorded in full nice rich stereo.

That's one of my methods.

I do the same sometimes with the regular radio and later on I chop out drums and one hits that sound cool to me (again of course using Auto Region in SF, then using a batch converter to give them a bit of simulated analog tape saturation if needed).

That's another one of my methods. I have and I'm sure we all have many though, can't give away everything now can I.

that is very different and kool bro i respect it lamp

Nym wrote:* also, stop sampling only soul records.

yeah, seriously.

Listen to the whole record and use your mind to recreate it based on the structure of the arrangement.

Lampdog wrote:I can record and listen to the Orchestra station while I clean my house

Thats the secret right there...

dubmunkey wrote:snack breaks? NEVER!!! Laughing thats afterwards

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yeah sometimes i forget i smoke when composing- just get totally involved..then im like oh yeah i need a fag, have one toke and it always ends up burning down to the stub.....

greg

I never forget to smoke.......Blunts, not fags.lol

gettin blunted in the kitchen
rice cooker bubblin away, brown rice, lentils and barley
going through my last month's worth of sampling, seeing what i want to hit with the dope stick

Nah, man.. drugs are bad.

Lampdog wrote:I have a small FM radio rcvr line out into PC line in so I can record and listen to the Orchestra station while I clean my house (I use SF to record). I'll always hear something I like within 5 minutes or less but it's cool cause everything is being recorded in full nice rich stereo.

That's one of my methods.

I do the same sometimes with the regular radio and later on I chop out drums and one hits that sound cool to me (again of course using Auto Region in SF, then using a batch converter to give them a bit of simulated analog tape saturation if needed).

That's another one of my methods. I have and I'm sure we all have many though, can't give away everything now can I.

Thats cool.

As long as you have good levels, no rules are necessary. I do EQ everything before sampling though. If its lower (Bass) sounding sounds, I roll off the high end, etc., etc.