mpc 2000xl users,do you always sample

Question for my mpc 2000xl heads,do you always sample,or do u sometimes make ur beats without sampling at all,post link to ur tracks without sampling if you can

the mpc sounds like a dead horse without any sample....

There is no rule to making music and there is no rule to using the MPC.
It all depends on what music you make..you may find the old skool style hip hop guys to be more sample based thats not to say they will limmit them selves to just that, jungle/drum and bass is still heavly reliant on sampling for that Ahmen break and so on.
Electronic music tednds to be a bit of a mixed bag, I have to say I dont sample other peoples work 90% of the time when I'm writing a house track but I will sample my self etc use creaive sampling techniques weather it be with my MPC, EXS in Logic or both.
But I like all types of music...but I stick to what I love and know best when it comes to making lol I wish I could bang out some Pete rock shit on my MP or some Photek type stuff but it just aint gonna happn.
Here is something all by me not using other peoples samples, MPC is also playing 2 synths that are out of the shot.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WrWDW-Du-s8
Stuff Used:
roland jx-3p > pad
roland alpha juno > bass
roland tr-707 > cymbals,high hats,rim
For the glassy synth I sampled various keys from a EMU Proteus2000 module.
The TB-303 sounds is from rebirth which is running as slave to the MPC master midi clock
All the hardware synths and machines are beeing played live over midi from the MPC.

i make the majority of my beats with no samples. the mpc is the best sequencer availible.

What!
hahaha of course man when using a sampler most people sample...

im strictly samples for the most part. sample free stuff to me has too much of a generic sound and feel to it, unless you have a lot of toys and plug-ins to make it sound official.

but in the end it boils down to what you like.

four eyes wrote:im strictly samples for the most part. sample free stuff to me has too much of a generic sound and feel to it, unless you have a lot of toys and plug-ins to make it sound official.

but in the end it boils down to what you like.

actually good original music is more usable than sample base stuff. for starters you dont have to deal with clearing the samples to use the music comercially. thats one of the main reasons i try to chop up my samples to the smallest workable parts. if it isnt recognizable you dont have to clear it. and it makes a big difference if the person making the music has some musical background. im sure there is alot of generic music sound out there but i try to get away from the typical comercial styles that are currently out.

ya i feel you. there's quite a few sample free producers i respect that are gifted enough musically that can make a melody beyond a repetitive 2 bar loop and know how to fatten up and add grit to their sound. make it sound dope.

but for the most part i cant tell one producer from another. cuz it just sounds the same to me.

it seems odd to me that a producer that samples from material that is not even his own can have his own signature sound but someone that doesnt use samples and makes "original" music sounds just like the next guy.

i think what seperate the generic sample free producer from the good ones is knowing how to play instruments...at least the piano. and knowing how to structure a song.