so which part am i meant to sample?

That part there.

No, wait. You missed it.


Next time it comes round catch it.

sample the entire record...then you don't need to do anything to make music

DirtyBird wrote:sample the entire record...then you don't need to do anything to make music

EarlGreenMusic wrote:hey. i've been sampling alot recently though it was my first time ; ) i spent 4 hours going through alot of latin cd's i had lieing around n managed to get a few snares n toms off there. i was just wondering what parts of the track do people sample? ive heard some sequances on you tube that sounded amazing. how do u know how much of a track you want to sample? surely i should try and get more than snares and toms from a sample song. any help would be much appreciated.

For someone that is new to sampling, I thought dude asked a perfectly valid question.

Im sure many of you will argue that sampling is an art, and like any other contemporary artform if you want to excel you will consult the methods employed by those already familiar with the process.

Being told what to do and how to do it is a learning experience common to us all and is often far more productive than being told to 'get on with it' or heaven forbid, being ridiculed by your peers.

Props to all who gave dude an answer.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=36qKkQhFtbM

MPC4000 - How to chop samples

clint246clint wrote:

EarlGreenMusic wrote:hey. i've been sampling alot recently though it was my first time ; ) i spent 4 hours going through alot of latin cd's i had lieing around n managed to get a few snares n toms off there. i was just wondering what parts of the track do people sample? ive heard some sequances on you tube that sounded amazing. how do u know how much of a track you want to sample? surely i should try and get more than snares and toms from a sample song. any help would be much appreciated.

For someone that is new to sampling, I thought dude asked a perfectly valid question.

Im sure many of you will argue that sampling is an art, and like any other contemporary artform if you want to excel you will consult the methods employed by those already familiar with the process.

Being told what to do and how to do it is a learning experience common to us all and is often far more productive than being told to 'get on with it' or heaven forbid, being ridiculed by your peers.

Props to all who gave dude an answer.

The point is, that there is no valid answer to "how much do you sample?" It's however much you want to. It's like asking, "how long should I take a piss for?" However long you need to muthafucca.

There are no rules or guidleines on what or how long to sample. If you understand the process, you should be able to automatically grasp that you sample whatever works for you.

The sh!t should be a rhetorical question cause there is no definitive answer.

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clint246clint wrote:

EarlGreenMusic wrote:hey. i've been sampling alot recently though it was my first time ; ) i spent 4 hours going through alot of latin cd's i had lieing around n managed to get a few snares n toms off there. i was just wondering what parts of the track do people sample? ive heard some sequances on you tube that sounded amazing. how do u know how much of a track you want to sample? surely i should try and get more than snares and toms from a sample song. any help would be much appreciated.

For someone that is new to sampling, I thought dude asked a perfectly valid question.

Im sure many of you will argue that sampling is an art, and like any other contemporary artform if you want to excel you will consult the methods employed by those already familiar with the process.

Being told what to do and how to do it is a learning experience common to us all and is often far more productive than being told to 'get on with it' or heaven forbid, being ridiculed by your peers.

Props to all who gave dude an answer.

The point is, that there is no valid answer to "how much do you sample?" It's however much you want to. It's like asking, "how long should I take a piss for?" However long you need to muthafucca.

There are no rules or guidleines on what or how long to sample. If you understand the process, you should be able to automatically grasp that you sample whatever works for you.

The sh!t should be a rhetorical question cause there is no definitive answer.

word...I grew up playing guitar and drums...never knew a damn thing about sampling and I don't know anyone close to me with a sampler...but I wasn't about to ask yall what to sample or how long...figure it out yourself...your music will benefit from having to figure it out for yourself

So none of yall ever read a book or article concerned with sampling? Maybe you didn't have to ask questions, but still absorbed the information as it was written.

It's just like saying there is no need for such books or articles or youtube clips, because people should know all this stuff or find out for themselves.

Dude simply asked for advice, and he's not the first person around here to do so.

Maybe you could direct him to check the work of particular producers, including those that many of you seem to idolise.

Sure dude will eventually gain the knowledge and experience to figure it out himself, but a little DIRECTION is not a lot to ask.

sample that main sample from nas is like...

clint246clint wrote:So none of yall ever read a book or article concerned with sampling? Maybe you didn't have to ask questions, but still absorbed the information as it was written.

It's just like saying there is no need for such books or articles or youtube clips, because people should know all this stuff or find out for themselves.

Dude simply asked for advice, and he's not the first person around here to do so.

Maybe you could direct him to check the work of particular producers, including those that many of you seem to idolise.

Sure dude will eventually gain the knowledge and experience to figure it out himself, but a little DIRECTION is not a lot to ask.

I understand what you are saying, but do you get where I'm coming from? To even have knowledge of sampling and to actually go as far as sampling yourself you would have come across at least some knowledge as to what artists have sampled before.

To me this question is as moot as ¨how many steps does it take to get to the corner store?¨

Who cares Rain Man, just walk your ass to the store and take how many steps you need to.

if you sample anything other than a static loop, you are not hiphop...

EarlGreenMusic wrote:hey. i've been sampling alot recently though it was my first time ; ) i spent 4 hours going through alot of latin cd's i had lieing around n managed to get a few snares n toms off there. i was just wondering what parts of the track do people sample? ive heard some sequances on you tube that sounded amazing. how do u know how much of a track you want to sample? surely i should try and get more than snares and toms from a sample song. any help would be much appreciated.

Earl Green
http://www.myspace.com/earlgreenmusic

Alright. I am going to attempt to give you an answer since all these clowns are just going to goof off.

Most people sample the beginning of tracks. This is because there is often music without drums or vocals.
People also sample the bridges in songs a lot. The bridges in tracks usually have different instruments and chord progressions. Also, if you look hard enough in the verses you can usually find a couple things.

It also depends on the genre. Different genres have different song structures. When you start focusing on one genre you will discover these different song structures. BUT! Look for these things when sampling to start with.....

1) Single drum sounds (snare, kick, hi hat, percussion, congas, etc)
2) Single instrument sounds (bass, violin, trumpet, etc)
3) Catchy parts of the song that have instrumentation that sounds like it can be flipped (this is extremely subjective and has a lot to do with your style, but usually people won't sample things that have lots of drum clutter or crazy things going on to where they can chop them nice.)
4) Look for single vocal hits
5) Sound effects (or things you can turn into sound effects)
6) ANYTHING INTERESTING

Most of this intuition just takes practice. So keep practicing.
GOOD LUCK. Don't stop trying.

Also, the single instrument hits you can turn into patches. Using different features on your MPC you can use them in many versatile ways (Read about 16 levels, and QLINK)

Good advice right there. Dude you still there?

He's gone. I guess he knows now!

clint246clint wrote:He's gone. I guess he knows now!

Just took it and ran I guess.